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AGS A GO - Aviation Week | 21/05/12 
Aviation WeekAGS A GOAviation WeekNATO has signed a $1.7 billion contract to acquire five Northrop Grumman Global Hawk Block 40s; marking a key milestone as the alliance works to address an long-standing operational shortfall. For NATO, this is a major event.and more » ... | | |
Heroes By Any Definition - Aviation Week | 21/05/12
Heroes By Any DefinitionAviation WeekAn American soldier who saved his platoon and was killed destroying an enemy bunker during a battle in Cambodia last week was awarded the Medal of Honor (MOH) posthumously. He is one of 154 other US servicemen who were similarly decorated for their ... | | |
SpaceX Troubleshoots Engine; Looks to May 22 - Aviation Week | 20/05/12
Aviation WeekSpaceX Troubleshoots Engine; Looks to May 22Aviation WeekBy Mark Carreau mark.carreau@gmail.com A first-stage engine chamber over pressure appears responsible for the last -econd shutdown of the Falcon 9 rocket, preventing a May 19 lift off of the Dragon capsule on the the first US commercial resupply ... | | |
Engine Shutdown Delays SpaceX Space Station Mission - Aviation Week | 19/05/12
Aviation WeekEngine Shutdown Delays SpaceX Space Station MissionAviation WeekBy Mark Carreau mark.carreau@gmail.com SpaceX scrubbed its May 19 attempt to launch the Falcon 9 rocket/Dragon capsule on the first commercial US resupply mission to the International Space Station after a last-moment engine shutdown.and more » ... | | |
Chinese Groups World's Biggest Economic Spies: Pentagon - Aviation Week | 19/05/12
Aviation WeekChinese Groups World's Biggest Economic Spies: PentagonAviation WeekBy Paul Eckert and Phil Stewart/Reuters The Pentagon said May 17 it believes China spent up to $180 billion on its military buildup last year, a far higher figure than acknowledged by Beijing, and it accused ?Chinese actors? of being the world's ... | | |
House Moves To Ease Restrictions On Satellite Exports - Aviation Week | 19/05/12
Aviation WeekHouse Moves To Ease Restrictions On Satellite ExportsAviation WeekBy Richard Mullins The House version of the 2013 Defense Authorization bill eases export restrictions on commercial satellites, mandates F-16 sales to Taiwan and shows that the chamber is determined to exempt US defense spending from budget constraints ... | | |
SpaceX, NASA Brace For Dragon ISS Mission - Aviation Week | 19/05/12
Aviation WeekSpaceX, NASA Brace For Dragon ISS MissionAviation WeekBy Mark Carreau mark.carreau@gmail.com NASA and SpaceX, the agency's six-year-old Commercial Orbital Transportation Services program partner, stressed the experimental nature of the company's bid to lift off early May 19 on the first US commercial ... | | |
India Expecting Windfall From Offset Contracts - Aviation Week | 19/05/12
Aviation WeekIndia Expecting Windfall From Offset ContractsAviation WeekBy Jay Menon NEW DELHI ? The Indian government expects defense offset contracts to rise sharply in the next few years, given several megadeals in the pipeline. Since the introduction of the offset clause in India's Defense Procurement Procedures in ... | | |
Arianespace Downplays Competition - Aviation Week | 19/05/12
Aviation WeekArianespace Downplays CompetitionAviation WeekBy Leithen Francis KOUROU, French Guiana ? Arianespace Chairman and CEO Jean-Yves Le Gall says newcomer SpaceX still has to prove itself and that China poses no competitive challenge to his company in the satellite launch business. ... | | |
Constant Cost Scrutiny Pays Off For Australia's Rex - Aviation Week | 19/05/12
Constant Cost Scrutiny Pays Off For Australia's RexAviation WeekBy Adrian Schofield There is no magic formula for a profitable airline business model, says Lim Kim Hai, head of Australia's Regional Express (Rex). Rather, success comes from focusing on a raft of minor details, and constantly searching for new ways ... | | |
Regional Airlines Recalibrate Capacity - Aviation Week | 19/05/12
