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DefenseUs satellites discover a North-Korean nuclear reactor re-opened
Washington, Usa - Atomic crisis risks to precipitate
"I think it’s a North Korea regimen example of growing actions in order to obtain concessions. We try a pacific diplomatic solution, but all the options remain opened ". United States have answered, b... more
AerospaceNasa engineers previewed Columbia’s tragedy
Houston, USA - Nasa has rendered public e-mails and notes
Last January 31, William Anderson wrote: "Why are we speaking about these things the day before landing and not the day after the launch? If there were signs that the shuttle has lost pieces, I would... more
DefenseTurkey yields to the American proposals
Ankara, Turkey - Turkish Parliament will have to ratify the agreement on the American Forces deployment
Today, Vecdi Gonulin, Turkish Defense Minister, has announced Turkish military bases soon will accommodate about 62.000 American soldiers. The agreement for the military collaboration between USA and... more
AirlinesAA towards the bankruptcy? Another defeat for the civil aviation sector
Dallas, Usa - Important talks with the unions are on the way
According to some calculations made by the unions' analysts, pilots and flight attendants, the American Airlines could seek for bankruptcy protection in three months, that is by the end of May. Indeed... more
AirlinesUnions ready for legal actions against Ryanair
Dublin, Ireland - The carrier won't quit and it's on the way to carry ahead with the lays-off
The Irish carrier Ryanair, headed by the Michael O' Leary, is on the hem of a trade-union crash because of the decision by O' Leary to change Buzz' strategy, the airline operating in the field of the low-cost... more
PeopleAfghanistan signs an important agreement with the Azerbaijan civil aviation
Kabul, Afghanistan - Another step towards the normality
The real freedom of a people passes more and more through the possibility to move and to establish relationships with other people, especially in a country that remained for decades under the heel of the... more
IndustryIt has been resumed the IL-96 production, after 10 years
Moscow, Russia - They'll be 2 cargo and 6 passenger planes
In a declaration released yesterday to the Russian press agency Itar-Tass the general director Vyacheslav Salikov of the Voronezh industry, has asserted that the production of the Ilyushin-96 will be resumed,... more
IndustryAAI Corp awarded of a near 16 USDm contract
USA
AAI Corp., Hunt Valley, Md., is being awarded a $15,973,016 firm-fixed-price contract for the procurement of 75 joint service electronic combat system testers (JSECST) for various Navy aircraft; 73 each... more
IndustryRaytheon Co. awarded of a over 17 USDm contract
USA
Raytheon Co., McKinney, Texas, is being awarded a $17,471,752 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-priced contract (N00019-02-C-3068) to exercise an option for the manufacture of five AN/APS-137C(V)5... more
AccidentsColombian Army helicopter crashes with 23 troops on board
Bogota, Colombia - The rebels' shooting the cause of the disaster
A helicopter of the Colombian regular Army, a Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk, has crashed yesterday in a mountainous zone in the north of the country, beyond 400 km far from the capital Bogota, with all 23... more
Science and technologyShannon airport blocked by pacifist group: US carriers decided to avoid the hub
Dublin, Ireland - A huge manifestation has been planned for next Saturday
The wave against the war crosses all Europe and it's large the number in these days of the pacifists' actions in order to hinder the activities of their governments that can be in relation with war operations.... more
AccidentsNorthrop Grumman delivers its 15th Joint Stars plane
Washington, Usa - A new division has been created specifically for this program
It has been delivered to Georgia Air National Guard the 15th aircraft E-8C Joint Stars (Joint Surveillance Target Attack System Radar), 5 weeks ahead the previewed date. The division where the new airplane... more
DefenseIraqi crisis: Croatia to give its airspace for civilian flights
Zagabria, Croatia - But it's difficult to give more concessions
The government of Zagabria has decided that it will grant "The airspace for the overflight, the landing and the refueling in the Croatian airports of the civil and cargo planes, to the ally forces guided... more
Science and technologyA Texan airport will take the name of the Columbia’s commander
Amarillo, Usa - The astronaut was born in the city
International airport of Amarillo, in Texas, will call Rick Husband International Airport. Husband is the Commander of Columbia and the last February 1 died, together to other six astronauts, in the tragic... more
IndustryBoeing to launch a new B-737/900 version
Seattle, Usa - It will be the rival of A-321
Although the economic conjuncture is not one the best the development plans of the greatest world-wide industries continue, also in order to find in short terms the effective solutions that can accelerate... more
IndustryRolls-Royce to give the sack to 1100 dependents
London, UK - Market conditions don't leave other solutions
As a result of a restructure plan in three of its emplacements Rolls-Royce, world-wide leader industry in manufacturing airplane engines, will cut 1100 jobs, as announced yesterday by the company. "We're... more
IndustryThe agreement for Airbus A-400M has been reached
Berlin, Germany – Announcement has been issued by German Defense Minister
German Defense Minister spokesman has declared today that experts coming from seven countries, that have made the Airbus A-400M military transport aircraft order, has reached an agreement for a job group... more
