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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...

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...

Cadets Earn Praise For Cyclogyro Project

May 18, 2013 The U.S. Air Force Academy issued the following story:The Academy's superintendent, dean of the faculty and the Boeing company's executive vice president attended a briefing May 13 at the Aero Lab to recognize cadets ...

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 ...

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 CHERRY POINT, N.C., May 16 -- The U.S. Marine Corps issued the following news release:Use it or lose it. Marines practice their warfighting skills on a nearly daily basis with that basic tenet in mind. One way 2nd Mar...

US Patent granted to Airbus Operations GmbH (Delaware) on May 14 titled as "Method and device for determining aerodynamic characteristics of an aircraft"

May 17, 2013 United States Patent and Trademark Office has granted patent no. 8,442,705, on May 14, 2013, to Airbus Operations GmbH (Delaware), titled as "Method and device for determining aerodynamic characteristics of an aircraft"

Precision Conversions Receives FAA Certification for the 757-200PCC Combi Aircraft

May 17, 2013 Precision Conversions, LLC (Precision) is very pleased to announce that the company has received FAA certification (Supplemental Type Certificate #ST02278SE) for its 757-200PCC Combi variant. The Combi configuration ...

-GE Aviation Wins Award for Game-Changing Technology Implementation

May 17, 2013 ENP Newswire - 17 May 2013Release date- 16052013 - Palm Beach, Florida - GE Aviation was selected for the Game-Changing Technology Implementation award this week at the 2013 Manufacturing Leadership Summit (ML100).

Triton unmanned maritime surveillance aircraft

May 17, 2013 Department of Defence, The Government of Australia has issued the following press release:Minister for Defence Stephen Smith and Minister for Defence Materiel Dr Mike Kelly today announced that the Government would i...

-Northrop Grumman, U.S. Navy Catapult X-47B from Carrier into History Books

May 17, 2013 ENP Newswire - 17 May 2013Release date- 15052013 - NAVAL AIR STATION PATUXENT RIVER, Md. - Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) and the U.S. Navy today launched a new chapter in the history of unmanned systems - ca...

US Patent granted to Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation (Connecticut) on May 14 titled as "Module for integrated approach to an offshore facility"

May 17, 2013

United States Patent and Trademark Office has granted patent no. 8,442,706, on May 14, 2013, to Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation (Connecticut), titled as "Module for integrated approach to an offshore facility"

USPTO ISSUES TRADEMARK: FAST FLIGHT AND AIRCRAFT SERVICES TRACKING

May 17, 2013

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 17 -- The trademark FAST FLIGHT AND AIRCRAFT SERVICES TRACKING (Reg. No. 4333897) was issued on May 14 by the USPTO.

-Beechcraft Bringing Momentum, Full Business Aircraft Lineup to 2013 EBACE

May 17, 2013 ENP Newswire - 17 May 2013Release date- 16052013 - WICHITA, Kansas - Beechcraft Corporation today announced it has scheduled its full lineup of turboprop and piston business aircraft for the 2013 European Business Avi...