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March 15, 2010
Chopper Crash Test A Smash Hit
Hampton VA (SPX) Mar 12, 2010
The second crash test of a small lightweight helicopter at NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va., was a smashing success, literally - just as engineers had predicted. "Three, two, one, release," said the technician on the loudspeaker at the Landing and Impact Research Facility. With that countdown the helicopter smacked hard into the concrete. Its skid gear collapsed, its windsc ... read more

LockMart C-5M Super Galaxy Is Effective, Suitable And Mission Capable
Marietta GA (SPX) Mar 11, 2010
The Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation (OT and E) Center has rated the Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] C-5M as "effective, suitable and mission capable" based on results from OT and E testing completed in January 2010. The OT and E phase spanned four months, evaluating various performance aspects to validate the capability and reliability of the C-5M. These positive test results enable ... more
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  • First A400M Ferried From Seville To Toulouse
    Toulouse, France (SPX) Mar 11, 2010
    This flight is the tenth performed by A400M MSN1 since its first flight on 11th December 2009. In total and until yesterday the aircraft has logged 39 hours of flight test. Very poor weather in Seville prevented the aircraft from performing more flights, as the sensors installed on the turboprop blades for the initial flight test campaigns, are sensitive to humidity. During the initi ... more

    Circumpolar Balloon Flights From Esrange Space Center
    Esrange, Sweden (SPX) Mar 12, 2010
    Yesterday, March 9, in connection with the Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt visiting Moscow, a space cooperation agreement was signed between Sweden and Russia. This agreement will give Swedish Space Corporation the possibility to offer customers circumpolar balloon flights from its launch facility Esrange Space Center in northern Sweden. "Balloon flights with longer duration ... more

    Airbus chief says Chinese bet paying off
    Frankfurt (AFP) March 10, 2010
    Airbus chief executive Thomas Enders said on Wednesday that his decision to build aircraft in China has paid off, with the quality matching that of Europe and the local market taking off. "The quality of Airbus aircraft from Tianjin today is just as good as from Toulouse or Hamburg," the company's other plants in southern France and northern Germany, Enders told the German daily Die Welt. ... more

    Russia's Flying Saucer Aerostat Set For Production
    Ulianovsk, Russia (RIA Novosti) Mar 10, 2010
    The government of the Ulianovsk Region in the Volga area has approved a five-year program to produce so-called "flying saucers" - a bizarre hybrid of a helicopter and an aerostat. The first such aircraft, officially named "aerostatic thermoballasted vehicle" or simply "Locomoskayner" after its manufacturer LocomoSky, was presented MAKS-2009 air show. The prototype flying saucer was seven m ... more

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    Germany not happy with NH90 helicopter
    Berlin (UPI) Feb 25, 2009
    The German armed forces are testing 13 new NH90 helicopters and they are not amused. An internal military report, leaked to German mass daily Bild, blasted the many shortcomings of the multi-purpose helicopter developed and built by Eurocopter daughter NHIndustries. The 103-page report goes as far as recommending using alternative aircraft in operational scenarios. Germany has o ... more

    Brazil closing in on jets deal
    Brasilia, Brazil (UPI) Feb 25, 2009
    Brazil looks poised by the end of March to pick the winner of a multibillion-dollar tender to supply its air force with state-of-the-art combat aircraft. The country's air force chief Gen. Juniti Saito told local media the selection would be a "political and strategic decision" made by Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva after a thorough technical evaluation of the three compe ... more

    Australia to boost helicopter capability
    Canberra, Australia (UPI) Feb 25, 2009
    Australia will start looking this year for a new naval combat helicopter, said Defense Minister John Faulkner. The tender process for the 24 helicopters will begin this year with a decision made next year. Deliveries are expected to start in 2014, a Department of Defense statement said. The competition will likely be between Lockheed Martin/Sikorsky MH-60R and the NH Industries N ... more

    Quieter Flying With Less Environmental Impact
    Bonn, Germany (SPX) Feb 25, 2010
    One of the primary objectives of the aviation research team at the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft und Raumfahrt; DLR) is to make flying quieter and to reduce its environmental impact. DLR came a step closer to this goal with the culmination of the FAGI (Future Air Ground Integration) project. In the future, a modified flight approach procedure with improved environmental cre ... more

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