News About Aviation Systems For Civilian, Military and Science Applications 07-OCT-08 en-us Brookings, SD (SPX) Oct 01, 2008 - South Dakota State University science climbed to new heights Sept. 18 when an unmanned, high-altitude balloon carried SDSU science experiments to an altitude of more than 76,000 feet.]]> Tianjin, China (AFP) Sept 28, 2008 - European aircraft giant Airbus is expecting a "large order" from Chinese airlines by early 2009, the company's chief executive officer Tom Enders said here Sunday.]]> Paris (AFP) Sept 25, 2008 - European aircraft giant Airbus will take a major step towards the globalisation of its production on Sunday with the opening of a new assembly line in the Chinese port of Tianjin.]]> Austin TX (SPX) Sep 09, 2008 - University of Texas professor Constantine Caramanis and colleagues at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) are working on a air traffic decision-making system that rapidly adapts its flight recommendations without human input based on thousands of changing variables.]]> Shanghai (AFP) Aug 31, 2008 - It was supposed to be Air China's year: the airline heralded a new era in Chinese aviation by joining Star Alliance, became the Olympics official carrier and expected big passenger numbers to follow.]]> Edwards CA (SPX) Aug 20, 2008 - The planned retirement of the space shuttle fleet in 2010 will bring to a close an era that opened in the Antelope Valley nearly a half century ago.]]> Beijing (AFP) Aug 17, 2008 - Airport officials in the northern Chinese port of Tianjin are building a second runway to test Airbus A320 planes built at a plant in the city, state media reported Sunday.]]> Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. (UPI) Jul 29, 2008 - The U.S. space agency said it is evaluating an advanced, fiber optic-based sensing technology that could aid development of active wing shape control.]]> Farnborough, UK (RIA Novosti) Jul 28, 2008 - Russia may launch a joint venture with China to continue the development of a new passenger airliner, MS-21, the head of a Russian state-run aviation corporation said on Monday.]]> Shanghai (AFP) July 18, 2008 - China Southern Airlines said its management would take a 10 percent pay cut as part of a plan to reduce costs amid rising fuel prices and falling passenger numbers.]]> Shanghai (AFP) July 16, 2008 - Flagship carrier Air China said its board has approved an agreement to buy 15 Boeing 777 and 30 Boeing 737 aircraft in a deal that would be worth several billion dollars.]]> London (AFP) July 16, 2008 - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Wednesday that airlines flying empty planes simply to maintain valuable airport slots were "unacceptable" due to their environmental impact.]]> Washington DC (SPX) Jul 15, 2008 - Raytheon will lead a team of air transportation experts from industry and academia to study the impact of new classes of aircraft on the next generation air transportation system, or NextGen.]]> ]]>