IndustryThe agreement for Airbus A-400M has been reached
Berlin, Germany – Announcement has been issued by German Defense Minister
German Defense Minister spokesman has declared today that experts coming from seven countries, that have made the Airbus A-400M military transport aircraft order, has reached an agreement for a job group... more
PeopleConference of Boeing Vice President of Marketing in New York
New York, Usa - He will discuss commercial airplane market
On Thursday, Feb 27 in New York, Randy Baseler, Boeing Vice President of Marketing will discuss the commercial airplane market. A live audio webcast of the presentation will be available at 9:00 am Eastern... more
AerospaceAn insulating tile could be the key of Columbia’s investigations
Houston, USA – Technicians have become suspicious by the unusual color of the part
A Shuttle’s insulator tile, with an unusual orange color, could be the key's inquiry about the tragic Columbia’s incident, exploded in flight last February 1. Orange is the insulating foam color. A min... more
DefenseNorth Korea has told people to set up for a nuclear war
Pyongyang, North Korea of the - The communist regimen said to rebel against Usa
"The situation of the Korean Peninsula is reaching the brink of a nuclear war". This is the official declaration of the Korean Central News Agency that has also invited the Southern of the Country to rebel... more
Latest newsJoint Stars program (2): the technical sheet of E-8C
Washington, Usa - The plane is a link between the ground forces and the battlefield
The Joint E-8c Stars (Joint Surveillance Target Attack System Radar) is an aircraft whose functions are surveillance, control and acquisition on the enemy forces information which then are sent to ground... more
AerospaceWildBlue-1 satellite will be sent in orbit by Ariane 5
Paris, France – Satellite will be launched in 2005
American company WildBlue Communication, specialized in the supply of telecommunication services in wide band, has entrusted to Arianspace the WildBlue-1 satellite launch. A launcher Arianes 5 will carry... more
Latest newsAmerican National Guard will watch US bases in Great Britain
London, Great Britain - US Army will send the soldiers by the end of March
The daily paper 'The Guardian' has written, in its edition of February 24, that the American National Guard will watch US bases of Lakenheat, Mildenhall and Molesworth, in Great Britain. US Army will... more
AerospaceNasa has lost the contact with the probe Pioneer 10
Washington, USA - It had been launched in 1972 and now will be a space garbage
It was the first probe to transmit Saturn and Jove’s images, but NASA has announced to have lost the contact with Pioneer 10. Probe was launched in orbit in 1972, it was conceived for a 21 months mission, b... more
Science and technologyFailure of Delta new systems to speed the queue in New York airport
New York, Usa - They roll the system out in other 81 airports
The New York airport Fiorello La Guardia is testing a Delta innovative project that will make better use of technology to speed passengers through the lobby with as little as two-minute wait. But during... more
AirportsGeneral strike in Algery involves air transport
Algeri, Algery - Protest against privatization, loss salary purchasing power and national reconciliation politics
Trade-union and political strike in Algeria. Yesterday, February 25, has been organised a two days block of all the economic activities in order to protest against the process of privatization of the public... more
AirlinesRyanair has reorganized Buzz
Dublin, Ireland – Staff and routes cut will be among the measures
According to the English daily newspaper "Times", Ryanair has cancelled all the Buzz flights in April the air company acquired last month by Klm. The air carrier would eliminate several of the 21 routes... more
AirlinesSwiss cannot escape from the crisis, fired 700 dependents (2): the press release of the air company
Basilea, Switzerland - Decisions approved by the management of the carrier
"A package of emergency measures proposed by the executive management was approved by the Swiss Board of Directors on 24 February 2003. In Zurich, Geneva, Basel, Bern and Lugano, destinations will be reduced... more
AerospaceNasa is studying new aircraft to replace the shuttle
Palmdale, Usa - Reliability and safety are the new Nasa requirements
The nation's next manned spacecraft must hold at least 4 astronauts and be safer and easier to launch than the space shuttle. The Orbital Space Plane, this is its name, must have the flexibility needed... more
AirlinesEasyJet forced to cut ticket prices to attract more passengers
London, UK - But according to the carrier the boom is not over
A bad week the current one, characterized by announcements of staff cuts, contractions of the budgets and by a general pessimism amplified also by the war shadows that more and more render darkness the... more
AirlinesSwiss cannot escape from the crisis, fired 700 dependents
Zurich, Switzerland - Changes on the fleet and on the time-table flights
It's more and more alarming the situation of the Switzerland's flag carrier Swiss, born in March 2002 from the ashes of the former national carrier Swissair, failed in 2001, and of its subsidiary Crossair.... more
Latest newsCommander of Davis Air base on the top of Us Air Force
Washington, Usa - A last exibition on his plane, as tradition rules
He will be the colonel Paul Schafer, 46 years old, who has been in the Air Force of the United States for 23 years, to become the Director of Afeag (Air Force Executive Action Group), a group formed by... more
AccidentsAn Us helicopter crashed yesterday: it was just an incident
