WASHINGTON -- NASA will host a news conference on Monday, Aug. 1, at
noon EDT, to discuss the Dawn spacecraft's successful orbit insertion
around Vesta on July 15 and unveil the first full-frame images from
Dawn's framing camera. The news conference will be held in the Von
Karman auditorium at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), 4800 Oak
Grove Dr., Pasadena, Calif. Journalists also may ask questions from
participating NASA locations or join by phone.

To obtain dial-in information, journalists must contact JPL's Media
Relations Office at 818-354-5011 by 8 a.m. PDT on Aug. 1.

NASA Television and the agency's website will broadcast the event. It
also will be carried live on Ustream, with a live chat box available, at:

http://www.ustream.tv/nasajpl2

The news conference panelists are:
-- Colleen Hartman, assistant associate administrator, Science Mission
Directorate, NASA Headquarters, Washington
-- Charles Elachi, director, JPL
-- Marc Rayman, chief engineer and mission manager, JPL
-- Christopher Russell, Dawn principal investigator, University of
California, Los Angeles
-- Holger Sierks, framing camera team member, Max Planck Society,
Katlenburg-Lindau, Germany
-- Enrico Flamini, chief scientist, Italian Space Agency (ASI), Rome, Italy

Although Dawn is collecting some science data now, the mission's
intensive collection of information will begin in early August.
Observations of the giant asteroid Vesta will provide unprecedented
data to help scientists understand the earliest chapter of our solar
system. Dawn is the first spacecraft to orbit an asteroid in the main
asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. After spending one year
orbiting Vesta, Dawn will travel to a second destination, the dwarf
planet Ceres, and arrive there in February 2015.

For more information about Dawn, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/dawn

For NASA TV streaming video, downlink and schedule information, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/ntv

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Bombardier Aerospace announced today that the Letter of Intent (LOI) from Korean Air signed on June 21 at the 2011 Paris Air Show to acquire 10CS300 airliners has now been converted into a firm order. The transaction also includes options on 10 CS300 aircraft and purchase rights for an additional 10 CS300 aircraft.

The firm order makes Korean Air, South Korea’s flagship airline, the launch customer for the CSeries aircraft in Asia. The airline currently operates a fleet of 137 passenger and cargo jet aircraft to 115 cities in 39 countries.

“Korean Air’s selection of the CSeries aircraft to meet its route expansion requirements in the Asia-Pacific market, and our growing list of customers in the European and North American markets are testaments to the high value and operational flexibility of the CSeries aircraft program,” said Gary R. Scott, President, Bombardier Commercial Aircraft.

Korean Air’s CS300 aircraft will be powered by Pratt & Whitney geared turbofan PW1521G engines. Designed for the growing 100- to 149-seat market, the CSeries family of aircraft combines advanced materials, leading-edge technology and proven methods to meet commercial airline requirements in 2013 and beyond.

The CSeries aircraft family will offer a 15* per cent cash operating cost advantage and a 20* per cent fuel burn advantage, greatly reduced noise and emissions as well as superior operational flexibility, exceptional airfield performance and a range of 2,950 nm (5,463 km). It will also provide passengers with widebody-style seating in a single-aisle aircraft.

The Korean Air transaction increases firm orders for the CSeries family of airliners to 133 aircraft. Other customers that have firm orders for CSeries aircraft include Republic Airways (40 CS300 aircraft), Deutsche Lufthansa AG (30 CS100 aircraft), Lease Corporation International Group (17 CS300 and three CS100 aircraft), Braathens Aviation (five CS100 and five CS300 aircraft), a well-established, unidentified airline (three CS100 aircraft), an unidentified major network carrier (10 CS100 aircraft) and an unidentified European customer (10 CS100 aircraft). These customers have also taken 119 options and 10 purchase rights on CSeries jetliners.

About Bombardier
A world-leading manufacturer of innovative transportation solutions, from commercial aircraft and business jets to rail transportation equipment, systems and services, Bombardier Inc. is a global corporation headquartered in Canada. Its revenues for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2011, were $17.7 billion, and its shares are traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange (BBD). Bombardier is listed as an index component to the Dow Jones Sustainability World and North America indexes. News and information are available at www.bombardier.com or follow us on Twitter @Bombardier.

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São José dos Campos, July 2011 - (BM&FBOVESPA: EMBR3, NYSE: ERJ) The Company's operating and financial information is presented, except where otherwise stated, on a consolidated basis in United States dollars (US$) in accordance with IFRS. The financial data presented in this document as of and for the quarters ended June 30, 2010 (2Q10), March 31, 2011 (1Q11) and June 30, 2011 (2Q11), are derived from the unaudited financial statements, except where otherwise stated.

HIGHLIGHTS:

- During the 2nd quarter of 2011 (2Q11) Embraer delivered 25 jets to the commercial aviation market and 23 to the executive aviation market (20 light jets and 3 large jets);

- 2Q11 Revenues reached US$ 1,358.6 million, and Gross margin grew from 20.2% in 2Q10 to 22.4% in 2Q11;

- 2Q11 EBIT and EBITDA margin reached 7.8% and 11.3%, respectively, in line with the Company’s guidance, for an accumulated EBIT and EBITDA margin of 8.3% and 12.8%, respectively, for the first half of 2011;

- 2Q11 Net income attributable to Embraer and Earnings per ADS-basic totaled US$ 96.4 million and US$ 0.5328, respectively, compared to US$ 57.4 million and US$ 0.3173 in 2Q10;

- Continuous improvement seen in the commercial aviation market, resulting in year to date sales of 62 new E-Jets and signed agreements for an additional 42 E-Jets, which are expected to be added to the Company’s backlog over the course of the following months.

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