Defense"Iraqi Freedom ": plant for the production of weapons of mass destruction has been discovered

Baghdad, Iraq - News communicated by Reuters

According to press agency Reuters, Americans experts of chemistries and biological weapons would have discovered an Iraqi plant for the storage of weapons of mass destruction. Plant is located in the... more

AirportsMedicine against the effects of nuclear devise explosion has been discovered

New York, Usa - The name is HE2100

Positive result for the first tests have to be confirmed, by experiments on wide scale, but if they will be replied and the drug is approved by Usa Food and Drug Administration, it could be available on... more

DefenseNorth Korea has threatened Usa, but after has opened the door to bilateral talks

Pyongyang, North Korea - Communist regimen said to not have a nuclear program

"Only a tremendous military forced deterrent, enough powerful to reject an attack supported by modern weapons, can remove a war and protect the Country's security. This is a lesson given by the war in... more

PeopleRussia and Afghanistan in talks about a cooperation in the air transportation

Moscow, Russia - Soony a resumption of the fights between the 2 countries

The Minister of the Afghani Civil Aviation Mirwais Sadeq has had, last week, important talks with his Russian peer, the Minister of Transport Sergei Frank, on the possibility of a cooperation in the field... more

Defense"Iraqi Freedom ": marines are inside two Saddam's palaces, but it is not the decisive battle

As Sayliya Camp, Qatar - This is Captain Thorp declaration

"This is a big demonstration of force, an operation whose scope is to send a strongly message to the regimen that we can go where we want, when we want", Captain Frank Thorp declared this morning from... more

Latest newsA Russian plane will land in Damascus in order to bring back the graduates to attacked in Iraq

Moscow, Russia - Announcement comes by the Ministry for the Emergencies

Alexander Yakovenko, Russian Secretary of Emergencies, has declared that, today, an airplane will take off from Moscow for Damascus, and it will bring back the graduates attacked while they tried to leave... more

HelicoptersThai Government cuts the purchase for 32 Black Hawks (2): the technical sheet

Rome, Italy - A versatile aircraft, also as air rescue

The UH-60 was realized by Sikorsky under explicit demand of the US Army for a multipurpose helicopter at the beginning of 70s, in order to replace the UH-1. The first one flew at the end of 1974 and... more

HelicoptersThai Government cuts the purchase for 32 Black Hawks

Bangkok, Thailandia - Financial problems would be the root reason

A war period doesn't mean automatically a good moment for the war industry too, that cannot reckon without the budget problems' host that several nations must face during a substantial negative economic... more

AccidentsAn Indian Mig-21 crashed on a dairy factory, hurting

New Delhi, India - More and more incidents involving Indian jets

An other Soviet-built Mig-21, serving with the Indian Air Force, has crashed this morning in the province of Haryana, north of India. The jet fighter would have hit a dairy plant, causing the wounding... more

Science and technology"Iraqi Freedom": a C-130 lands at Baghdad Airport, the first Us aircraft

Baghdad, Iraq - American control of the hub, but it's still being fighting hardly

Usually the first inaugural flights, in all the airports of the world, are celebrated in important way, even with some firework show and the brass band on the runways. A little different than what's... more

Weather forecastsAir shows and exhibitions in April 2003

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Press releaseAvion Capital: a new financing tool for Airbus aircraft

Toulouse, France - The society has its operational base in Dublin, Ireland

"Airbus, CIT Group Inc., Crédit Agricole Indosuez (CAI) and Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW) announce the creation of Avion Capital Limited. This new joint venture company will provide, on a non-exclusive b... more

AccidentsAH-1W Super Cobra crashed killing 3 Marines

Centcom, Qatar - It was not hostile fire, Us command asks for an investigation

They have died the two Marines on board of AH-1W Super Cobra helicopter crashed on Saturday in a central zone of the Iraqi territory for causes still to be verified. Indeed, in order to make clear about... more

IndustryRaytheon awarded of a delivery contract

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Raytheon Co., Bedford, Mass., is being awarded a sole source contract to deliver an initial Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) radar as the first radar in the BMDS family of radars. This effort is... more