Washington, Usa - No proof of an hostile attack
It would have been an incident of which the causes are still not known, that one happened yesterday in Kuwait in which 4 American soldiers have died, whose identities are not still revealed. The news... more
DefensePreventive attacks continue against Iraqi targets
Washington, Usa - It's clearing the way for a ground attack
Even if not still made official a war has already begun, the American one against military and communication emplacements on the Iraqi territory. Also yesterday aimed attacks have been carried thanks... more
DefenseNorway provides Nbc equipment to Turkey
Oslo, Norway - Nato confronts a reasonable chemic attack to Turkey
Norwegian government has decided to provide Turkey with NBC equipment for protection against possible attack using biological or chemical weapons. This decision follows the Nato's position to assist Turkey... more
AirlinesRyanair cancels Buzz flights
London, Great Britain- Riot of the passengers who bought the tickets
Ryanair has canceled all Buzz flights in April, after the take over. The Irish airline wants to cut key holiday destinations from the summer timetable too. People who bought cheap tickets in advance... more
PeopleUe claims the right on the agreements about air transportation
Brussels, Belgium - It's to create those conditions strength whitin the sector
Tomorrow it will be an important day for the European civil aviation, although not decisive; indeed Ue Transport commissioner Loyola de Palacio will introduce a document in which it's asserted it's a Brussels'... more
AerospaceShuttle: Nasa does not believe to the theory of the tank’s fragments as tragedy cause
Houston, Usa – According to the agency Administrator it’s only an hypothesis
During an interview on the American network Cnn, Sean O' Keefe, Nasa’s Administrator has declared theory of the detached fragments of Columbia’s external tank, that would have hit the wing, is one of... more
IndustryAirbus more and more active: AirTran to acquire 50-60 A-320
Toulouse, France - An aggressive strategy in a moment of crisis
According to some declarations released by Airbus' chief commercial officer John Leahy, AirTran, an American carrier, would be ready to acquire up to 60 A-320 airplanes. The true news is that the American... more
DefenseA resolution about North Korea has been approved by the not-aligned countries
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – It is a compromise
It was needed all the night in order to convince North Korea to accept the resolution proposed by the delegations participants at the Summit of the 'Not-aligned Countries' movement in Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia).... more
DefenseThe Usa do not have plans in order to invade North Korea
Seoul, South Korea - Powell has reassured South Korean allies
"The United States do not have plans in order to invade North Korea and there are not soldiers in March". Assurance has been supplied by American State Secretary, Colin Powell, to Roh Moo-Hyun, new South... more
DefensePraga asks for Us help for its air defence
Praga, Czech Republic - Czech Republic would be unable to defend itself from a terroristic attack
The Czech daily paper Lidove Novyini published in the edition of February 24 the news that the Minister of the Defense Jaroslav Tvrdmk asked Nato to cancel the Renegade plan, based on every member of the... more
AirlinesJapan Airlines and Sas have inaugurated Internet in flight
Seattle, Usa - The system supplied by Cable & Wireless and Connexion by Boeing
Japan Airlines and the Sas have communicated the wish to offer wide band Internet to passengers on board of own planes. Service, offered by "Cable & Wireless and Connexion by Boeing", it will allow the... more
AirlinesEasyJet interested to part of Air Libertè slot
Paris, France - After Air Libertè bankrupt its slot in Orly airport are available
The EasyJet Ceo, Ray Webster, showed interest in the purchase of Orly airport slot now available after Air Libertè bankrupt. EasyJet, British low-cost air company, that already owns 3000 slot, needs... more
SecurityAmazing interview of Saddam Hussein to tv Cbs
Baghdad, Iraq - Iraq rais refuses any solution to avoid the war
To resolve Iraq crisis Saddam Hussein makes his proposal in front of tv Cbs. No to Al Samoud 2 missile destruction, no to the exile and a television face to face with the American President George Bush. In... more
IndustryEads heads for the military pole
Paris, France - The objective is to reach a turnover of EUR 9bn
During an interview given to the French daily newspaper "La Tribune", Philippe Camus, Eads Co-president, has declared that company heads to a turnover of EUR 9bn in the military pole, by 2004. It’s a... more
DefenseUS Defence orders to Boeing JHMCS systems
St.Louis, Usa - Assigned a USD 81m contract
US Defence department awarded Boeing an USD 81.2m contract to produce more than 300 Joint Helmet-Mounted Cueing Systems (JHMCS). The JHMCS consists of electronics installed in the aircraft and a new helmet... more
People777-300ER Boeing completed its maiden flight
Everett, Usa - It's the most technologically advanced airplane
The Boeing 777-300ER completed on February 24 its first flight, beginning a flight-test program that's expected to bring US Government certification by early next year. Touted as the world's most technologically... more
DefenseUs fighters bomb Iraqi missile plants
Baghdad, Iraq - Maybe to clear the way for an invasion
Some American mass-medias citing directly military sources, have reported a news according to which Us fighters have attacked on the today dawn, some Iraqi missile emplacements in the north of the Country:... more