The BSAT-3c / JCSAT-110R broadcasting satellite, designed and built by Lockheed Martin for the Broadcasting Satellite System (B-SAT) and SKY Perfect JSAT, is now ready for service following on-orbit deployment.
Pratt & Whitney, a United Technologies company, has secured an engine management contract from Cargolux Airlines to provide on-wing engine health monitoring.
SpaceX has sought permission from the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to test an experimental reusable launch vehicle (RLV) at its McGregor test site in Texas, US.
Aircraft leasing group Avolon has agreed to lease nine aircraft to Ryanair and AirAsia for $740m - five Boeing 737-800s to Ryanair and four Airbus A320s to AirAsia.
All Nippon Airways (ANA) has received the first of Boeing's long-delayed 787s Dreamliner aircraft from its plant in Everett, Washington, US.
Japan has launched a new information-gathering satellite (IGS), called Optical-4, on H-2A (H-IIA) launch vehicle from the Yoshinobu Launch Complex at the Tanegashima Space Centre.
Russia is planning to launch the Kondor, its first Earth remote sensing satellite, in January 2012.
Arianespace has launched two communications satellites, Arabsat 5C for the operator Arabsat and SES-2 for the operator SES, on an Ariane 5 ECA rocket.
AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, and Chongqing Helicopter Investment (CQHIC) have signed a deal to explore potential collaboration in helicopter development in China.
Embraer has delivered the first Embraer 190 jet to Italian airline Alitalia as part of a 20-jet order.
