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Aviation - ViaSat High-Speed Internet Will Be Offered In Bombardier Aircraft

Aviation - ViaSat High-Speed Internet Will Be Offered In Bombardier Aircraft

Carlsbad, August 24, 2011: ViaSat Inc. has been selected by Bombardier Aerospace to provide airborne communications terminal equipment as part of a new high-speed Internet option on Global 5000 and Global 6000 aircraft. The Bombardier option combines the ViaSat VMT-1500 shipset along with the EMS Aviation CNX-200 route ... Continue reading

Aviation - Boeing Delivers New F15Ks To South Korea

Aviation - Boeing Delivers New F15Ks To South Korea

DAEGU AIR BASE, Republic of Korea, Aug. 23, 2011: Boeing [NYSE: BA] on Aug. 20 delivered three F-15K Slam Eagle aircraft to the Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF) at Daegu Air Base. The aircraft left the Boeing St. Louis facility on Aug. ... Continue reading

Special Motorsports Event - America's Car Museum Names 1927 LaSalle Guest of Honor at Hard Hat & High Heels Party, Sept. 24

Special Motorsports Event - America's Car Museum Names 1927 LaSalle Guest of Honor at Hard Hat & High Heels Party, Sept. 24

TACOMA, Aug. 22, 2011: Lots happened in 1927: Babe Ruth hit 60 homers, “Silentâ€� Calvin Coolidge was quietly running the White House and prohibition was in full swing. Also, a verbose 1927 LaSalle 303 Roadster, conceived by flamboyant GM Design Chief Harley Earle, strolled off the assembly line. More agg ... Continue reading

Automotive Performance Brands - Yokohama Tire Corporation Partners In First Accelerating Sustainable Performance Summit By Infineon Raceway

Automotive Performance Brands - Yokohama Tire Corporation Partners In First Accelerating Sustainable Performance Summit By Infineon Raceway

FULLERTON, Aug. 22, 2011: Yokohama Tire Corporation will be joining hands with Infineon Raceway in the upcoming Accelerating Sustainable Performance Summit at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, California on August 25. Yokohama will be among the panel speakers consisted of innovators and thought leaders from the business, eng ... Continue reading

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

Motorsports Business - Most R&D Tax Credits Remain Unclaimed - Even By Motorsport!

Motorsports Business - Most R&D Tax Credits Remain Unclaimed - Even By Motorsport!

London, August 19, 2011: MIA wants all innovative companies to get this financial benefit, urgently, and have called a meeting on Wednesday 21 September to help them do so. The Department of Business, Innovation & Skills say: "R&D Tax Credits are the single most important funds for SMEs in the UK" - yet most companies ... Continue reading

Aviation - NTSB Releases Report On Montana Loss Of Control Crash

Aviation - NTSB Releases Report On Montana Loss Of Control Crash

Washington, August 20, 2011: On March 22, 2009, about 1432 mountain daylight time, a Pilatus PC-12/45, N128CM, was diverting to Bert Mooney Airport (BTM), Butte, Montana, when it crashed about 2,100 feet west of runway 33 at BTM. The pilot and the 13 airplane passengers were fatally injured, and the airplane was substa ... Continue reading

Aviation - NTSB Opens Public Docket On 2010 American Airlines Decompression

Aviation - NTSB Opens Public Docket On 2010 American Airlines Decompression

Washington, August 20, 2011: As part of the continuing investigation into the 2010 rapid decompression that occurred following a fuselage rupture aboard an American Airlines flight shortly after departing Miami, FL, the NTSB opened its public docket on Friday. On October 26, 2010, American Airlines flight 1640, a Boein ... Continue reading

Aviation - FAA, EASA Certify Boeing 747-8 Freighter

Aviation - FAA, EASA Certify Boeing 747-8 Freighter

Seattle, August 19, 2011: Boeing has received FAA and EASA certification 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) and an Amended Production Certificate for the 747-8 Freighter, while the EASA ... 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

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