Aerospace and Defense Sector

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U.S. to drop charges against one Blackwater guard

Reuters US Online Report Top News 5 days ago

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Justice Department prosecutors asked a federal judge on Friday to dismiss the charges against one of five Blackwater security guards accused of killing 14 unarmed Iraqi civilians in a 2007 shooting in Baghdad. In a brief court notice, ...

First Air France A380 reaches New York

AFP Global Edition 5 days ago

The world's largest airliner, an Air France A380, touched down in New York on Friday after completing the superjumbo jet's first Atlantic crossing from Europe to the United States. The Airbus plane, carrying 538 passengers, left Paris earlier in the day and ...

Boeing starts work on second Dreamliner assembly site

AFP Global Edition 5 days ago

US aerospace giant Boeing broke ground Friday for the second assembly plant for its new 787 Dreamliner aircraft scheduled for its first test flight by the end of the year. The facility at North Charleston, South Carolina also will have the capability ...

S.Korean shipbuilder STX cuts 351 jobs in France

AFP Asian Edition 5 days ago

South Korean shipbuilding giant STX is cutting 351 jobs in France through voluntary departures at the historic Saint-Nazaire shipyard, company officials said on Friday. The yard employs around 2,410 people and has received no new orders for civilian vessels since 2007. STX ...

Air France A380 set for first transatlantic flight

AFP Global Edition 6 days ago

An Air France A380 superjumbo, the world's largest civilian airliner, is to set off on Friday on the first Air France flight across the Atlantic bound for New York with 538 passengers aboard. Among those will be 380 aviation buffs who bid ...

CORRECTION Emirates Dubai Airshow

AP News 8 days ago

Emirati officials visit the flydubai Airbus plane during an Airshow in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Sunday Nov. 15, 2009. Ethiopian Airlines confirmed an order Sunday for 12 A350 XWB aircraft from Airbus in the first plane sale to emerge from the Dubai ...

Air Austral confirms order for two superjumbos

AFP Global Edition 8 days ago

Air Austral, the carrier based in the French Indian Ocean island of Reunion, has confirmed an earlier order for two Airbus A380 superjumbos, the European manufacturer said Tuesday at the Dubai Airshow. A Memorandum of Understanding for the purchase of the two ...

Aerospace giant EADS switches into loss

AFP Global Edition 9 days ago

European defence giant EADS reported a quarterly loss Monday, its first in two years, and warned it might cut production because of persistent problems with the superjumbo A380 and military transporter A400M. EADS, parent company of aircraft manufacturer Airbus, said it suffered ...

Airbus may cut output again in late 2010: EADS chief

AFP Global Edition 9 days ago

European aircraft maker Airbus may cut production further in the second half of next year, Louis Gallois, chief executive of parent company EADS, said in Dubai on Monday. "We may have to adjust output. We cannot rule it out. For the moment, ...

Airbus parent EADS reports Q3 loss on weak dollar

AP News 9 days ago

EADS reports Q3 loss on weak dollar, warns of charges on troubled aircraft programs in Q4 EADS, the parent company of plane maker Airbus, on Monday said it lost euro87 million ($130 million) in the third quarter, due partly to the weak ...

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