Aircraft

Airbus freighter takes its maiden flight Airbus completed the first four hours of its 180-h flight-test and certification campaign during first flight of the A330-200F, paving the way for delivery to launch operator Etihad Crystal Cargo in the summer of 2010. Read full story

Sikorsky pushes forward in Poland with S-70i assembly PZL Mielec, a Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. company in Poland, has begun final assembly of the first S-70i Black Hawk helicopter. The production marks the beginning of a new helicopter in the Sikorsky product line, an international variant of the Black Hawk. Read full story

Siemens' Sinumerik solutions touted by Northrop Grumman Northrop Grumman Corp. Aerospace Systems is strongly encouraging its supply chain to explore the use of Siemens' Sinumerik 840D solution line CNC and Sinumerik Volumetric Compensation System (VCS) to achieve high-tolerance machined parts for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program. Read full story

Boeing and team deliver on Poseidon A derivative of Boeing's Next-Generation 737-800, the P-8A is a long-range antisubmarine warfare, antisurface warfare, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance aircraft capable of broad-area, maritime, and littoral operations. Read full story