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Space Day Trips One Step Closer As Wet Lease Contract is Signed for Lynx Suborbital Spacecraft
Space Expedition Curacao (SXC) and XCOR Aerospace, Inc. have jointly announced the completion of a multi-million dollar transaction that secures the wet lease of production Lynx tail number two for operation on the Caribbean island of Curacao, pending...
German Navy Frigate FGS Koln Joins EU Anti-Piracy Operation
On September 12, EU NAVFOR welcomed the German frigate FGS KÖLN to Operation ATALANTA. Commanded by Commander Christopher Karow, the ship and her 219 crew members will operate in the area of operations off the Horn of Africa for the next three months;...
Iberian Lynx Not Doomed By Its Genetics
The low genetic diversity of the Iberian lynx – the most endangered carnivore in Europe – may not decrease the species’ chance of survival, according to new research by geneticists. Research looking at DNA from Iberian lynx fossils shows that...
NASA Selects XCOR Aerospace to Provide Suborbital Flight And Payload Integration Services for Research And Scientific Missions
NASA has selected XCOR Aerospace to provide suborbital flight and payload integration services for research and scientific missions in a program that will offer up to $10 million dollars in contracts to match payload customers with flight vehicle services....
German Frigate ‘Bayern’ Joins EU NAVFOR Operation ATALANTA
Commanded by Commander Andreas von Kielmansegg, FGS Bayern and her crew have joined the EU NAVFOR taskforce in the Indian Ocean for a five month deployment to protect World Food Programme (WFP) and African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) shipping from...
Royal Air Force Chinook Fleet Boosted By New MK3s
The Royal Air Force’s fleet of battle winning Chinooks has been boosted by the arrival of two new Mk3s. These are the first of eight new aircraft to be delivered to RAF Odiham this year. The Chinooks have been modified by Boeing and now have more powerful...
Ministry of Defence Announces Plan for 22 New Chinook Helicopters
The Ministry of Defence will give a major boost to the military helicopter fleet with 22 new Chinook helicopters, the Defence Secretary Bob Ainsworth has announced. The first ten new Chinooks will start to roll off the production line in 2012 and be completed...
Royal Navy’s Record-breaking Drug-buster HMS Iron Duke Returning to Home
Royal Navy warship HMS Iron Duke, which made a record-breaking drugs seizure in the North Atlantic in September, will return to her Portsmouth home on December 14. The Type 23 frigate found 5.5 tonnes of pure cocaine with an estimated UK value of £240m...
