SP's MAI May 16-31, 2011 - Aerospace Updates
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Ambassador Roemer says Indo-US relations bigger than dealThe US Ambassador in India, Timothy J. Roemer has said that though the US was ‘disappointed’ on losing out on the $10 billion deal for India’s requirement of medium multi-role combat aircraft (MMRCA)
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Boeing delivers first C-17 to UAE Air Force and Air DefenceBoeing recently delivered the first of six C-17 Globemaster III airlifters to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Air Force and Air Defence during a ceremony at the company’s final assembly facility in Long Beach.
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Rustam-H project gets Rs. 1,500 croreThe Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is set to deliver the next version of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) Rustam-I.
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First flight of heavy-fuel powered Fury 1500 UASAME unmanned air systems (AME UAS) has announced the successful first flight of the Fury 1500 small tactical unmanned aerial system (STUAS) powered by a heavy-fuel engine.
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Boeing Phantom Ray completes first flightThe Boeing Phantom Ray unmanned airborne system (UAS) successfully completed its first flight April 27 at NASA’s Dryden Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, California.
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Flight tests of the first serial Su-35S startsSukhoi Company has started the flight tests of the first Su-35S serial fighter.
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Patriot test fires PAC-3 MSE missileRaytheon Company’s Patriot Air and Missile Defense System successfully testfired Lockheed Martin’s PAC-3 MSE (Missile Segment Enhancement) missile recently at White Sands Missile Range.
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Pratt & Whitney delivers first F135 enginePratt & Whitney has delivered the first F135 engine for low rate initial production (LRIP) 3 to the US Government for the F-35 Lightning II programme.
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Boeing contract for JDAM kitsThe Boeing Company has announced that it has received contracts totaling $100 million for two types of Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) kits.
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Lockheed Martin-built nextGen missile warning satellite launchedThe first space-based Infrared system (SBIRS) geosynchronous (GEO-1) spacecraft, built by Lockheed Martin for the US Air Force, was successfully launched on May 6 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket.
