The Boeing Company has completed the fifth of 12 Global Positioning System (GPS) IIF satellites the company is building for the U.S. Air Force. The spacecraft was built at the Satellite Development Center in El Segundo using the GPS IIF pulse-line manufacturing approach, which draws on commercial production line practices to build satellites faster and more efficiently.
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Arotech will provide Boom Operator Simulator Systems
FAAC Incorporated, part of Arotech Corporation’s (ARTX) Training and Simulation Division, has received a $25.3 million contract award for the design, development, production, and delivery of 17 Boom Operator Simulator Systems.
Infotron equpiment for French Army
After a consultation to respond to an operational emergency, a tender has been won by INFOTRON and TOSA, and several systems have been ordered by the French defense procurement agency (DGA) for the French Army.
Puma UAS saves life
Sgt. Christopher Harris was conducting a routine reconnaissance mission in Kunar Province, Afghanistan, in 2009, when the Puma unmanned aircraft system, or UAS, he was operating showed nearby, real-time footage of insurgents planting an improvised explosive device along a U.S. Army convoy route.
Rolls-Royce opens new jet engine test facillity
Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, today broke ground on a new $50 million jet engine test facility at the company’s outdoor testing site on NASA’s John C. Stennis Space Center, Mississippi. When fully operational, the facility is expected to create 35 highly-skilled jobs.
New jet fuel presented in Brazil
Azul Brazilian, in partnership with Amyris, Embraer and GE, will make a demonstration flight today using an innovative, renewable jet fuel produced from Brazilian sugarcane. Heading to Rio de Janeiro Santos Dumont Airport, the Embraer E195 jet operated by Azul will depart from Campinas Viracopos Airport and will fly over the „Marvelous City” of Rio, which is hosting the U.N. Conference for Sustainable Development this week.