More Upgrades For USCG HC-130JsTuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 4:07AM$13.25 Million Contract Options to Provide Mission Systems for the HC-130J Aircraft Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Coast Guard exercised contract options valued at $13.25 million to install mission systems aboard two additional HC-130J aircraft. Once delivered, these aircraft will complete the Coast Guard's planned inventory of six missionized HC-130Js.
Upgraded: Ranger Rotorcraft Group's Ed BoldenTuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 4:07AMJust Call Him "Mr. President" Ranger Rotorcraft Group, Inc. has promoted Edward Bolden to President. Bolden was previously Vice President-Operations Development of Ranger Rotorcraft Group.
Fantasy of Flight Founder Inducted into Florida Aviation Hall of FameTuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 4:07AMKermit Weeks, creator and founder of Central Florida's Fantasy of Flight, and a championship aerobatic pilot, has been selected as a member of the Florida Aviation Hall of Fame. Weeks was inducted into the Florida Aviation Hall of Fame recently at the society's sixth annual induction ceremony.
Aerospace Contractor Team May Contest NASA Contract AwardTuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 4:08AMPlanetSpace Likely To Protest NASA's Selection Process Trouble may be brewing as a result of an aerospace contractor team losing out on a NASA contract to provide rockets capable of transporting cargo to the International Space Station.