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2002-06-14, SERGEI Khitrovo: Thursday June 13, 11:19 am Eastern Time Press Release SOURCE: The Boeing Co. Boeing X-31A VECTOR Resumes Flight Testing Under International Program SEAL BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 13, 2002--The Boeing Co. (NYSE:BA - News) today announced that the X-31A aircraft has begun flight testing in Phase II of the VECTOR program. VECTOR is a multinational program focused on demonstrating how thrust vectoring can be used to help aircraft achieve extremely short takeoffs and landings (ESTOL). "ESTOL operations can provide significant operational and cost benefits to our military customers," said Gary Jennings, VECTOR program manager for Boeing Phantom Works. "Our team is eager to demonstrate how thrust vectoring can help reap these benefits." The VECTOR team comprises the U.S. Navy, Germany's defence procurement agency, the European Aeronautic Defence and Space (EADS) Co., and the Boeing Phantom Works advanced R&D division, which serves as lead systems integrator. The team represents the only multinational…

2002-06-14, SERGEI Khitrovo: Wednesday June 12, 5:29 pm Eastern Time Reuters Company News Boeing gets $268 million missile defense contract WASHINGTON, June 12 (Reuters) - Boeing Co. (NYSE:BA - News) has been awarded a $268.6 million contract for work on U.S. missile defense development, including more integration and flight testing, the Air Force said Wednesday. Boeing is the prime contractor for the system furthest along in its development, the Ground-Based Mid-Course Defense. The Air Force said the new work included laser test tool simulation, battle management interoperability and spares. The work is to be completed by March 2005, the service said.

2002-06-13, SERGEI Khitrovo: Wednesday June 12, 6:13 pm Eastern Time Reuters Business Report Toyota Tests Plane, Considers New Market By Michael Ellis DETROIT (Reuters) - A single-engine prototype airplane designed by Toyota Motor Corp. (Tokyo:7203.T - News) took flight for the first time last month in California, signaling that the Japanese automaker is considering expanding from cars into aviation, officials said on Wednesday. The four-seat, propeller-driven aircraft was flown at a Mojave, California airport north of Los Angeles on May 31 to test the components and construction of the plane, called the Toyota Advanced Aircraft. Toyota has about 40 people, including aeronautical engineers, working out of its Torrance, California, office on the plane and possible business ventures in aviation, part of the company's efforts to expand beyond the automotive industry. "There's a potential for a business opportunity here, and that's why we're studying it," said Toyota spokesman Mike Michels. "The current aircraft out there are really getting…

2002-06-12, SERGEI Khitrovo: New Boeing Moves to Production Phase Mon Jun 10, 7:45 PM ET By HELEN JUNG, AP Business Writer SEATTLE (AP) - Design work on Boeing's newest long-range airplane, the 777-300ER, is nearly complete and major assembly will begin at the aerospace company's Everett, Wash., plant on June 20, the Boeing Co. announced Monday. With 90 percent of design work completed, suppliers have already begun manufacturing some parts, said Lars Andersen, program manager of the Boeing 777 Longer Range program. Many of the parts are being built outside the United States and will be shipped to the aerospace company's Everett plant for assembly. The remainder of design work involves plans for installing and assembling the larger parts, such as components for the fuselage, Andersen said. The announcement comes as Chicago-based Boeing's biggest competitor in commercial aviation, Airbus Industrie of France, prepares to deliver its first A340-600, a long-haul, 319-seat plane, to Virgin Atlantic Airways in July. Boeing considers planes…

2002-06-06, SERGEI Khitrovo: Wednesday June 5, 10:44 am Eastern Time Press Release SOURCE: Boeing Space and Communications Boeing Designing First Large Reusable Hydrocarbon Rocket Engine SEAL BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 5, 2002--The Rocketdyne Propulsion & Power business of The Boeing Co. is deep into design work on a new reusable rocket engine that will generate more than one million pounds of thrust (at sea level) and could be the first-ever multi-mission booster to use oxygen-rich gases in combination with kerosene fuel. Design of the new engine — the RS-84 — is currently in its first phase under funding from NASA's Space Launch Initiative (SLI). This initial phase was initiated with a $34 million award to Boeing Rocketdyne and will ultimately involve a team of 100 engineers and technicians by the end of the phase next May. Pending NASA acceptance of the design, the program could move into a second phase in 2003 for an additional award of more than $24 million. A prototype RS-84 could emerge by 2006. "The…

