24 October 2011
Eurocopter delivers Ecureuil AS350 B3e to Servicios Aereos
Eurocopter subsidiary Eurocopter Chile has delivered an Ecureuil AS350 B3e helicopter to Servicios Aereos Kipreos Marignane, France.
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24 October 2011
AAR to acquire Teleflex’s two aerospace business units
AAR has signed an agreement with Teleflex to acquire its two aviation businesses, Telair International and Nordisk Aviation Products, for $280m, expanding its offering to aircraft makers Airbus and Boeing.
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24 October 2011
Arianespace launches Europe’s two Galileo navigation satellites
Arianespace has launched Europe's first two Galileo navigation satellites on the Russian-built Soyuz launch vehicle from French Guiana.
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23 October 2011
US DARPA plans to recycle space debris
The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has started a programme, called Phoenix, which will find ways to recycle space junk thousands of miles above the Earth.
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23 October 2011
ViaSat-1 launched on a Russian Proton rocket
The ViaSat-1 broadband spacecraft has been launched on a Russian Proton rocket by International Launch Services (ILS) for ViaSat of California, US.
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23 October 2011
ICBC orders 45 C919 jets
The finance leasing unit of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) has ordered 45 C919 jets from China-based aircraft maker Commercial Aircraft Corp of China.
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23 October 2011
Namibia Air to buy two Airbus A319-100 aircraft
Namibia Air has signed a contract with Airbus to buy a pair of A319-100 aircraft for $90m.
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20 October 2011
United Technologies reports Q3 profit
United Technologies has reported a profit of $1.3bn during the third quarter of 2011, up by 11% over the corresponding period in 2010, boosted by orders from its aerospace and...
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20 October 2011
Innovative Solutions to supply avionics suite to Eclipse Aerospace
Innovative Solutions & Support has signed an agreement with Eclipse Aerospace to provide an advanced avionics suite for the production model of the Eclipse 550 aircraft.
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20 October 2011
ST Engineering wins aircraft maintenance contracts
ST Engineering's aerospace unit has secured new maintenance contracts worth $453m in the third quarter of 2011.