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December 03, 2004

Blimps May Soon Augment Battle Communications

Fast-Moving Blimp Can Follow Convoys

Blimps are back. Geneva Aerospace says, if the military will install its unmanned autonomous flight control technologies to blimps, the military soon will have more cost-effective communications capabilities in combat areas.

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Osprey Completes Final Shipboard Developmental Testing

Operations, Maintenance Evaluated

The V-22 Integrated Test Team conducted Shipboard Suitability Phase IVc for ten days beginning on November 12. This was the fourth and final underway period for the ITT since the program's return to flight in May of 2002. Phase IVc's successful completion was an important step on the path toward the Osprey's operational evaluation early next year.

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Curtiss-Wright Controls Wins $7.2 Million Defense Contract

Signs with Boeing To Supply F/A-18E/F Components

Curtiss-Wright Controls, Inc. has been awarded a new defense contract by The Boeing Company to supply components for the F/A-18 Super Hornet aircraft. Curtiss-Wright Controls is the Motion Control segment of Curtiss-Wright Corporation.

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Update: New Blue Angel Pilot Punches Out

Aircraft Lost, Investigation Underway

A US Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron Blue Angel safely ejected from his F/A-18 Hornet near Perdido Key off the coast of Pensacola, FL at approximately 1445 local time, Wednesday.

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Military Rotorcraft Production on the Rise

Report Predicts $84 Billion Market Between Now And 2013

Thursday, ANN reported that the outlook for civilian rotor flight -- the pilots, the manufacturers and the mechanics -- is doing rather well. This, in site of the ongoing slump that has plagued aviation since 9/11. Now, in a new study titled "The World Market for Military Rotorcraft," Forecast International predicts that 5,448 military rotorcraft, with an estimated value of $84 billion, will be produced in the 2004-2013 period. This total includes both new-build rotorcraft as well as major modifications such as the Boeing AH-64D and the Sikorsky UH-60M. A total of 1,668 major modifications are forecast, with an estimated value of $14.3 billion.

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