Archive for the ‘Aviation’ Category

Cheap, lightweight cameras could help protect mass transit, but would they survive a big costly blast? That was the question on the minds of Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) scientists and managers watching from behind three feet of reinforced concrete. Outside was an old public bus, rigged with explosives; a series of baseball-sized ...

Teacher, scientist, world traveler, aquanaut, astronaut, Terp. NASA Mission Specialist Richard Arnold II has just about done it all on this earth. On February 12, he'll extend his experiences to another world... traveling to the International Space Station (ISS) aboard the Shuttle Discovery. During the 14 day ...

ST. LOUIS, Dec. 17, 2008 -- Boeing [NYSE: BA] began final assembly operations Dec. 9 in St. Louis on the first of 24 F/A-18F Super Hornets for the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). The Super Hornet multirole fighter aircraft will be delivered to the RAAF from the first quarter of 2010 through late 2011.

ST. LOUIS, July 11, 2008 -- The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA], U.S. Army leaders, supplier representatives and other guests celebrated the first flight of the AH-64D Apache Block III helicopter this week in Mesa, Ariz. Just prior to a ceremony attended by more than 300 people at the company's Apache production facility, the aircraft was ...

The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] today delivered a detailed, 7,000-page proposal offering its advanced F/A-18E/F Super Hornet to the Indian Air Force as part of India's Medium Multi-Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) competition.

"Our proposal team worked diligently to fully understand and meet ...