2002-06-06, SERGEI Khitrovo: Associated Press Dassault to Decline S. Korean Bids By SOO-JEONG LEE Associated Press Writer Wednesday June 5, 10:20 am Eastern Time French Aircraft Maker Says It Will Skip Future Defense Bids in South Korea SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — After losing a bid to U.S. aircraft maker Boeing Co., France's Dassault Aviation (Other OTC:DUAVF.PK - News) SA said Wednesday that it would not take part in any more defense biddings organized by South Korea. AcuraAM GeneralAston MartinAudiBentleyBMWBuickCadilla cChevroletChryslerDaewooDodgeFor dGMCHondaHyundaiInfinitiIsuzuJag uarJeepKiaLand RoverLexusLincolnMazdaMercedesMe rcuryMitsubishiNissanOldsmobileP ontiacPorscheRolls-RoyceSaabSatu rnSubaruSuzukiToyotaVolkswagenVo lvo____________ AstroAvalancheBlazerCamaroCavali erCorvetteExpressImpalaMalibuMon te CarloPrizmS-10SilveradoSuburbanT ahoeTrackerTrailBlazerVenture___ _________ Your Zip Code: Dassault has accused South Korea's Defense Ministry of unfairly favoring Boeing when it awarded a multibillion-dollar order for…

2002-06-05, SERGEI Khitrovo: While there have been previous delays in the tender, Brasil said the council is expected to meet on June 12 and formally announce its decision on June 15. The government has not said when it will make the final decision. Sector experts have seen Embraer…

2002-06-05, SERGEI Khitrovo: By SPACE.com Staff, SPACE.com Mon Jun 3, 8:27 AM ET An important instrument on NASA (news - web sites)'s recently launched Aqua satellite is malfunctioning, a NASA spokesperson said. It is unclear whether the instrument has completely failed or whether it might be revived. Aqua is designed to improve understanding of Earth's weather and climate and allow for more accurate medium- and long-range forecasts. It launched May 4. The problematic device is called the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer for EOS (AMSR-E). It has a five-foot dish and is designed to observe how water cycles from the surface to the atmosphere and back. These observations would help scientists would learn more about global weather patterns and long-term climate change. The other five major instruments aboard the craft are in the process of being tested as they are gradually brought on line, and none have shown any problems, said David Steitz, a spokesperson at NASA Headquarters. Some of the instruments are similar to devices aboard…

2002-06-03, Serge Pod: Commander of Russian Knights Gone Forever On Saturday, in the Moscow suburb of Kubinka, Russian airmen will say good-bye to the commander of the Russian air force aerobatic team the Russian Knights, Guards Colonel Sergey Klimov. Thursday evening the 40-year-old airman died in St. Peterburg from stomach cancer. On the day of the farewell, his comrades will demonstrate in the skies Klimov's favorite aerobatic figure - the ``tulip.`` ``He went through almost all the recent wars - Afghanistan, Vietnam, he survived after the catastrophe in Camron Bay. But he died in an ordinary way: in a hospital bed,`` said the director of the Fund for Aviation Assistance, Lt. Colonel Yuriy Zheltonogin. "Before the final, third operation, Sergey joked that he either would die under the doctor`s knife or live a long time. It didn`t turn out that way. We have lost a just man, we have lost a fine airman and commander. We have lost a friend.`` Guards Colonel Klimov was flying to the last. At the end of 2001, he underwent a check-up…

2002-06-03, Serge Pod: Ilyushin to Participate in Long-Range Aicraft Tender Ilyushin will take part in competitions for the construction of a new long-range passenger airplane /program cost 11,400 million rubles/, a new regional airplane in accordance with the RRG program that is beginning /500 million dollars/, a new agricultural airplane with a payload up to one tonne based on the Il-103 or Il-100 /175 million rubles/ and also a program for upgrading airplanes being used according to the requirements of international standards /3,200 million rubles/. At the same time, the question of participating in the construction of a short to medium haul airplane still hasn`t been resolved - as OAO Tupolev with the project of a Tu-334 variant ``is ahead here.`` Source: 03.06.02, Finmarket Agency Translated by Roy Cochrun /http://www.toad.net/cgi-bin/cgi wrap/royfc/today/acft_news.html/ AVIA.RU - Информационное агентство "Российская авиация и космонавтика"