IndustryNorthrop Grumman awarded of a over 25 USDm contract

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Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems, Litton Systems Inc., Navigation Systems Division, Woodland Hills, Calif., is being awarded an estimated $25,130,744 indefinite-quantity contract with options for purchase... more

AerospaceIss orbit has been changed to allow the Soyuz' dock for the end of April

Moscow, Russia - The Russian space cargo Progress used as an engine

According to sources of the Russian control space center of Koriolov the orbit of the Iss (International Space Station) has been modified in order to allow the Russian space shuttle Soyuz to dock without... more

IndustryA poor performance for Boeing in this first-quarter

Seattle, Usa - But the employees will experience more cuts, about 35,000 by the end of the year

According to a cautious optimism that still spread the worst is passing by, and after the conflict in Iraq the American locomotive would start again to pull and to haul also the rest of the world. But... more

Security"Iraqi Freedom": Iraqi sources says 25 US soldiers captured while landing in helicopter

Baghdad, Iraq - They were trying to occupy a neighbourhood in the capital

According to Iraqi sources, that need obviously of a confirmation from part of the allied forces, a group of American soldiers, perhaps 25, would have been captured while trying to come down in helicopter... more

DefenseHard replay of Pyongyang against the Us sanctions for North-Korean missile export

Pyongyang, North Korea - After 50 days the regimen leader has reappeared

North-Korean communist regimen has communicated today that "Its missile program is defensive and is has exported tanks to a normal programs of military cooperation, while the Usa employ thousand of weapons... more

Science and technology"Iraqi Freedom ": Baghdad airport's runways are unsuitable (2)

As Sayliya Camp, Qatar - This is Gen. Brooks declaration, who announces the location of a center for the chemical war

General Richard Brooks, spokesman of the Us Headquarter in Qatar, has declared today that Baghdad International Airport's runways are unsuitable for aerial operations. General has asserted, however, that... more

AerospaceRussia found the money for the Iss, the spacial program will go ahead

Moscow, Russia - A new allocation has been approved by the government

It seems to be ended positively Iss' vicissitude, that until to some days ago it seemed destined to be "cathedral in the space", because of the lack of American support provoked by the disaster of Columbia... more

DefenseIraqi Freedom": according to former Cia's Chief it has begun the quarter world war

Los Angeles, Usa - Iran, Iraq, Syria and Al Qaeda are the Us enemies

"The third world war has been the Cold War, the quarter is directed against three enemies: the religious governors of Iran, the Fascists in Iraq and Syria and the Muslims extremist of Al Qaeda", declared... more

Press releaseEurocopter: five AS-365N3 Dauphins for the Greek Merchant Navy

Marignane, France - The worth of the contract is close to EUR 47m

"The contract signed by Eurocopter, and the Greek MoD/DGA (General Delegation for Armaments), in conjunction with the Greek Merchant Navy Ministry, became effectives at the end of March 2003. Worth close... more

Finance and economyUSD 3,5bn to the Us airlines in order to damp the losses provoked by war

Washington, Usa - Congress allocates new funds in order to face up the war's costs

Us Congress has approved two amendments that authorize new funds in order to face up the costs of the war and in order to begin the reconstruction in Iraq. It has also allocated funds for the Us airlines,... more

DefenseBritish Defence Secretary defends cluster bombs

London, United Kingdom - According to Hoon Cluster bombs are a perfectly legal weapon

"Cluster bombs are a perfectly legal weapon and have an entirely legitimate military role", British Defence Secretary, Geoff Hoon said in an interview with BBC. He said the bombs are not used indiscriminately... more

Latest news"Iraqi Freedom": Us bombers have hit Iraqi Air Force headquarter

Baghdad, Iraq - News has rendered note by Us headquarter

Iraqi Air Force headquarter, situated in the center of Baghdad, this night, has been a target of the Coalition bombers. News has been comunicated by Us headquarter's official note. Usa has also confirmed... more

