January 2022

Airbus to Develop Power Management and Distribution System for New Lunar Gateway Station

Aerospace /

Toulouse: Airbus Crisa, an affiliate company of Airbus, has signed a contract for the development of the Power Management and Distribution (PMAD) system for the Habitation and Logistics Outpost (HALO) with Northrop Grumman. Airbus Crisa is a Spanish company founded in 1985 to design and manufacture electronic equipment and software for space applications, and engineering […]

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Advanced Sea-to-Sea Variant of BrahMos Successfully Test-fired

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New Delhi: India on Tuesday (January 11) successfully test-fired the advanced sea-to-sea variant of BrahMos Supersonic Cruise missile from INS Visakhapatnam, Indian Navy’s P15B stealth guided missile destroyer ship. The missile hit the designated target ship precisely, Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) said. DRDO took to the micro-blogging website Twitter to make the announcement.

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ACJ TwoTwenty

Airbus Delivers First-Ever Private Jet ACJ TwoTwenty: All You Need To Know

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Mirabel (Canada): The first-ever ACJ TwoTwenty, launched just over a year ago, was successfully delivered to Comlux from the Airbus A220 Final Assembly Line in Mirabel, Canada, Airbus has said. The all-new business jet will be joining the Comlux’s facilities in Indianapolis, USA, for the VVIP cabin completion in the coming days. This first aircraft

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Airbus Passenger Aircraft

Airbus Delivers 611 Commercial Aircraft, Achieves 2021 Target

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Toulouse: Airbus said it has delivered 611 commercial aircraft to 88 customers in 2021, demonstrating resilience and recovery with progress on ramp-up plans. “Our commercial aircraft achievements in 2021 reflect the focus and resilience of our Airbus teams, customers, suppliers and stakeholders across the globe who pulled together to deliver remarkable results. The year saw

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Airbus Signs Purchase Agreement With Azorra for 22 A220 Family Aircraft

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Toulouse: Airbus has signed a purchase agreement with Azorra for 22 A220 Family aircraft including twenty A220-300s and two ACJ TwoTwenty aircraft. Azorra is a Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA, based aircraft lessor focused on executive, regional and mid-size aircraft. “The A220 is ideally suited for Azorra’s growing portfolio. We are excited to partner with Airbus

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Atlas Air

Atlas Air Worldwide Purchases 4 Boeing 777 Freighters

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Seattle: Boeing and Atlas Air Worldwide have announced an order for four 777 Freighters. The order, placed last month, rounds out a record-setting 2021 for Boeing’s freighter family including new-production and converted models. Boeing has forecast that the global freighter fleet will grow by 70% in the next 20 years, with freight carriers such as

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Zoji La Pass

A First: Zoji La Pass Opens for Traffic in January as BRO Scripts History

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Leh (Ladakh): The Border Roads Organisation (BRO) has raised its benchmark of excellence yet again by extending access of the formidable Zoji La at an altitude of 11,649 ft, that links the Union Territory of Ladakh with the rest of the country. For the first time, Zoji mountain pass remained open beyond 31 December, the

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Defence Land Survey

17.78 Lakh Acres of Defence Land Surveyed Using Modern Survey Technologies

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New Delhi: The Ministry of Defence (MoD) owns large tracts of land admeasuring about 17.99 lakh acres out of which approximately 1.61 lakh acres is situated within the 62 notified cantonments, as per the records maintained by Defence Estates Offices. About 16.38 lakh acres is spread across many pockets outside the cantonments. Out of 16.38

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