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USAF Expanding B-52 Capability
NEWTOWN, Conn. - Boeing has received an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract with a cap of $11.9 billion from the U.S. Air Force to support the B-52 fleet, covering the full cost to maintain and modernize the aircraft...
　

Congress Approves Stopgap Spending Bill
NEWTOWN, Conn. - Unable to pass any of the 12 annual appropriations bills for the 2011 fiscal year that begins tomorrow, Congress has once again fallen back on a continuing resolution to keep the government functioning. The...
　

Bombardier to Launch New Global Aircraft Family
MONTREAL - Bombardier Aerospace announced on September 30 that its board of directors has given the official go-ahead to launch the expanded Global aircraft family. The company will reveal more information on its plans for the...
　

Advantages of Evolution
NEWTOWN, Conn. - Almost 50 years after the original version of the Russian Project 1135 class was designed, descendants of that design are still being built. This is something of a tribute to a solid basic design and the concept...
　

Cobham Remains Resilient
NEWTOWN, Conn. - It seems someone forgot to tell Cobham that there has been a recession going on. Despite ongoing fragility in some commercial markets and slowdowns in defense spending, Cobham has remained resilient. Cobham...
　

TIMCO to Expand Macon Facility
GREENSBORO, N.C. - TIMCO Aviation Services is expanding the maintenance capability at its Macon, Ga., airframe facility to include Boeing 767 widebody aircraft. Besides upgrading the existing facility and procuring the necessary...
　

Nepalese Election Fiasco Continues
KATHMANDU - Nepali Congress Parliamentary Party leader Ram Chandra Poudel failed to become the next prime minister of Nepal following the ninth round of prime ministerial polls. Although he was the sole remaining candidate after...
　

House Panel Terminates RQ-4 Block 40
NEWTOWN, Conn. - Citing concerns with the cost and pace of development, a House panel is recommending the termination of the RQ-4 Global Hawk Block 40 program. Funding for the first RQ-4 materialized in 2002, and Congress has...
　

India Plans More U.S. Weapons Purchases
MUMBAI - India plans to buy four additional P-8I maritime long-range patrol planes worth about $1 billion for its Navy. In January 2009, India signed an agreement with the U.S. to acquire eight P-8Is worth $2.1 billion for its...
　

Norway F-35 Purchase Pushed Back to 2018
OSLO - The Norwegian government is delaying the purchase of new F-35 Joint Strike Fighters by two years to 2018 due to extensions in development of the aircraft in the U.S. With Norwegian industry standing to gain $350...
　

TIMCO Aerosystems Interiors Unit to Expand
GREENSBORO, N.C. - TIMCO Aerosystems Interiors Engineering and Manufacturing, a division of TIMCO Aviation Services, intends to add a new facility in Wallburg, N.C. The company plans to invest $2.75 million in the facility,...