Regional Airlines Recalibrate CapacityAviation WeekIn recent years, it has been fairly easy to paint the regional airline industry with a broad brush: it is dominated by North America and perpetually struggling. But while US regionals continue to be battered by bankruptcies and squeezed by major ... | | |
Boeing Unveils Air-Launched Space-Access Concept - Aviation Week | 19/05/12
Boeing Unveils Air-Launched Space-Access ConceptAviation WeekBy Guy Norris Growing interest in small satellites and, just as important, the problem of how to launch them affordably, could provide hypersonic system developers with a long-awaited first step on the way to reusable, routine access to space. ... | | |
New Berlin Airport Expected To Open In March 2013 - Aviation Week | 19/05/12
Aviation WeekNew Berlin Airport Expected To Open In March 2013Aviation WeekBy Jens Flottau Airport operator Berliner Flughaefen told affected airlines that it will not keep the June 3 opening date for Berlin Brandenburg International. Now airlines are struggling with the consequences. With less than three weeks to go before ... | | |
Cessna Reenters Super Mid-Size Segment - Aviation Week | 19/05/12
Aviation WeekCessna Reenters Super Mid-Size SegmentAviation WeekBy Fred George If you want a brief example of how the fortunes of the business jet industry have changed in recent years, few endeavors illustrate the story as well as Cessna's ambitions to field a super-mid-size aircraft. In 2008, at the height of the ... | | |
Budget Pressures Prompt ISS Partners To Justify Costs - Aviation Week | 19/05/12
Aviation WeekBudget Pressures Prompt ISS Partners To Justify CostsAviation WeekBy Amy Svitak More than two decades in the making and less than three years into its operational phase, the International Space Station (ISS) is experiencing a public relations crisis of sorts. Led by NASA, the ISS remains the largest international ... | | |
Why Defense Profit Margins Could Hold Steady - Aviation Week | 19/05/12
Aviation WeekWhy Defense Profit Margins Could Hold SteadyAviation WeekA Wall Street research firm says defense contractors should be able to maintain their profit margins even as Pentagon spending declines. ?Over the last two years we have heard investors concerns that defense margins will contract because of declining ... | | |
Finmeccanica: Death Threat To CEO From Mythomaniac - Aviation Week | 19/05/12
Finmeccanica: Death Threat To CEO From MythomaniacAviation WeekBy Sara Rossi and Danilo Masoni/Reuters A death threat to Giuseppe Orsi, chairman and CEO of Italian aerospace and defense company Finmeccanica, was written by a ?mythomaniac? and not by the far-left Red Brigades, a Finmeccanica source said on Friday.and more » ... | | |
US Eyes Funding Boost For Israel's 'Iron Dome' Shield - Aviation Week | 19/05/12
Aviation WeekUS Eyes Funding Boost For Israel's 'Iron Dome' ShieldAviation WeekBy John Crawley/Reuters The Pentagon will seek to provide Israel with an additional $70 million in the coming months for its short-range rocket shield, known as the ?Iron Dome,? US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said after a meeting with his Israeli ... | | |
US Defense Budget Debate Touches On Afghanistan, NASCAR - Aviation Week | 19/05/12
Aviation WeekUS Defense Budget Debate Touches On Afghanistan, NASCARAviation WeekBy David Alexander/Reuters War-weary US lawmakers clashed over Afghanistan policy and vented their frustration with Pakistan's border closings on Thursday as they debated an annual defense policy bill that seeks $642.5 billion in military spending for ... | | |
East Coast Missile Defense Site A Long Shot In Senate - Aviation Week | 18/05/12
Aviation WeekEast Coast Missile Defense Site A Long Shot In SenateAviation WeekBy Jen DiMascio The House is expected to vote this week on a bill that calls on the Pentagon to start on an East Coast Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system site. The bill also lays out beginning parameters for how to choose the location.and more » ... | | |
Berlin Brandenburg Airport Opening Slips to March 2013 - Aviation Week | 18/05/12
