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May 19, 2013 A drone aircraft built by UC Irvine engineering students soared above a field of 59 other elite universities from around the world, claiming first place in the recent Cessna/Raytheon Missile Systems Student Design/Bui...

EGLIN STREAMLINES FLYING OPERATIONS

May 19, 2013 EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla., May 17 -- The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory Munitions Directorate issued the following press release:Residents from Freeport to Navarre will likely soon notice several significant chan...

Washington: An Examination of Aviation Accidents Associated with Turbulence, Wind Shear and Thunderstorm

May 19, 2013 National Aeronautics and Space Administration, The Government of USA has issued the following news release: The focal point of the study reported here was the definition and examination of turbulence, wind shear and ...

Navy & Defense Logistics Agency in Hawaii Assist Air Force Saving $197,000

May 18, 2013 The U.S. Navy issued the following story:Navy Region Hawaii Recycling Center assisted the Air Force's 735th Air Mobility Squadron (AMS), a group under Air Mobility Command, in providing recycled materials to create a ...

Use It or Lose It: Business Booming at Cherry Point Ranges

May 18, 2013 The U.S. Marine Corps issued the following official news story:Use it or lose it. Marines practice their warfighting skills on a nearly daily basis with that basic tenet in mind. One way 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing pilot...

Gunfire at plane brings 10 years

May 18, 2013 Stephen Paul Riley, 41, of Olney, was sentenced Friday in federal court in Wichita Falls to 10 years in federal prison for shooting an airplane during crop-dusting. Riley pleaded guilty in January to one count of des...

Army Makes Final Delivery of IA-407s to the Iraqis

May 18, 2013 The U.S. Army issued the following news:The Army completed a significant milestone in helping to maintain stability in Iraq now that the U.S. military have departed from that theater of operations.The Project Office f...

MILITARY Aircraft Components and Accessories Sought by Defense Logistics Agency

May 18, 2013 WASHINGTON, May 18 -- The Defense Logistics Agency's Defense Supply Center, Richmond, Va., has issued a pre-solicitation notice (SPE4A513R0962) for aircraft components and accessories. It was posted on May 16 with a r...

US Patent Issued to Honeywell International on May 14 for "Non-handed thrust reverser for installation on handed aircraft gas turbine propulsion engines" (Arizona Inventor)

May 18, 2013 ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 18 -- United States Patent no. 8,439,305, issued on May 14, was assigned to Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, N.J.)."Non-handed thrust reverser for installation on handed aircraft gas turb...

Sikorsky Wins Mexican Type Certification for S-76D

May 18, 2013

Connecticut, USA-based helicopter maker Sikorsky Aircraft Corp said that its S-76D helicopter has been awarded type certification by Mexico's civil aviation authority, the Direccion General de Aeronautica Civil.

Contract Notice: Department of Homeland Security (North Carolina) Issues Solicitation for "H-65 Automatic Flight Control System (AFCS) Upgrade"

May 18, 2013

WASHINGTON, May 18 -- Department of Homeland Security, United States Coast Guard (USCG) has a requirement for "H-65 Automatic Flight Control System (AFCS) Upgrade."

Erickson Air-Crane Announces Purchase of Five Aircraft

May 18, 2013 Erickson Air-Crane Incorporated (NASDAQ:EAC) ("Erickson" or "the Company"), a leading global provider of aviation services to a diverse mix of commercial and government customers and the vertically integrated manufact...

Doomed copter fell apart in sky

May 18, 2013 FULL TEXTWitnesses saw pieces of a sightseeing helicopter fall from the aircraft moments before it crashed on Molokai in 2011, killing all five aboard.The accounts were included in documents released late Tuesday by t...

CADETS EARN PRAISE FOR CYCLOGYRO PROJECT

May 18, 2013 The following information was released by the U.S. Air Force:by Amber BaillieAcademy Spirit staff writerAeronautical Engineering cadets have presented their award-winning design of a search and rescue and medical evac...

IKE Trains British Sailors

May 18, 2013 The U.S. Navy issued the following story:USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) (IKE) is one of several U.S. Navy ships training British Sailors on large-deck flight operations as the United Kingdom prepares to launch the ...

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