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  1. Saudi Arabia is set to break ground on its'own flight academy, the Saudi Aviation Flight Academy (SAFA) at the Thumamah Airport near Riyadh next week.
  2. Thales has signed a contract to equip France’s additional three FREMM frigates with radar, infrared search and track, sonar and communications  systems - bringing to 11 the number of French multi-mission frigates the company will supply.
  3. Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC), the company in charge of operation and management of Abu Dhabi and Al Ain airports, appointed James E. Bennett as its new Chief Executive Officer.
  4. Embraer delivered, this past month, 2 brand-new Embraer 170 jets to the new Libyan aviation service provider Petro Air. The deal also includes purchase rights to acquire two Embraer 190s, and was concluded during the first quarter of 2010. With a...
  5. Oman Air appointed Don Hunter as Chief Officer, Airport Operations. Don spent the last 41 years in aviation, of which 19 years with Cathay Pacific Airways where his responsibilities included running both airport and ground handling subsidiaries in...
  6. Italy's arms exports jumped by 61.3% to 4.9 billion euros in 2009, newly released government figures show, thanks mainly to a hefty contribution from the sale of Eurofighter jets to Saudi Arabia. Although the Eurofighter deal with Saudi Arabia was...
  7.   European aircraft manufacturer Airbus said Wednesday it received 60 orders and delivered 122 planes so far this year.US rival, Boeing, received 83 orders since January, according to its website.
  8. The first mission systems-equipped Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II stealth fighter flew for the first time on Wednesday, ushering in what will be the most powerful and comprehensive sensor package ever to fly in a fighter.   During the flight, F-...
  9.   The second Airbus Military A400M military airlifter has made its maiden flight yesterday 8th April. Known as MSN2, the aircraft took off from Seville, Spain with a take-off weight off 128t at 15.15 local time (GMT +2) and landed back at Seville...
  10. Kuwait's logistics firm Agility is to pay the US government $600 million to settle fraud charges (mainly of overcharging the US Army on supply contracts), an Arabic-language daily reported on Friday, citing unnamed sources.Agility and the US...
 



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