AccidentsAn United Airlines' plane has landed in Ireland for a bomb alarm

Dublin, Ireland - The aircraft was taken off from London for New York

Yesterday a bomb alarm has forced an United Airlines' airplane, in flight from London to New York, to a landing in Shannon airport, in Ireland. According to the hub's sources, aircraft has been parked... more

IndustryRaytheon has confirmed the Us Navy demand to increase Tomahawk's production

New York, Usa - News comes by company's spokesman

"Us Navy has asked to us if we are in a position to increase the production of Tomahawk missiles until 50, in the case in which the funds will be available and we would have adequately to be structured,... more

Accidents"Iraqi Freedom": suicide outrage at roadblock, 5 people died

Baghdad, Iraq - Three marines died, an hard shock for the troops' moral

According to what has been reported little minutes ago by the Anglo-American Center Commando in Qatar (Centcom), yesterday night a suicide attack at roadblock in the north-west of the Iraq killed would... more

AccidentsIndian Mig-23 fighter crashes (3): 5 deaths and 24 injured

New Delhi, India - The pilot is saved

The Soviet-built jet carrier Mig-23 crashed this morning near a village in the province of Punjab would have caused at least 5 deaths and 24 wounded. Indeed the Mig-23 would have fallen over two small... more

SecurityCatastrophe in Bolivia: 400 died for a collapse of a mine, helicopters cannot reach the zone

La Paz, Colombia - It's hoped in the forwarding of aircraft from some nations

Although the tragedy happened on Sunday the helicopters sent by the government of La Paz in the province of Chima were not able to reach what it seems a war territory than a mining village. Indeed the... more

AccidentsIndian Mig-23 fighter crashes (2): the technical sheet of Mikoyan Gurevich Mig-23 "Flogger"

Rome, Italy - One of the most exported jet abroad

Mig-23 used the same configuration of variable-geometry wing as Sukhoi SU-71G, and the plan was approved by TsAgi (Tsentralny AeroGidrodynamichesky Institut-Center Institute of Air and hydrodynamics).... more

AccidentsIndian Mig-23 fighter crashes on two farm houses

New Delhi, India - It's very long the incident sheet of the Indian Air Force

It's sure an ill-fated zone that one of Punjab, where already on last year a Mig-23 of the Indian Air Force crashed for technical problems (to see AVIONEWS 27/6/2002). Also yesterday an other Mig-23... more

Press releaseEgyptair orders seven A-330/200s

Cairo, Egypt - Deliveries will begin in June of the next year

"Egyptair has signed a contract with Airbus for the purchase of seven A-330/200s, the unquestioned leader in its category. This is the first A-330 acquisition by Egyptair which already operates a large... more

Science and technology"Iraqi Freedom": Baghdad airport is not under alley control yet

Centcom, Qatar - Very prudent the English position, no comment from Us officials

As it had happened at the beginning of the conflict with the taking of Bassora, that was thought fallen after just 72 hours, the same consideration has been made yesterday, when it was shown the conquest... more

Press releaseIberia increases an order of 12 A-340/600

Madrid, Spain - It will replace the B-747 fleet

"Iberia has signed a contract with Airbus for the acquisition of 12 A-340/600s (five firm and seven options), bringing to 15 its acquisition of Airbus’ latest and largest airliner to date. This confirms a... more

Science and technologyLiverpool airport goes larger

Liverpool, UK - The facilities will be powered and 700 jobs be created

No doubt that the surprise of the last years in the field of the civil aviation has been the low-cost airlines, the leading prime mover of a reality that in the last two years has met more disappointments... more

Fair and showsEurocopter: Fabrice Bregier new President of the industry

Marignane, France - He took the place of Jean-François Bigay

"On Wednesday 2 April 2003, as scheduled, Fabrice Brégier has officially taken over the duties of President of Eurocopter from Jean-François Bigay. Here below his curriculum vitae. Date of birth J... more

IndustryUSS Navy needs more Tomahawk missiles

Washington, Usa - An excellent news for Raytheon that could sign a rich agreement

All the industrial fields have not been hit in negative way by the conflict in Iraq, becouse the war companies could find a new and decisive impulse. It's the case of Raytheon that would have received... more