2002-06-03, Serge Pod: Plans Under Way to Hold Il-114 Demonstration Flights in China China has proposed to the Russian side to complete demonstration flights of the 64-passenger Il-114 airplane in China either before the aviation exhibition in Dzhuhai at the end of the year or immediately after it, the chief of the Ilyushin OKB Nikolay Talikov has reported. He specified that the demonstration of the airplane is being planned practically for all of China, including in Tibet - in the mountain regions, where all the foreign competing airplanes essentially lose to the Il-114. Nikolay Talikov emphasized that China has built its own 44-passenger MA-60 airplane for local airlines. The Uhan aircraft plant only now is starting to unfold the MA-60 production program. Nonetheless, China is showing interest in the Il-114 both directly in the airplane as a needed standard size for China and as a "supplement" to the MA-60 airplane. However, China is more interested in the Il-114-100 airplane with imported engines and the Il-114T transport, but…

2002-06-03, SERGEI Khitrovo: Thursday May 30, 2:02 pm Eastern Time Press Release SOURCE: Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company MARIETTA, Ga., May 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — The Lockheed Martin-led F-22 Raptor team surpassed another significant milestone in May with the successful completion of "first service-life" fatigue testing using a production quality, non-flyable Raptor airframe in a special ground-based laboratory located here. Completed on May 17, this testing is required for the program to receive its Lot 3 production contract for 23 additional Raptors from the Pentagon later this year. The F-22 Raptor air dominance fighter is built by Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co. in partnership with Boeing. Lockheed Martin Aeronautics is a business area of Lockheed Martin Corp. (NYSE: LMT - News). "Successful completion of the first service-life of fatigue testing — the equivalent of 8,000 simulated flight hours — gives great confidence that the F-22 Raptor will provide the Air Force with a durable and rugged airframe…

2002-06-03, SERGEI Khitrovo: Monday June 3, 9:49 am Eastern Time Press Release SOURCE: Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company MARIETTA, Ga., June 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — The Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT - News)-led F-22 air dominance fighter industry team has delivered Raptor 4008 — the program's dedicated low-observable, or stealth, reliability and maintainability flight-test and evaluation aircraft — to Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. Raptor 08 arrived at Edwards late Friday, May 31. It is the last Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD), or developmental flight- test, aircraft to be delivered to the U.S. Air Force. Once at Edwards, Raptor 08 will be carefully monitored to determine the resistance of the aircraft's stealth coatings to both inclement weather as well as the usual wear-and-tear combat aircraft undergo while being operated and maintained in field conditions over a period of time. Despite the super sophisticated nature of the F-22 and its stealth technology, the Raptor is designed to be easily…

2002-06-03, SERGEI Khitrovo: Friday May 31, 5:45 pm Eastern Time Reuters Company News WASHINGTON, May 31 (Reuters) - The Boeing Co.'s (NYSE:BA - News) McDonnell Douglas unit has been awarded a contract that could be worth up to $9.2 billion for weapons-related work on F-15 fighter aircraft, initially for Saudi and Israeli forces, the U.S. Air Force said on Friday. The open-ended contract, for indefinite deliveries of indefinite quantities, does not include aircraft, sustainment-related spares or programmed depot maintenance, the U.S. Air Force said in a statement. It said decentralized ordering was authorized for F-15 weapons system requirements over a 15-year period. The initial requirements in support of the F-15 fleet include U.S. sales to the Royal Saudi Air Force and Israeli Air Force. "The Air Force can issue delivery orders totaling up to the maximum amount" of $9.2 billion, "although actual requirements may necessitate less," the statement said. But only $9.3 million of the funds has so far been set aside for specific purchases.…

