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January 21, 2011

Boeing Confirms P-8A Poseidon Airframe's Structural Integrity

Full Scale Static Tests Exceed Highest Expected Flight Loads By 50 Percent

Boeing said Thursday that it completed full scale static testing of the P-8A Poseidon’s airframe on Jan. 7. The series of tests, which began in May 2009, confirmed the airframe's structural integrity.

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Scaled-Back C-17 Productions Will Mean Job Cuts Through 2012

New Prodcution Rate Lower By Three Aircraft Per Year

As part of a transition announced last year, Boeing confirmed on Thursday it will deliver 13 C-17 Globemaster III airlifters in 2011 as the company moves to a new production rate of 10 C-17s per year.

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Afghanistan Airdrop Levels Set Record In 2010

Over 60 Million Pounds Of Cargo Delivered To Troops Around The Country Nearly Doubles 2009

Mobility Airmen supporting operations in Afghanistan airdropped 60.4 million pounds of cargo airdropped throughout the country, setting a record.

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Brazilian Air Force To Acquire Hermes 450 Unmanned Systems

The Project Is Part Of The Brazilian Air Forces' Objective To Establish Independent UAS Capabilities

Elbit Systems' Brazilian subsidiary, Aeroeletronica, has been awarded a contract to supply Hermes 450 Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) to the Brazilian Air Force. The contract is not in an amount that is material to Elbit Systems.

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U.S. Navy Renews Successful Helicopter Logistics Program

Follow-On Contract Worth $1.4 Billion

The Maritime Helicopter Support Company, a joint venture of Lockheed Martin and Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation has received a $1.4 billion firm fixed price contract from the U.S. Navy to continue providing performance-based logistics support for more than 490 in-service H-60 Seahawk helicopters.

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Raytheon To Open GPS Collaboration Center In Southern California

Facility Will Serve As GPS Operational Gateway

A new Global Positioning System Collaboration Center opening in February 2011 in El Segundo, CA, will allow U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems personnel to interact with the GPS Operational Control Segment (GPS OCX) system in an operations-like environment.

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Brazilian AF AMX Fighter Overhaul Contract Goes To Embraer

Launcher Number 200 Delivered To French Guiana Spaceport

The 200th Ariane launcher has been delivered to Arianespace at the Spaceport in French Guiana, where it will receive the Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) payload for a February 15 liftoff on a servicing mission to the International Space Station.

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