Nigerian President buys 3 executive jets

Mon, Aug 16, 2010

The Nigerian federal executive council meeting approved the purchase of three new jets for the Presidential Air Fleet. The planes, which include a Gulfstream G550 and two new Falcon 7X Aircraft, will cost the country $154.3 million or N23.2 billion.

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Boeing Flight Demonstrates Narrowband Communications Relay on ScanEagle

by Source: Boeing

Tue, Jul 20, 2010

SEATTLE, -- The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] and its subsidiary Insitu Inc. announced today that they successfully demonstrated a high-performance Narrowband Relay communications system aboard a ScanEagle unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) in June. The relay was designed to meet the needs of small distributed forces operating in areas where Line of Sight (LOS) communications would not normally be possible.

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Boeing Delivers Final C-130 Avionics Modernization Program Test Aircraft

by Source: Boeing

Tue, Jul 20, 2010

SAN ANTONIO, -- Boeing [NYSE: BA] on June 30 delivered the last of three test aircraft for the U.S. Air Force C-130 Avionics Modernization Program (AMP) system design and development contract.

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