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AerospaceDENNIS TITO ENTERS IN THE ISS
CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA, Dennis Tito, the 60-year-old American multimilionair, has entered the International Space Station ISS, arriving on the Russian Soyuz TM32 spacecraft, which docked this morning... more

AirlinesVIRGIN BLUE TOOK DELIVERY OF ITS FIRST 737-700
AUSTRALIA, Australia's low cost carrier, Virgin Blue Airlines, took delivery of its first Boeing Next-Generation 737 jetliner, the first of 14 similar aircraft ordered. These jetliners will be used... more

AerospaceNEW ENGINE FOR SHUTTLE ATLANTIS
CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA, A new main engine has been installed on the space shuttle "Atlantis" to make it safer during the climb to orbit, scheduled for June 14. Built by Boeing Rocketdyne in Canoga... more

PeopleBOMBARDIER IS GOING TO SELL 45 CRJ200 TO LUFTHANSA
FRANKFURT, GERMANY, Bombardier concluded an agreement with Lufthansa for the purchase of 15 CRJ200s, for a total value of 340 USDm, and has already optioned other 30 aircrafts. The CRJ200 will be delivered... more

AccidentsA 330 METER HIGH TOWER WAS BLOWN UP IN ODER TO RECUPERATE PILOT'S BODY
MONTREAL, CANADA, A comunication tower, high 330 meters, was blown up on Saturday in order to recover the body of a pilot who crashed into it with its Cessna, a few days ago. Explosives were placed on... more

IndustryNEW AIRSHIPS SOON IN FLIGHT WITH PASSENGERS
FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, GERMANY, Zeppelin Luftschifftechnik, a German company, declared to have certified at Germany's Federal Air Traffic Office an airship capable to carry up to 19 passengers. They will pay... more

Latest newsGLOBAL HAWK'S FIRST MISSION IN AUSTRALIA
AUSTRALIA, The Global Hawk, first American military long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicle, built by Northrop Grumman, took off on Friday from RAAF Base Edinburgh to operate the first of the 12, 24-hour,... more

IndustryRAYTHEON MISSILE SYSTEMS AWARDED A NEAR 11USDM CONTRACT
TUCSON, ARIZONA, Raytheon Missile Systems, of Tucson, Arizona, awarded a USD 10,839,531 contract for the integration of the Broach warhead, developed by BAE, into the Joint Standoff Weapon Unitary... more

AerospaceON TITO'S TRAIL MANY COMPANIES PLAN ORBIT HOLIDAYS
USA, Dennis Tito's trip could only be the first of a long series. Many companies are planning to give adventourous turists orbit experiences. The "CSpace Adventures", the company which organized Tito's... more

CuriositiesBORN 113 YEARS AGO THE ''RED BARON''
ROME, ITALY, The most famous war pilot ever, Manfred Von Richtofen, best known as "Red Baron", born in Breslavia on May 2, 1892, 113 years ago. The German pilot shooted down 81 enemy warplanes with his... more

IndustryBOEING TO TRANSFORM CRUISE MISSILES
SEATTLE, USA, A contract worth USD 5.350.000 has been signed by Boeing Military Aircraft and Missile Systems Group to provide for Phase Three of the Penetrator modification supporting the conversion... more

AirlinesWEBER, LUFTHANSA: WE ARE NOT INTERESTED IN ALITALIA
FRANKFURT, GERMANY, Besides a press conference, Lufthansa's managing director, Jurgen Weber, declared that his airline has no specific interest in agreements with Alitalia or in capital acquisitions on... more

Latest newsUS NAVY CONTINUES TRAINING EXERCISES ON PUERTO RICO
PUERTO RICO, The US Navy will go ahead with the four-day training exercises, scheduled for Friday and then postponed, on Puerto Rico, besides the prostests of the inhabitants of the island. Puerto Rico,... more

DefenseARPINO MISSED ELECTION: AFTERMATHS BETWEEN DENMARK AND ITALY
ROME, ITALY, There are still aftermaths for the missed election of Air Wing Gen. Mario Arpino, which in Italy was the head of Defence General Staff until March 31, to European Union's politic and security... more

AerospaceRUSSIA VALUES NEW POSSIBLE SPACE TURISTS NOMINATIONS
RUSSIA, After having concluded positively the launch of the first space turist, the American multimilionair Dennis Tito, Russia is planning new space trips for those who can pay for a different "holiday",... more

AccidentsARGENTINA AIR CRASH (2): THE TECHNICAL SHEET OF THE CESSNA 208
ROME, ITALY, Cessna 208 "Caravan" is a sigle turboprop passenger/cargo, high wing aircraft. Maiden flight occurred in december 1982. Over 800 are in service near some hundreds of operators. Three civil... more

AccidentsPARACHUTIST DIES IN AUSTRALIA
AUSTRALIA, A parachutist died yesterday in Australia, during a launch. Immediately after jumping from the airacraft, the man's parachute was caught on the tail, sending the aircraft into an uncontrollable... more

