Tuesday, March 9, 2010

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NASA tries to lure kids with space communications simulation
NASA Tuesday rolled out an interactive computer simulation that aims to illustrate communications with space shuttles, the International Space Station, the Hubble telescope, Mars rovers and more.

FAA predicts U.S. air travel will rise this year
U.S. passenger travel will increase by 0.5 percent this year and then at an average of 2.5 percent per year through 2030, the Federal Aviation Administration predicted in a forecast released Tuesday.

Boeing moves second 787 Dreamliner to California
Boeing's second 787 Dreamliner moved down to Victorville, Calif., launching the 787's first flight testing outside of Washington, Boeing announced Tuesday.

EADS announces 2009 loss of 763 million euros
Continued cost woes with the A400 military transport and A380 super-jumbo jet pushed Airbus parent EADS into the red last year, with a net loss of 763 million euros, the company announced Tuesday.

Microsoft warns against using 64-bit Office 2010
While the 64-bit version of Office 2010 may offer more processing power, the drawbacks may not be worth it for enterprise customers, Microsoft says.

Northrop no-bid could speed up tanker contract
Northrop Grumman's decision not to bid on the Air Force's aerial refueling tanker request could speed up the Pentagon's timeline for awarding the contract, given that Boeing is now the only potential bidder, Reuters reported Tuesday.

MSN redesign begins broad deployment Tuesday
It's been four months since Microsoft rolled out a preview of the redesigned MSN home page.

Iraq and Boeing finalize deal for 10 787 Dreamliners
Ten of the 11 previously unidentified 787 Dreamliner orders Boeing listed in December were from Iraq's government, the company disclosed recently.

Seattle-based Alaska Airlines, Horizon Air add mobile apps
Seattle-based Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air Tuesday announced the launch of free mobile applications optimized for iPhone, BlackBerry and Windows Mobile users.

Microsoft researcher wins Turing Award, computing's highest prize
Sure, Chuck Thacker now works at Microsoft Research in Silicon Valley. But the computer scientist is best known – and on Tuesday won the field's highest prize – for his decades of influential work in computing.

'In 2011 we'll deliver more airplanes' than Airbus
Boeing Commercial Airplanes President and Chief Executive Jim Albaugh had a lot of interesting things to day Tuesday morning in a Webcast talk at the J.P. Morgan Aviation, Transportation & Defense Conference.

Airbus will increase A320 production rate in December
Airbus will increase the monthly A320 family production rate to 36 from the current rate of 34 in December, the company announced Tuesday.

Hawaiian Airlines orders another Airbus A330
Hawaiian Airlines has ordered one more A330-200 airliner to its previous order for six A330-200s and six A350 XWB-800s and three lease-deal A330s, Airbus announced Tuesday.

Seattle-based Jones Soda agrees to takeover by California's Reed's, Inc.
California-based Reed's, Inc., would take over Seattle's Jones Soda Co., under a deal the two companies announced Tuesday.

Pilot Sullenberger spins life lessons from Hudson landing
Captain Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger III apparently has thought a lot in the past year about how the experience of someone who saved 155 lives in less time it takes to read this article translates for people who probably never will face such a trial.

VirnetX's future depends on Microsoft lawsuit
The future of VirnetX depends on its patent-infringement lawsuit against Microsoft, which went to trial Monday.

New Seattle-based foodie site takes aim at men
Allrecipes.com believes men deserve more than to have to share food forums with women. So the Seattle-based recipe super-site today launched a new social food site, ManTestedRecipes.com.

Boeing starts building Phantom Eye unmanned vehicle
Boeing Company has begun to build Phantom Eye -- its first unmanned, liquid-hydrogen powered, high altitude long endurance (HALE) demonstrator aircraft, the company announced Monday.

Seattle City Council resolves to back Boeing tanker
Just as Northrop Grumman was preparing to announce it would not bid on the Air Force's aerial refueling tanker contract, the Seattle City Council Monday was passing a resolution urging the Air Force to buy Boeing tankers.

Reaction to Northrop tanker pullout
Here is reaction to Northrop Grumman's announcement Monday that it would not bid on the Air Force's aerial refueling tanker contract.

 

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