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| 11.23.2009 |
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Accidents & Incidents
Date Aircraft Type Narrative Death/Injury Remarks Oct 4, 2009 Gainesboro, TN PIPER PA-28-140 N95472 Pilot selected to depart from runway 36, a 3,500-foot-long, unlighted, asphalt runway. It was dark night, and pilot utilized "glow sticks" to...
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| 11.20.2009 |
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ARINC Awarded Rockwell Collins Pact
ARINC Engineering Services was awarded a contract by Rockwell Collins to install new navigation systems and communications equipment on the nation’s two OC-135B observation aircraft, a highly modified KC-135 airframe...
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| 11.20.2009 |
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Northrop Grumman Awarded RQ-4 Contract
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Northrop Grumman a $302.9 million contract for five RQ-4 Global Hawk high-altitude, long-endurance (HALE) unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). Under the contract, the company will build two Block 30 systems and three...
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| 11.20.2009 |
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Rotor/Compound Technology License Awarded
Textron Systems operating unit AAI Corp. has signed a licensing agreement with Carter Aviation Technologies that...
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| 11.19.2009 |
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StandardAero Wins T56 MRO Contract
Tempe, Ariz.-based StandardAero has received a $36-million delivery order from the U.S. Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) to...
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| 11.18.2009 |
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Honeywell Wins Chinook Engine Contract
The U.S. Army has signed a $79-million agreement with Honeywell for T55-GA-714 engines and...
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| 11.16.2009 |
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USAF Scores Safest Flying Year
Fiscal Year 2009, which ended Sept. 30, was the safest flying year in the 62-year history of the USAF with only 17 Class A mishaps. The next best year was FY 2006 with 19 Class A mishaps. (A Class A mishap is one where there is loss of life, an injury...
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| 11.16.2009 |
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Esterline CMC Selected for Chilean C-130 Upgrade
Esterline CMC Electronics was selected by the Chilean air force for the avionics systems upgrade of its C-130 fleet. As prime contractor, CMC said it is responsible for delivery of the complete equipment suite...
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| 11.16.2009 |
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Multi-Role AW159 Goes Airborne
AgustaWestland has conducted the first flight of its AW159 military helicopter. Chief Test Pilot Donald...
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| 11.16.2009 |
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Bird Strike Prevention in East Africa
The AviAssist Foundation recently completed a four-day wildlife hazard management workshop at Kilimanjaro Airport in Tanzania. The course provided an introduction and refresher to wildlife hazards to aviation. The workshop was oversubscribed with 27...
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| 11.13.2009 |
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EMS Technologies Names New CEO
Paul B. Domorski, president and CEO of EMS Technologies, is leaving the position he's held since 2006. According to a statement Wednesday, the company's board of directors and Domorski agreed to the departure. “We are very appreciative of...
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| 11.12.2009 |
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Boeing Awarded UAS Study Contract
Boeing received a $275,000 contract from the U.S. Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division for a study of the magnetic noise associated with the heavy-fuel propulsion system on Boeing's MagEagle Compressed...
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| 11.12.2009 |
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FAA Awards Gulfstream’s C-37 Unit
The Federal Aviation Administration has given an Aviation Maintenance Technician (AMT) award to the...
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| 11.11.2009 |
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KC-135 Circuit Breaker Kits Delivered
ARINC Engineering Services has handed over the first four circuit breaker replacement kits to the...
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| 11.11.2009 |
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Insitu Unveils 'NightEagle' UAV Upgrade
ScanEagle, the lightweight, long-endurance UAV deployed from U.S. Navy ships and by allied forces in Iraq and Afghanistan, now can be upgraded to the heavier NightEagle configuration with improved infrared sensor for night operations. Boeing subsidiary...
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| 11.10.2009 |
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SYSGO Product DO-178B Certified
SYSGO, of Mainz, Germany, announced that its first software-based AFDX (Avionic Full-Duplex Switched Ethernet) (ARINC-664) system received DO-178B Level C certification. This implementation is part of an engine monitoring unit (EMU) developed by Vibro-Meter...
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| 11.09.2009 |
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Accidents & Incidents
Date Aircraft Type Narrative Death/Injury Remarks Oct 03, 2009 Jones Creek, TX BEECH E18S N797SB A/c substantially damaged when struck radio tower and impacted terrain while maneuvering near Lake Jackson. . Local mosquito control flight originated at Brazoria...
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| 11.09.2009 |
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Northrop Grumman Signs AHRS Contract
Northrop Grumman was awarded a contract by Saab Aerosystems to deliver Attitude and Heading Reference Systems (AHRS) for the NEURON European unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) demonstrator. The LCR-100 AHRS...
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| 11.09.2009 |
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Two Pilots Die in Iraq Helo Crash
The U.S. military has confirmed that two American pilots were killed after a...
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| 11.09.2009 |
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A-10 Modernization Contract Extended
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin three contracts valued at $7.7 million to continue work on...
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