There will be no Aerospace & Defence News from 25th December to 4th January inclusive. We wish all our readers a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! http://www.era.co.uk/newsfeeds/defence.asp http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:32:19 +0000 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:29:49 +0000 FeedForAll v2.0 (2.0.2.9) http://www.feedforall.com A|D|Shas hosted an event with Lord Drayson, Minister of State for Strategic Defence Acquisition Reform, at the Military Air Solutions site of BAE Systems in Warton... http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/UK_Industry_Targets_GBP20_Billion_Global_UAS_Market_999.html B8AA4FB9-D046-4E02-B7BD-7C2A6FB48C73 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:49:42 +0000 The last barrier to British Airways’ proposed alliance with American Airlines appeared to have been overcome yesterday when the European Commission indicated that it would approve the deal... http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/transport/article7057408.ece EE68796C-4A37-48AF-BDBF-144CEFF0EB8A Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:29:49 +0000 Airbus parent company EADS slumped to a loss last year, after taking a €2bn (£1.8bn) hit from delays on the A400M military transport plane and higher costs on the A380 super-jumbo... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/industry/7408221/Airbus-aircraft-delays-push-EADS-to-a-loss.html 43473A3C-8ED5-4EC2-BFF7-EA1536AE67A6 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:27:37 +0000 VICTORVILLE, Calif., 10 March 2010. The second Boeing 787 Dreamliner, ZA002, landed at 10:53 a.m. local time today in Victorville, Calif. This marks the beginning of the first flight-test operations outside of Washington state for the program... http://avi.pennnet.com/display_article/373232/143/NEWS/none/none/1/Boeing-787-begins-first-flight-test-operations-outside-of-Washington-state/ F78BDC93-9248-49ED-A0B0-C2EB6477B4D0 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:14:38 +0000 The UK Royal Air Force has doubled the level of operational activity with its General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft in Afghanistan within the last few months, and says a planned fleet expansion will boost this output by a similar margin within the near term... http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2010/03/10/339270/raf-outlines-afghan-experience-with-reaper-uav.html 17294FC1-FCE2-4B4A-AF35-B5CAD700E2C0 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:10:12 +0000 The Israeli air force has rolled out a fleet of massive pilotless planes that fly for a full day with the ability to reach the Persian Gulf... http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/New_Israeli_drones_can_reach_Iran_999.html 3C451AFF-14A4-48A1-92E0-B363E7D3F08F Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:50:55 +0000 The BBC News magazine reports on how Air Salvage International (ASI), based at Cotswold Airport in Kemble is stripping and breaking down used and old aircraft into the separate parts for recycling... http://www.sbac.co.uk/community/cms/content/preview/news_item_view.asp?i=20633&t=0 5E388563-A89B-409C-A517-6E8DA976BF1D Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:45:11 +0000