2002-05-30, SERGEI Khitrovo: Wednesday May 29, 3:44 pm Eastern Time Press Release SOURCE: The Boeing Company Boeing Receives DARPA-Army UCAR Contract PHILADELPHIA, May 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA, has selected Boeing (NYSE: BA - News) to receive a $3 million award to conduct a concept development study for the DARPA-U.S. Army Unmanned Combat Armed Rotorcraft, or UCAR, program. A 12-month study, phase I of the UCAR program, will produce a system capabilities document and a detailed development plan for follow-on UCAR program phases. "This is a tremendous achievement," said Boeing UCAR Program Manager Pat O'Neil. "We have unique concepts and an understanding of how this system will fit into the U.S. Army's objective force. We look forward to blazing the trail for this exciting, new technology and taking full advantage of all of Boeing Unmanned Systems' work done to date." The goal of the UCAR program is to develop and demonstrate the capability to conduct sustained armed…

2002-05-29, dsamoilov: Denmark agreed Tuesday to contribute $125 million over the next decade to help the United States and the United Kingdom develop the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, the first of four European countries with aging F-16 fleets to join the program. Getting allied participation in the estimated $200 billion F-35 program has been a top goal for both the U.S. Defense Department and Lockheed Martin, the main contractor for the plane. More countries participating would mean more countries buying copies of the jet — driving down costs for the Pentagon and boosting sales for Lockheed Martin. Denmark is the third U.S. ally to agree to participate in the F-35 development phase. The U.K. is contributing about $2 billion and Canada about $100 million. But it’s the first European nation owning an F-16 fleet to sign up for the development phase. Parliaments in the Netherlands and Norway – two other countries with F-16s — are discussing possible participation. The fourth country, Belgium, doesn’t plan to replace its…

2002-05-08, SERGEI Khitrovo: 4th Launch in 3 Months For ILS BAIKONUR COSMODROME, Kazakhstan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 7, 2002--The DIRECTV-5 satellite, built by Space Systems/Loral (SSL), was successfully carried into orbit today by a Russian-built Proton rocket, marking the fourth mission of the year for International Launch Services (ILS). The Proton K vehicle lifted off from Baikonur's Pad 24 at 11 p.m. today local time (17:00 GMT, 1 p.m. EDT). The rocket's Block DM upper stage deposited the spacecraft into a geosynchronous transfer orbit about 6 hours and 32 minutes later. The satellite is a 1300 model built by SSL of Palo Alto, Calif., who arranged for this launch. DIRECTV-5 will be positioned at 119 degrees West longitude to provide entertainment programming and broadband services to the United States. This is the seventh satellite in DIRECTV Inc.'s constellation of DIRECTV and DBS satellites. "ILS's vehicles and Loral's line of spacecraft have a history spanning more than two decades," said ILS President Mark Albrecht. "We thank…

2002-04-29, SERGEI Khitrovo: By Associated Press posted: 12:44 pm ET 16 April 2002 MOSCOW (AP) _ Russia plans to relocate all its military satellite launches from the Baikonur cosmodrome in the ex-Soviet republic of Kazakhstan to its own launch pad, the commander of the nation's space forces said Tuesday. Russia will continue using Baikonur, which it leases from Kazakhstan, for launching manned missions and commercial satellites, but will work to transfer all military launches to the Plesetsk cosmodrome in northern Russia, Space Forces chief Col-Gen. Anatoly Perminov said on an inspection trip to Baikonur. ``This is our task for the next eight to 10 years,'' Perminov said, according to the Interfax-Military News Agency and ITAR-Tass. He didn't explain the reasons behind the move. Some 75 percent of all Russian spacecraft, and more than half of military satellites are currently launched from Baikonur, Perminov said. Thanks to its location closer to the equator, Baikonur provides far more favorable launch conditions compared to Plesetsk.…

2002-04-29, SERGEI Khitrovo: Sun Apr 28,11:07 AM ET By Clara Ferreira-Marques BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan (Reuters) - Small clumps of steppe grass are the only reminder there was once a lush park in the center of the town of Baikonur, hub of the Soviet Union's pioneering space program. Photos Reuters Photo A decade after the collapse of communism, the slow recovery of the Russian space program has brought no tenants back to the sand-colored apartment blocks stripped bare during the looting that followed Kazakh independence in 1991. The trickle of people returning to the dusty town, which Russia rents from Kazakhstan under a 1994 agreement, has not restored the population to the 100,000 that lived here during the heyday of Soviet space exploration. But Baikonur, built on the arid Kazakh steppe two years before the first sputnik, or satellite, was launched into orbit in 1957 and still Russia's main launch pad, is slowly on the mend, longtime residents say. "There was a time after the fall of the Soviet Union when the town was rudderless. People…

2002-04-27, <Darth>: ..2bad there are still few people in the Congress of USA who still think to make ISS US crew ONLY...i don't like it.