HelicoptersSIKORSSKY TO MODIFY EGYPTIAN HELICOPTERS
STRATFORD, CONNECTICUT, Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., Stratford, Connecticut awarded a USD 7,020,098 modification contract for the modification of two Egyptian helicopters, of which type has been not released,... more

AerospaceDISCOVERED THE BIG BANG'S SOUND
WASHINGTON, USA, During the American Physical Society's congress, which took place yesterday, an international group of research workers, led by the Italian Paolo de Bernardis, from Rome's La Sapienza... more

AccidentsAIR CRASH IN ARGENTINA: AGOSTINO ROCCA, TECHINT'S PRESIDENT, DIES IN THE CRASH
BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA, Agostino Rocca, Siderar's and Techint' President, the Italian iron industry giant in the South American country, died yesterday in an air crash. Rocca was travelling on a Cessna... more

AerospacePIONEER 10, LAUNCHED ON MARCH 2 1972, HAS BEEN DETECTED
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, The Pioneer 10 spacecraft, launched on March 2 1972, and of which signals hadn't been heard since Agust 19, has been found. Its signal was detected by a radio antenna outside Madrid,... more

IndustryHONEYWELL SIGNS CONTRACT FOR F-15 UPGRADE
TEMPE, ARIZONA, Honeywell International, Tempe, Arizona, awarded a USD 12,015,033 contract to provide 3210 best kits to upgrade the secondary power system components on the F-15 aircraft. The contract... more

AirlinesAOM-AIR LIBERTE' RESTRUCTURATION: PROBABLE JOB CUTS
PARIS, FRANCE, Following Swissair Group's decision, ex SAir Group, to dismiss its French air transport pole, which it controls with Taitbout, and is composed of Air Littoral-AOM-Air Liberté, the latter... more

AirlinesLUFTHANSA GOES DOWN BY 3% ON THE STOCK MARKET AND LOOKS TO OTHER CARRIERS
FRANKFURT, GERMANY, After the announcement of 2001 Q1's losses, the German carrier's shares went down, arriving to 20,52 EUR, loosing 3%; the minimum point reached was equal to 5%. According to the carrier's... more

AirlinesWEBER, LUFTHANSA: SOON ABOUT 35% OF AIR DOLOMITI WILL BE PUT ON THE STOCK MARKET
FRANKFURT, GERMANY, According to the President of the German carrier, Lufthansa, that owns a 26% stake of the Italian Air Dolomiti, a 35% stake of this company will be put soon on the stock market. more

IndustryDATAMAT: 5,9 USDM CONTRACTS FOR EFA AND NH90
ROME, ITALY, Datamat, informatic mission planning systems supplier, received new orders for a total value of about 7,5 USDm, increasing orders by 45% respect the same period of the previous year. The undersigned... more

IndustryHONEYWELL WILL SUPPLY 81 ENGINES FOR CH-47D HELICOPTERS
PHOENIX, ARIZONA, Honeywell Inc., Engines and Systems, Phoenix, Ariz., awarded a USD 167,989,868 contract for 81 T55-GA-714A engines and associated spare parts for the CH-47D Chinook helicopter; deliveries... more

AccidentsHIJACKED AIRCRAFT IN SUDAN, FREED (2)
KHARTOUM, SUDAN, As already published today by WAPA, the hijacking of the Ethiopian air forces Antonov 12, with some soldiers and their families on board, ended happily. The hijackers, six Ethiopian... more

AerospaceNASA ASKS 48 HOUR DELAY FOR THE SPACE TURIST'S LAUNCH
CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA, NASA asked the Russian Space Agency to postpone of at least 48 hours the launch of the Russian spacecraft that will bring the American multimilionair Dennis Tito on the International... more

AirlinesWEBER, LUFTHANSA: WE ARE NOT INTERESTED IN THE DIMISSED SWISSAIR GROUP'S CARRIERS
FRANKFURT, GERMANY, Juergen Weber, Lufthansa's President, declared to the press that the national German airline is not interested in the acquisition of the Aom-Air Libertè-Air Littoral carriers, which... more

IndustryHONEYWELL AWARDED A NEAR 8UDSM CONTRACT FOR F-18 AIRCRAFT SPARES
SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, Honeywell Aircraft Landing Systems, South Bend, Ind. awarded a $7,822,057 long-term requirements contract for F/A-18 C/D aircraft various spares procurement, which is expected to... more

AerospaceCONTRASTS FOR THE ESA PROPOSAL OF MANAGING ''GALILEO''
BRUSSELLS, BELGIUM, The proposal made by ESA, European Space Agency, for the assumption of the management of the "Galileo" development program, relative to the European Satellite Positioning System (GPS),... more

IndustryRAYTHEON ACQUIRES 177 USDM CONTRACT FOR AIM-120 MISSILES
TUCSON, ARIZONA, The Tucson based company, Raytheon, acquired a governative contract for the supply of 426 medium range air-to-air AIM-120 missiles, not to mention the notable quantity of spare parts,... more

