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Eurofighter Tranche 3A Product Deal Signed
Click here for more news / Clique aqui para mais notíciasBy Robert Wall
PARIS
The Eurofighter countries have signed a €9.1 billion contract to build 112 Typhoon fighters under the Tranche 3A program, with a goal to get the second part of the last phase of the program on contract by the end of 2011....
Eurofighter Tranche 3A Product Deal Signed
Endeavour Lands In Florida
Click here for more news / Clique aqui para mais notíciasBy Frank Morring, Jr.
The space shuttle Endeavour landed safely at Kennedy Space Center (KSC) July 31 following a 16-day mission to service and continue assembly of the International Space Station (ISS)....
Endeavour Lands In Florida Southwest Tops Republic Bid To Buy Frontier
Click here for more news / Clique aqui para mais notíciasAndrew Compart andrew_compart@aviationweek.com
Southwest Airlines has submitted a $113.6 million bid for Denver-based Frontier, which will be sold at auction in bankruptcy court in August. The bid tops the Republic Airways Holdings offer of $108.8 million, which put the auction process in motion....
Southwest Tops Republic Bid To Buy FrontierQatar Airways CEO Confident In 787 Schedule
Click here for more news / Clique aqui para mais notíciasAndrew Compart
Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al-Baker said July 29 that assurances he received from Boeing in a July 24 meeting (DAILY, July 24) left him "confident" that the aircraft manufacturer will be able to deliver its 787 aircraft to Qatar on a revised schedule....
Qatar Airways CEO Confident In 787 ScheduleU.S. Navy To Buy More P-8A Test Aircraft
Click here for more news / Clique aqui para mais notíciasBy Guy Norris
LOS ANGELES
The U.S. Navy expected to confirm a contract July 30 with Boeing for three additional P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft, which will be used for the operational test and evaluation phase of the program....
U.S. Navy To Buy More P-8A Test AircraftHouse Joins Senate In Push To End F-22 Line
Click here for more news / Clique aqui para mais notíciasBy Bettina H. Chavanne
With the passage of an amendment in the House today, $368 million previously appropriated for F-22 procurement would instead be used to maintain the current fleet and shut down the production line....
House Joins Senate In Push To End F-22 LineGD Scrutinizes Gulfstream Midsize Sales
Click here for more news / Clique aqui para mais notíciasGraham Warwick graham_warwick@aviationweek.com
Gulfstream’s large-cabin orders seem to be holding up, but the company may have to make further cuts in mid-size business jet production, warns its parent General Dynamics. GD says the 73 large-cabin (G350-G550) production slots for this year are sold out, and Gulfstream is planning deliveries “in the low 70s” for 2010....
GD Scrutinizes Gulfstream Midsize SalesFalcon 9 Passes Early Hurdle
Click here for more news / Clique aqui para mais notíciasBy Guy Norris
Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) passed another significant milestone on the way to first flight of its Falcon 9 launch vehicle by completing qualification testing for the first stage tank and interstage at the company's structural and propulsion testing facility near Waco, Texas....
Falcon 9 Passes Early HurdleBA Makes GBP94 Mln Q1 Loss, Sees No Upturn
Click here for more news / Clique aqui para mais notíciasBritish Airways said Friday it saw no improvement in bleak trading conditions and vowed to continue to cut costs, rounding off another miserable week for Europe's airlines....
BA Makes GBP94 Mln Q1 Loss, Sees No Upturn
Air France 447 - Airbus Urges Sensor Switch After Crash
Click here for more news / Clique aqui para mais notíciasAirbus is urging airlines to switch most speed sensors on about 200 jets to Goodrich-made parts in the wake of the Atlantic jet disaster, anticipating a European safety order....
Airbus Urges Sensor Switch After CrashAustria Approves Lufthansa Extension For AUA
Click here for more news / Clique aqui para mais notíciasAustria's Takeover Commission on Friday granted Lufthansa's request to extend a deadline for its planned takeover of Austrian Airlines, paving the way for completion of the deal....
Austria Approves Lufthansa Extension For AUASouthwest To Bid For Frontier Airlines
Click here for more news / Clique aqui para mais notíciasLow-cost carrier Southwest Airlines is preparing a bid to acquire bankrupt Frontier Airlines worth a minimum of USD$113.6 million, both carriers said Thursday....
Southwest To Bid For Frontier AirlinesSingapore Air Sees FY Loss If Recession Lasts
Click here for more news / Clique aqui para mais notíciasSingapore Airlines sees a full year loss if tough conditions continue but said its cash position remains strong and it does not need to raise capital....
Singapore Air Sees FY Loss If Recession LastsBoeing Supports Successful Intercept Test of Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System
Click here for more news / Clique aqui para mais notíciasKAUAI, Hawaii, July 31, 2009 -- The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] played a key role yesterday in the U.S. Navy's successful test of the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) weapon system, which intercepted a ballistic missile target with a Standard Missile-3 (SM-3).
Fired from the USS Hopper, the SM-3 Block IA missile, guided by the Aegis BMD weapon system and a Boeing-built kinetic warhead sensor, engaged and destroyed the short-range ballistic missile target launched from the Navy’s Pacific Missile Range Facility on Kauai. The test marked the 15th hit-to-kill intercept for the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense system’s SM-3 since flight tests began in 2002.
"This successful test further validates the maturity and reliability of the SM-3 Block IA kinetic warhead," said Debra Rub, vice president of Boeing Weapons Programs. "Through rigorous, realistic testing, the system continues on a path to provide increased capability and expand the umbrella of protection against evolving ballistic missile threats."
Boeing builds and integrates the SM-3 kinetic warhead's guidance assembly, and integrates and tests the avionics, guidance-and-control software and ejection subsystem at its Huntington Beach, Calif., and Huntsville, Ala., facilities. Prime contractor Raytheon provides the infrared seeker and divert attitude control system and integrates the kinetic warhead components into the SM-3. Boeing has partnered with Raytheon on SM-3 development since 1996. Boeing has delivered more than 80 Block IA guidance, navigation and control hardware suites in support of kinetic warhead deliveries. Ongoing spiral development will lead to improved performance and lower cost on a path to meet future threats with Block IB and Block IIA missiles.
Boeing also develops and produces the Ka-band millimeter wave seeker for the Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) Missile in Huntington Beach and Huntsville.