2002-04-25, SERGEI Khitrovo: Making Progress? Russia's Financial Problems Could Impact ISS Occupation Thu Apr 25, 9:03 AM ET By Anatoly Zak, SPACE.com Russia’s financial woes may force NASA (news - web sites) and its international partners to evacuate the permanent crew of the International Space Station (news - web sites) as early as the fall of this year, according to a senior Russian space official. Yuri Grigoriev, Deputy Designer General at RKK Energia, a leading Russian company in the ISS project, said that the lack of government funds needed to build crucial supply ships could force the project's partners to abandon the station in November. RKK Energia builds the Progress cargo ships that deliver supplies such as fuel, water and food to the outpost. However, the lack of federal funding has forced the company to delay the construction of the supply ships needed for several upcoming missions to the station in 2003. Progress vessels are estimated to cost between $20 million and $50 million depending on the current state of the…

2002-04-23, Serge Pod: Rolls-Royce to build new factory in Scotland 23 April 2002 Rolls-Royce plc is to replace its existing factory at Hillington, near Glasgow, with a new facility in the West of Scotland. A number of sites are being considered and a choice will be made by the end of May. This decision follows a review, announced last November, and will safeguard up to 1,000 jobs in the West of Scotland. Hillington is an old factory dating back to the 1940s and is in need of substantial investment. Rolls-Royce says a new factory on a greenfield site will lead to a substantial reduction in overhead costs, improvements in productivity and will secure employment for the future. Construction of the new facility will begin this summer and the project will take three years to complete. The transfer of the work from Hillington will begin in spring 2003 and will be completed by the summer of 2005. The total cost of the new factory and the transfer of work will be around Ј85 million. Royan Anthony, Managing Director - Compressor Systems,…

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2002-04-21, Serge Pod: ELTA to provide Israel's next generation airborne SIGINT 15 April 2002 The Israel Ministry of Defense (IMOD) has awarded a contract to Elta Electronics Industries Ltd, (Elta), a subsidiary of Israel Aircraft Industries Ltd. (IAI), to provide the new generation of airborne signal intelligence (SIGINT) systems to be installed on Gulfstream V (GV) business jet aircraft for the Israel Air Force. The total value of the programme is estimated to be $250 million of which $60 million of the workload will be conducted in Israel. Elta will provide the SIGINT systems on board three Gulfstream V aircraft, which were purchased separately by the IMOD under a United States Foreign Military Fund (FMF) contract with Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation. The advanced SIGINT airborne systems consist of Elta's electronic intelligence (ELINT), communication intelligence (COMINT), communications, and command & control subsystems. Elta was selected by IMOD as the prime contractor for the programme, which includes responsibility…

2002-04-19, dsamoilov: Boeing Co.'s F-15K beat out Dassault's Rafale in a heavily disputed and delayed competition to build 40 fighters worth $4.5 billion for South Korea's air force, the country's ministry of defense said Friday. Korea also selected F-110 engines made by General Electric Co. Boeing was considered the front-runner in the heated competition to build a fleet of new jets for South Korea's air force by 2009. The competition was marred for months by delays and legal wrangling. At one point, Korea down-selected to Boeing and Dassault and said the fighters had scored a virtual tie so far in the competition. Korea said the final outcome would be determined by factors that included political interests, prompting many analysts to name Boeing because of South Korea's close military ties with the U.S. Dassault attempted legal action to stop the decision, calling the process unfair. Hundreds of South Koreans also took to the streets in protest last month. The Eurofighter Typhoon and Russia's Sukhoi Su-35 were eliminated in…