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SpaceX Achieves Orbital Bullseye With Inaugural Flight Of Falcon 9 Rocket
6/7/2010
SpaceX (Space Exploration Technologies Corp.) announced that the inaugural flight of the Falcon 9 launch vehicle successfully launched and achieved Earth orbit right on target, marking a key milestone for SpaceX and the commercial space flight industry
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FAA Selects ITT To Lead NextGen Definition And Implementation Team
6/7/2010
ITT Corporation has been awarded a contract by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to lead a world-class team of aviation industry companies to support the development of advanced concepts involving the most challenging issues facing the FAA's Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) initiative to modernize the U.S. national airspace system
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ALTEOS Interactive Window Systems By PPG Aerospace Certified On King Air 350i
6/2/2010
Air travelers onboard the new Beechcraft King Air 350i airplane are the first to experience the comfort, control and convenience of Alteos Interactive Window Systems by PPG Industries' aerospace transparencies group using Gentex Corp. technology
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First S-70i BLACK HAWK Helicopter Enters Flight Test Program
6/2/2010
The first S-70i™ BLACK HAWK helicopter, built at Sikorsky Aircraft Corp.'s company in Poland, PZL Mielec, has entered the flight test program at Sikorsky's Development Flight Center (DFC) in Florida
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Quatro Composites' Produces Composite Wiper Blades For Military Helicopters
6/1/2010
Since 2007, Quatro has manufactured composite wiper blades for application in several military helicopters' windshield wiper systems, including the Eurocopter NH90
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Rolls-Royce Celebrates New Success In Two-Shaft Engine Research Programme
5/27/2010
Rolls-Royce has celebrated the successful running of the latest core engine build in its E3E (efficiency, environment, economy) two-shaft research programme. E3E is developing leading-edge technologies which increase engine temperature, pressure ratio and component efficiencies, together with a 25 per cent-plus increase in thrust to weight ratios
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Analog Devices’ MEMS Gyroscopes Provide Critical Inertial And Position Information Used To Improve Flight Safety In Helicopters
5/25/2010
Analog Devices, Inc., a global leader in high-performance semiconductors for signal processing applications, is furnishing its high performance iMEMS gyroscope technology for a new aircraft flight safety and training tool developed by Appareo Systems, a Fargo, North Dakota, a company that makes light weight flight data recorders and award winning 3-D flight analysis software
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Saab Develops Future Avionics System For Gripen
5/25/2010
Defence and security company Saab has received an order from the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) to develop an avionics system for the Swedish Armed Forces' Gripen aircraft. The order value amounts to MSEK 450, divided over 2 years
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Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne's Space Shuttle Main Engines Power Delivery Of Russian Module To International Space Station
5/17/2010
Three Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne Space Shuttle Main Engines (SSME) today successfully powered the launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis on a mission to deliver the Russian Rassvet Mini-Research Module to the International Space Station
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Kansas-Based TECT Aerospace Brings American Knowledge And Innovation To The Boeing Company's Nationwide Aerial Refueling Tanker Team
5/17/2010
TECT Aerospace, Inc., headquartered in Wichita, KS, today announced its partnership with Boeing on a major bid to build the next generation of aerial refueling tankers for the U.S. Air Force
