Northrop Grumman Team Demonstrates Virtual Air Refueling Across Distributed Simulator Locations for U.S. Air Force | Virtual-Strategy Magazine
Northrop Grumman Team Demonstrates Virtual Air Refueling Across Distributed Simulator Locations for U.S. Air Force | Virtual-Strategy Magazine
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Read more...CapitalMadrid - Moncloa acuerda con Francia reindustrializar Andalucía y salvar Alestis
El Gobierno español ha conseguido un principio de acuerdo con la empresa de construcción aeroespacial en los ámbitos civil y militar EADS, conocida fundamentalmente por la construcción de los aviones Airbus, para rescatar del concurso de acreedores a la sociedad ALESTIS, proveedora de material para la construcción de los mencionados Airbus. Según fuentes conocedoras de las negociaciones, el acuerdo se verá plasmado en el voto favorable que el Ministerio de Hacienda emitirá en la junta de acreedores fijada por el juzgado nº 2 de Sevilla para el próximo día 19 del presente mes de diciembre, siempre que la Junta de Andalucía cumpla con sus compromisos previos.
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Read more...Japón: temen ataque contra aviación comercial – El Popular
Japón: temen ataque contra aviación comercial – El Popular
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Univisión Japón: temen ataque contra aviación comercialEl PopularJapón ha pedido a la agencia de la ONU que supervisa la aviación civil que investigue si la zona de defensa aérea recientemente establecida por China podría poner en peligro a la aviación civil. Ello porque se temen posibles ataques por parte de China …Japón pide a la ONU que [...]
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Read more...US Air Force still finding its way on logistics modernization
Air Force still finding its way on logistics modernization
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A year after ending a costly and high-stakes logistics modernization program, the Air Force claims some headway in adopting a 'building block' approach to accomplish the program's original goals.
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Read more...Lufthansa: ‘No need to hurry’ to select new CEO
Lufthansa: 'No need to hurry' to select new CEO
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Lufthansa, which announced in September that chairman and CEO Christoph Franz would leave in May 2014, said it is not in a hurry to announce a successor.
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Learjet 85 still close to first flight
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A top Bombardier executives says the Learjet 85 is close to making its maiden flight, but he stopped short of saying the composite aircraft will meet the company's goal of a first flight by the end of the year.
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Read more...The Amazon Drone Plan
What do you think about the news from last night?
"Company CEO Jeff Bezos says he hopes to soon deploy an armada of mini-drones able to drop small packages at your doorstep."
Read more at Industry Week: Amazon Unveils Futuristic Drone Delivery Plan. There's a video to watch, too, if you're so inclined.
At first it almost sounds like an April Fool's Day joke. Or maybe it's just a publicity stunt.
We already have problems getting approval to fly UAVs in civil airspace. Bezos would have to overcome that obstacle. The second page of the article quotes Amazon saying rules could be in place in 2015.
"FAA chief Michael Huerta earlier said he expects some 7,500 small unmanned aircraft buzzing in the U.S. skies in the next five years."
Here's a funny take on the plan that we've already seen on Twitter (click to enlarge).
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