Berlin Brandenburg Airport Opening Slips to March 2013Aviation WeekLast Tuesday, we heard the news that Berlin Brandenburg International Airport (BBI) would not be opening on June 3. This delay has been causing Air Berlin and Lufthansa many operational headaches as they try to assess how they can continue to operate ... | | |
Plans To Strike Iran 'Ready' Says US Israel Envoy - Aviation Week | 18/05/12
Aviation WeekPlans To Strike Iran 'Ready' Says US Israel EnvoyAviation WeekBy Maayan Lubell/Reuters US plans for a possible military strike on Iran are ready and the option is ?fully available?, the US ambassador to Israel said, days before Tehran resumes talks with world powers which suspect it of seeking to develop nuclear ... | | |
NASA's Dawn Uncovers New Secrets About Vesta - Aviation Week | 18/05/12
Aviation WeekNASA's Dawn Uncovers New Secrets About VestaAviation WeekBy Frank Morring, Jr. NASA's Dawn spacecraft has confirmed that one of the largest objects in the Main Asteroid Belt is actually a tiny planet-like body that formed around a molten interior like the Earth, Mars, Venus and Mercury.and more » ... | | |
Boeing Readies for More Defense Cuts - Aviation Week | 18/05/12
Aviation WeekBoeing Readies for More Defense CutsAviation WeekBy Andrea Shala-Esa/Reuters Boeing is paring its workforce, consolidating facilities and cutting overhead to prepare for the ?distinct possibility? that US defense spending will be cut by a total of $1 trillion over the next decade, the head of the ... | | |
Leading GOP Senator Stumps Against EPAA Restraints - Aviation Week | 18/05/12
Aviation WeekLeading GOP Senator Stumps Against EPAA RestraintsAviation WeekBy Jim Wolfe/Reuters A top Republican in the Senate urged President Barack Obama on Tuesday to refrain from giving Russia and China any assurances about possible limits to US missile defenses, days before a NATO summit in Chicago.and more » ... | | |
US Military Eyes Savings From Greater Cooperation - Aviation Week | 18/05/12
Aviation WeekUS Military Eyes Savings From Greater CooperationAviation WeekBy Andrea Shalal-Esa/Reuters The top US Air Force and Navy officers mapped out plans on Wednesday to better integrate and coordinate their responses to cyber attacks, natural disasters and other threats, arguing that tighter budgets made such efforts ... | | |
Southwest Uses 737 Retirements To Decrease MRO Costs - Aviation Week | 17/05/12
Aviation WeekSouthwest Uses 737 Retirements To Decrease MRO CostsAviation WeekBy Lee Ann Tegtmeier leeann_tegtmeier@aviationweek.com Southwest Airlines is phasing out its Boeing 737 Classic aircraft by about 2017 and is finding ways to use engine inventory from that fleet to decrease its maintenance costs. ... | | |
NetJets Europe Makes Aggressive Move Into Aircraft Management - Aviation Week | 17/05/12
Aviation WeekNetJets Europe Makes Aggressive Move Into Aircraft ManagementAviation WeekBy Robert Hewson NetJets Europe is poised to shake up the regional business jet scene with a move into aircraft management, and its plans to quickly expand this new operation to cover a sizable number of aircraft may well startle some of Europe's ... | | |
Lufthansa Signals Interest In TAP Portugal - Aviation Week | 17/05/12
Aviation WeekLufthansa Signals Interest In TAP PortugalAviation WeekBy Jens Flottau Lufthansa CEO Christoph Franz says he will consider bidding for TAP Portugal when the airline's privatization process starts. Lufthansa is the second potential bidder after International Airlines Group that has publicly stated its ... | | |
Air India Pilots Strike Exposes Unaddressed Merger Issues - Aviation Week | 17/05/12
Air India Pilots Strike Exposes Unaddressed Merger IssuesAviation WeekBy Jay Menon As a strike by Air India pilots entered its ninth day, the government admitted that the 2007 merger of Air India with Indian Airlines is faltering. ?In retrospect, the merger of Air India and Indian Airlines was not right.and more » ... | | |
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