DefenseTHE CHINESE INSIST IN OPPOSING FOR THE PURCHASE OF THE AMERICAN WEAPONS TO TAIWAN
PEKING, CHINA, According to what reported by the Chinese governative press agency Xinhua, the recent declarations of the American President George W. Bush, in which there was the esplicit intention of... more

DefenseUSA-CHINA QUESTION: USA ADMITS THEY DIDN'T DESTROY ALL THE INFORMATION ON THE EP-3E
USA, United States military officials have revealed that the secrets, contained in the electronic surveillance EP-3E aircraft, were lost, despite the efforts made by the 24 crew members for their destruction.... more

Finance and economyBAE SYSTEMS' SHARES GO DOWN ON THE STOCK EXCHANGE
LONDON, GREAT BRITAIN, After the announcement of BAe Systems' entry in the new European missilistic pole, Mbda, BAe registered a 4,5 pence lost on the 334,5 pence value in the stock exchange. Mbda incudes,... more

IndustryMDC WILL SUPPLY C-17 AIRCRAFT SPARES
LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA, McDonnell Douglas Corporation,Long Beach, California, a subsidiary of the Boeing Company, awarded a $19,986,563 contract to provide various spare parts for the C-17 aircraft.... more

AerospaceNASA: NO ''PARKING'' PROBLEMS ON THE ISS
CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA, After the news that the Russian flight with the "space turist", the American multimilionair Dennis Tito, will take off as scheduled, NASA said there will not be any problems for... more

IndustryTHE NEW EUROPEAN MISSILISTIC POLE IS BORN
ROME, ITALY, The new European missilistic pole is now a reality: the agreement, that joins Finmeccanica, Eads and BAe Systems in Mbda, Matra BAe Dynamics Alenia, has been signed. In the worldwide missilistic... more

AerospaceTHE AMERICAN MULTIMILIONAIR WILL GO INTO SPACE AS SCHEDULED
BAIKONUR, KAZAKISTAN, According to the Russian Space Agency spokesman, Viatcheslav Mikhailitchenko, the departure of the American Multimilionair, Dennis Tito, from Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhistan, will... more

AirlinesBIG PROFIT LOST FOR LUFTHANSA DURING Q1
FRANFURT, GERMANY, The German Lufhtansa suffered in the first quarter of 2001 an enourmous lost relatively to its operative profits, that stabilized themselves around 4,5 USDm (5 EURm) against the almost... more

AccidentsHIJACKED AIRCRAFT IN SUDAN, FREED
KHARTOUM, SUDAN, Happy end for the hijacking that saw an aircraft forced by six Ethiopians to land in the Sudanese Khartoum airport, where negotiations began, which brought the liberation of eleven passengers... more

Press releaseANSETT AUSTRALIA CONTESTS CASA AND ITS 767S FLY AGAIN
AUSTRALIA, The Australian Civil Aviation Safety Authority, CASA, suspended Ansett Australia's 10 Boeing 767s service, last April 12, which respected the decision and disposed immediately other flights... more

IndustryEUROPEAN MISSILISTIC POLE (2): MBDA DETAILS
ROME, ITALY, The new European missilistic pole, which is second only to the American Raytheon one, will be capable to offer to its customers more than 40 different models between missilistic systems and... more

AirlinesNEW PRESIDENT FOR SABENA
BRUSSELLS, BELGIUM, Fred Chaffart is the Board of Directors new president of the Belgium Sabena carrier and takest the place of Christoph Mueller, assuming the amministrator task. Sabena is owned by the... more

AirlinesA COBRA ON BOARD OF A PHILIPPINE AIRLINES AIRCRAFT
HAWAII, Last weekend a snake was found by local Hawaii authorities on board of a Philippine Airlines Boeing 747 coming from Manila. The snake, possibly a cobra, will be eliminated. more

AirlinesBENETTON GROUP IS CLOSE TO THE ACQUISITION OF ALPI EAGLES
VENICE, ITALY, The Benetton Group is evaluating carefully the possibility of acquiring Alpi Eagles airline; during the next meeting between the carrier's share holders, a staordinary and extraordinary... more

AirlinesSAIR GROUP - SWISSAIR GROUP (6): AERIS INTERESTED IN THE AIRLINES IN DISMISSION
PARIS, FRANCE, It seems the Toulouse-based French airline Aeris (ex Air Toulouse), is interested in recovering a part of the two airlines' Air Liberté and AOM charter field, that should be dismissed by... more

IndustryBOEING RENOUNCES TO GIANTS AND THINKS ABOUT THE ''ALMOST-SUPERSONIC''
SEATTLE, USA, Randolph Baseler, Vice President of Boeing's marketing, declared, during a press conference in Seattle, that the company is putting its projectual resources not anymore towards the famous... more

AccidentsA WOMAN LANDS ON A SHORE FOR AN ENGINE BREAKDOWN
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA, A woman flying an aircraft built out of a construction kit, a Rutan Long-EZ, a very popular plane in America and Australia, was forced to land on a shore full of people to whom, fortunately,... more