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Improbable Defence is transforming synthetic environments through Skyral (Sponsored)
Skyral enables government and industry to develop and adapt synthetic solutions more quickly, efficiently and reliably.
Air Warfare
Avalon 2025: Australia’s missile and ordnance plans excite companies
Australia’s Guided Weapons and Explosive Ordnance (GWEO) industrial plan is ambitious and promises big spending in an effort to create a local and sovereign capability. Companies at last week’s Australian International Airshow near Melbourne were making their pitches.
Naval Warfare
Russia and Ukraine agree maritime ceasefire – then Russia attaches strings
Tentative peace in the Black Sea broke down almost immediately amid Russian demands for a financial climb-down from the EU.
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UK Chancellor commits £2 billion to make the country a “defence industrial superpower”
Rachel Reeves announced port upgrades, protected budgets for innovation and investment in novel technologies.
Land Warfare
Babcock secures £1.6 billion MoD contract extension to support British Army readiness
The five-year contract extension will be applied to the existing 10-year DSG Service Provision and Transformation Contract.
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airBaltic and Belavia team to offer more Riga?Minsk flights
13th January 2010
From 19 January, airBaltic will be increase its flights from Riga to the Belarusian capital Minsk from seven to 10 flights per week as a …
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Web check-in added by Wizz Air in three more countries
13th January 2010
Wizz Air reports that it has now fully deployed his web check-in service in the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland. Web check-in is now available …
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Digital Battlespace
SAIC awarded $249 million task order by Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command
12th January 2010
Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) today announced it has been awarded a task order by the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command to provide modeling, …
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Naval Warfare
Northrop Grumman makes early delivery of Mine Detection System
11th January 2010
Northrop Grumman Corporation delivered the first Low-Rate Initial Production (LRIP) Phase 2 Airborne Laser Mine Detection System (ALMDS) to the US Navy more than six …
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Two new routes announced by airBaltic
11th January 2010
airBaltic is to launch flights from Riga to Umeå in Sweden and between Vilnius and London. The start date for the former is 29 March, …
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Combined December and full 2009 traffic announced for SkyWest and ASA
11th January 2010
SkyWest, Inc. has released the combined traffic figures for its two airline subsidiaries, SkyWest Airlines and Atlantic Southeast Airlines (ASA) during December 2009 and the …
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Air Berlin carried 27.9 million passengers in 2009
11th January 2010
In 2009, Air Berlin transported a total of 27,911,193 passengers (including those travelling on the TUIfly routes acquired on 25 October 2009), a decrease of …
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Cimber Sterling chooses Lufthansa Systems IT to optimise flight operations
11th January 2010
Cimber Sterling has opted to implement Lufthansa Systems’ navigation charts (Lido/RouteManual) and Lido/TakeOff for take-off performance analysis in a five-year contract signed recently. "Lufthansa Systems' …
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ExpressJet 2009 stats released along with 2010 fleet plan
11th January 2010
ExpressJet Holdings, parent company of regional and charter airline operator ExpressJet Airlines, has reported traffic and capacity results for December 2009 and announced its expected …
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Four ERJ 135s for SA Airlink
11th January 2010
Embraer subsidiary ECC Leasing Company has leased four ERJ 135 pre-owned jets to South African Airlink. The aircraft will replace some of the airline’s turboprops …
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Horizon claims aviation history with first WAAS scheduled flight
8th January 2010
Horizon Air has announced that on 30 December 2009 it became the first scheduled-service passenger carrier to operate using Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) technology …
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Great Lakes announces December and full 2009 traffic data
8th January 2010
Great Lakes Aviation has released its preliminary passenger traffic results for December 2009 and the year ending 31 December 2009. In December 2009, revenue passenger …
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New customer support director for FlightSafety International
8th January 2010
FlightSafety International has announced that Jeff McPhie has been promoted to director, customer support. “Jeff’s management skills, commitment to outstanding customer service and experience make …
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GOL?s December 2009 and full-year traffic figures released
8th January 2010
GOL Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes has announced its preliminary traffic figures for December 2009 and for the last complete calendar year. Revenue passenger kilometres (RPKs) for …
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easyJet expanding at Gatwick
8th January 2010
easyJet intends to add three aircraft into London Gatwick from summer 2010, increasing the airline’s Gatwick-based fleet to 43 aircraft. This development comes in the …
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Southwest Airlines reports December and full 2009 traffic
8th January 2010
Southwest Airlines has released its December 2009 traffic figures along with those for the whole of last year. The company flew 5,970,666,000 revenue passenger miles …
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AirTran restarts service at Gulfport/Biloxi
8th January 2010
AirTran Airways has resumed scheduled service from Gulfport/Biloxi, Mississippi, to the carrier's hub in Atlanta and added new service from Gulfport/Biloxi to Tampa/St Petersburg in …
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Colgan Air December and full-year 2009 traffic announced
8th January 2010
Pinnacle Airlines Corporation has released capacity and operational results for its Colgan Air subsidiary for December 2009 and for the complete calendar year. Revenue passenger …
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Pinnacle Airlines reports December and 2009 performance data
8th January 2010
Pinnacle Airlines Corporation has released capacity and operational results for its Pinnacle Airlines, Inc. subsidiary for December 2009, plus the airline’s traffic figures for the …
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