KONGSBERG signs contracts for delivery to next generation European weather satellites

KONGSBERG has signed two contracts with a total value of EUR 23.6 million with Airbus Defence and Space for delivery of a KA band Antenna Pointing System and Solar Array Drive Assembly for the next generation European weather satellite program MetOp-Second Generation (MetOp-SG), a programme of and funded by the European Space Agency (ESA) and … Dowiedz się więcej

Full acquisition of Brussels Airlines not before September 2016

The Executive Board of Deutsche Lufthansa AG informed the company’s Supervisory Board at its meeting today that Lufthansa and Brussels Airlines have agreed to extend by a further three months the deadline for Lufthansa to decide on the call option to fully acquire Brussels Airlines’ parent company SN Airholding. Under their existing agreement, Lufthansa was … Dowiedz się więcej

JAXA: Successful Deployment of DIWATA-1, First Microsatellite developed by the Republic of the Philippines, from ISS Kibo

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Tohoku University, Hokkaido University, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) of the Republic of the Philippines, and the University of the Philippines Diliman, successfully deployed „DIWATA-1,” the first Philippines microsatellite. This was also the first success for JAXA to deploy a 50 kg-class microsatellite from the ISS Japanese … Dowiedz się więcej

Turbomeca triumphant at Safran Innovation Awards 2016

The annual Innovation Awards provides an opportunity for Safran to reward the most inventive employee projects in the fields of aerospace, defense and security. The 2016 Grand Prize was awarded to the Turbomeca (Safran) team for its work on designing a gyratory combustion chamber. Nicolas Savary, expert engineer in combustion, and Claude Bérat, research and … Dowiedz się więcej

Non-stop to Lapland with Lufthansa

Good news for all northern lights and winter sport fans: From the coming winter, Lufthansa customers can fly non-stop from Frankfurt to two new destinations in Lapland. From November 26 2016, Lufthansa will take off every Saturday to Tromsø (Norway) and from December 17 2016, every Saturday to Ivalo (Finland). With these two new destinations … Dowiedz się więcej

UIA became the official carrier of Ukrainian Figure Skating Federation

April 22, 2016, Ukraine International Airlines and Ukrainian Figure Skating Federation (UFSF) signed a memorandum of partnership. Therefore, UIA will carry Ukrainian figure skaters to international competitions and lend support to figure skating championships in Ukraine. The Parties represented by Sergey Fomenko, UIA Vice President Commerce, and Yevgeny Larin, the UFSF President, signed the memorandum … Dowiedz się więcej