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Aviation - REBTECH Provides NVG Compatibility To Virginia State Police

Aviation - REBTECH Provides NVG Compatibility To Virginia State Police

Bedford, August 22, 2011: As the result of a competitive bid award by the Virginia State Police Aviation Unit, REBTECH has teamed with Paradigm Aerospace Corporation (PAC) to provide the first night vision compatible cockpit and cabins for the agency’s Bell 407 helicopters. Installation of the REBTECH night vision ... Continue reading

Aviation - Flightsafety Opens New Sim Facility In Broken Arrow Okla

Aviation - Flightsafety Opens New Sim Facility In Broken Arrow Okla

LA GUARDIA AIRPORT, August 22, 2011: FlightSafety International will celebrate the grand opening of its new flight simulation training system design, manufacturing and support facility in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma on August 23, 2011 “FlightSafety’s new flight simulation training system design and manufacturing f ... Continue reading

Aviation - Autonomous ScanEagle, Procerus Unicorn Communicate Over Search Area

Aviation - Autonomous ScanEagle, Procerus Unicorn Communicate Over Search Area

WASHINGTON, Aug. 21, 2011: Boeing [NYSE: BA] today announced the successful autonomous communications and operation of dissimilar unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) in flight tests over the rugged terrain of eastern Oregon. The July 7-10 mission used two ScanEagles manufactured by Boeing subsidiary Insitu and one Procerus ... Continue reading

Aviation - FAA, European Aviation Safety Agency Certify Design Of New 747 Family

Aviation - FAA, European Aviation Safety Agency Certify Design Of New 747 Family

U.S. SEATTLE, Aug. 21, 2011: Boeing received U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) certification Friday for the new 747-8 Freighter, passing two of the final landmarks on the airplane's journey to entry into service. The FAA granted Boeing an Amended Type Certificate (ATC ... Continue reading

Aviation - Northrop Grumman Fire Scout Completes Successful At-Sea Deployment

Aviation - Northrop Grumman Fire Scout Completes Successful At-Sea Deployment

San Diego, Aug. 19, 2011: The Northrop Grumman Corporation -built MQ-8B Fire Scout Vertical Takeoff Unmanned Aerial Vehicle was credited with providing critical intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) support to special operations forces and U.S. Navy anti-piracy actions during the system's second at-sea de ... Continue reading

Special Motorsports Event - JDRF Unveils Groovy Car

Special Motorsports Event - JDRF Unveils Groovy Car

DEARBORN, Aug. 18, 2011: Seven-year-old Katie Hahn of Omaha, Neb. used every crayon in the box when she created her entry for the “JDRF Race Car Design Contest,â€� hosted by the Ford Customer Service Division (FCSD) and the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF). She named it “Driving Our Way t ... Continue reading

Aviation Business - NLRB Sued For Documents Concerning Boeing Lawsuit

Aviation Business - NLRB Sued For Documents Concerning Boeing Lawsuit

Washington, August 18, 2011: Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit has been filed by Judicial Watch against the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). The suit seeks records concerning the NLRB's decision to file a lawsuit against Seattle-based Boeing for opening a $750 million non-union assembly plant in North Cha ... Continue reading

Aviation - CSC Completes Upgrades for FAA Modernization

Aviation - CSC Completes Upgrades for FAA Modernization

Washington, August 17, 2011: CSC, Computer Sciences Corporation, announced this week it has successfully implemented a series of upgrades to the FAA's Traffic Flow Management System (TFMS) in the first half of 2011. The upgrades include two separate software releases improving the performance and functionality of TFMS, ... Continue reading

Aviation - NASA, NIA Announce Student Engineering Competition

Aviation - NASA, NIA Announce Student Engineering Competition

Cape Caneveral, August 17, 2011: NASA has launched a competition which will involve university students in helping to solve space exploration challenges. The RASC-AL (Revolutionary Aerospace Systems Concepts Academic Linkage) contest, sponsored by NASA and the National Institute of Aerospace (NIA), seeks engineering id ... Continue reading

Aviation - Centennial Celebration Of Wright Soaring Record Planned For The Fall

Aviation - Centennial Celebration Of Wright Soaring Record Planned For The Fall

Point Harbor, August 16, 2011: Motorless aviation enthusiasts and historians are teaming up to celebrate the centenary of an historic aviation milestone at the Outer Banks of North Carolina from October 21 through 24. The celebration of Orville Wright’s record 9 minute 45 second soaring flight near Kitty Hawk, NC ... Continue reading

Aviation - Lynx Spacecraft Will Help Investigate Upper Atmosphere, Edge Of Space

Aviation - Lynx Spacecraft Will Help Investigate Upper Atmosphere, Edge Of Space

Mojave, August 16, 2011: NASA has selected XCOR Aerospace to provide suborbital flight and payload integration services for research and scientific missions in a program that will offer up to $10 million dollars in contracts to match payload customers with flight vehicle services. The awards were announced by NASA's Fl ... Continue reading

Aviation - ICON Aircraft Receives Record 143 Orders At Oshkosh

Aviation - ICON Aircraft Receives Record 143 Orders At Oshkosh

Oshkosh, August 12, 2011: ICON Aircraft announced that it received 143 deposits for its A5 amphibious Light Sport Aircraft during the weeklong 2011 EAA AirVenture Show in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. The new orders take ICON’s order book to position #694, and represent record levels of interest for sport flying and the ICO ... Continue reading

Special Motorsports Event - FordParts.com Launches Capture the Raptor Sweepstakes

Special Motorsports Event - FordParts.com Launches Capture the Raptor Sweepstakes

DEARBORN, Aug. 5, 2011: Ford Customer Service Division (FCSD) and FordParts.com are giving their fans and customers a chance to put a brand new 2012 Ford F-150 SVT Raptor in their driveway by showing off their parts knowledge in the 2011 FordParts.com “Capture the Raptorâ€� sweepstakes. After registering ... Continue reading

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