4 December 2011
Boeing opens interiors fabrication facility in South Carolina
Boeing has opened its new interiors fabrication facility in North Charleston, South Carolina, US, which manufactures interior parts for Boeing's 787.
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4 December 2011
Airbus conducts sharklet-equipped A320 flight test
Airbus has completed the first flight test equipped with sharklet wing-tip devices on its A320 development aircraft (MSN 001) to gather data to fine-tune the aircraft's flight laws.
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1 December 2011
Goodrich to install electronic flight bag system on Monarch Airlines’ Airbus fleet
Goodrich has secured a contract from Monarch Airlines to provide the upgradeable SmartDisplay Electronic Flight Bags (EFB) system for Airbus A300, A320, A321 and A330 aircraft.
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1 December 2011
European Space Agency prepares new technologies for future launchers
The European Space Agency (ESA) and the DLR German Space Centre have launched a Texus 48 rocket from the Esrange Space Centre near Kiruna in northern Sweden to demonstrate new...
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1 December 2011
GE to lease two Airbus A330-300s to China Airlines
GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS), the commercial aircraft leasing and financing unit of GE, is planning to lease two new Airbus A330-300 aircraft to China Airlines to further expand its...
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1 December 2011
CPI Group to buy AgustaWestland’s AW119Ke helicopter
AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, has secured an order for one AW119Ke single-engine helicopter from Czech Republic-based CPI Group.
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30 November 2011
China launches Yaogan XIII satellite
China has launched the remote-sensing satellite Yaogan XIII on a Long March 2C carrier rocket from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre in the northern province of Shanxi.
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30 November 2011
Globalstar to launch six new satellites on 25 December
Globalstar is planning to launch six new second-generation satellites on 25 December 2011, which will be the third launch of its second-generation constellation satellites.
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30 November 2011
Senior acquires Weston Group
UK-based engineering group Senior has acquired commercial aerospace parts-maker Weston for £54m.
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30 November 2011
Indra to build ground system for Paz satellite
Indra has secured a contract from INTA, an organ of the Spanish Ministry of Defence, to provide the ground control segment for the Paz Earth Observation satellite.