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| 01.12.2009 |
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Self Healing Aircaft on the Horizon?
Imagine tiny cracks in your patio table healing by themselves, or the first small scratch on your new car disappearing by itself. This and more may be possible with self- healing coatings being developed at the University of Illinois. The new coatings are...
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| 01.12.2009 |
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Keeping Tabs on the Airfield
When many aircraft need space on a limited airfield, a small cadre steps in to ensure there is room for all. Like a game of musical chairs, airmen of the 379th Expeditionary Operations Squadron's airfield management section in Iraq constantly shift assets...
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| 01.09.2009 |
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DIRCM Installed On Marine Helicopters
Northrop Grumman was awarded separate contracts with a combined value of $13 million to equip U.S. Marine Corps CH-53D and CH-46E helicopters with its Directional Infrared Countermeasures (DIRCM) system. The CH-53D will be the third Marine Corps...
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| 01.09.2009 |
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France Orders 22 NH90s
On Jan. 8, the French government announced that it will exercise its option to purchase 22 NH90 helicopters for 600 million euros ($818.3 million). When added to the...
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| 01.09.2009 |
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Eurocopter and Helibras to Build EC175s
In a two-part contract totaling $11.9 billion, Brazil and France have agreed to build 50 military transport helicopters and five submarines. On the aircraft side of...
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| 01.08.2009 |
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L-3 Ships Miniature Data Link
L-3 Communications reported the first customer shipment of its smallest Common Data Link (CDL) terminal. The Mini CDL 200, a 1.4-pound terminal, is a 45 Mbps transceiver...
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| 01.08.2009 |
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ScanEagle Completes 1,500th Sortie
The Boeing-Insitu ScanEagle unmanned aircraft system (UAS) completed its 1,500th shipboard sortie in service with the U.S. Navy, Boeing announced in January. The long-endurance, fully autonomous...
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| 01.08.2009 |
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Saab Wins Gripen Support Deal
The Swedish Defence Material Administration (FMV) has contracted Saab to supply program support, product...
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| 01.08.2009 |
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Boeing's Proposed AH-6S Phoenix
During a luncheon hosted by Boeing for members of the press attending the Army Aviation Symposium and Exposition outside of Washington, D.C., Charles (Mike) Burke, Boeing’s director of...
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| 01.06.2009 |
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BVR Licenses Embedded Patents
Training and simulation provider BVR Systems (1998) Ltd., of Rosh Ha’ayin, Israel, said it has entered into a...
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| 01.06.2009 |
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Coast Guard Extends HC-130J Contract
Lockheed Martin has obtained a $13.25-million extension to modify two more HC-130Js with mission equipment and sensor packages. The U.S. Coast Guard will use the...
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| 01.06.2009 |
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Mission Systems for HC-130J
Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Coast Guard have exercised contract options valued at $13 million to install mission systems aboard two additional HC-130J aircraft. Once delivered, these aircraft will complete the Coast Guard's planned inventory of six...
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| 01.06.2009 |
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Mission Systems for HC-130J
Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Coast Guard have exercised contract options valued at $13 million to install mission systems aboard two additional HC-130J aircraft. Once delivered, these aircraft will complete the Coast Guard's planned inventory of six...
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| 01.06.2009 |
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Saboteur Sentenced in CH-47 Plant Incident
A former Boeing employee has been sentenced to five months in prison, a $110,000 fine and five months of home detention after pleading guilty to sabotaging a CH-47 Chinook at the company’s Ridley, Pa...
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| 01.05.2009 |
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Accidents & Incidents
Date Aircraft Type Narrative Death/Injury Remarks Nov 14, 2008 Nashville, TN Snow 600 N1691S Owner of Snow 600 aerial application airplane stated that the a/c had not been flown "in some time." Several minutes after takeoff on positioning flight...
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| 01.05.2009 |
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Ducommun Acquires DynaBil Industries
Ducommun Inc., Carson, Calif., acquired DynaBil Industries, of Coxsackie, N.Y., for $46.5 million. DynaBil is a provider of titanium and aluminum structural components and...
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| 01.05.2009 |
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Rockwell Collins Delivers TacNet
Rockwell Collins said it delivered the first TacNet data link to Raytheon for the U.S. Navy Strike Common Weapon Data Link Program. The Strike Common Weapon Data Link upgrades the Raytheon...
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| 01.05.2009 |
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DRS Wins OH-58 Optics Support Contract
DRS Optronics of Palm Beach, Fla has received a “new firm-fixed-price” and cost plus fixed fee contract for maintaining the mast-mounted optics system used...
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| 01.02.2009 |
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Malaysian Helo Repels Pirates
A military helicopter launched from a nearby Malaysian warship is credited with saving an Indian vessel from an attack by pirates in the Gulf of Aden on Jan.1, so says the International Maritime Bureau. The would-be hijackers, who were firing...
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| 01.01.2009 |
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Editor’s Note: On Wing And Prayer
It’s not often that I get to mention my favorite World War II aircraft in the pages of a 21st century technology magazine. So I was pleased when Marion C. Blakey, president and CEO of the Aerospace Industries Association (AIA), provided an entrée...
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