Boeing today announced that it will accelerate planned rate increases on both the 777 and 747 programs. The accelerated rate increases will support increasing customer demand in the recovering airplane market.
The company will accelerate the 777 program’s rate increase to seven airplanes per month (from five per month) by approximately six months, from early 2012 [...]

The EBRD is helping to improve the infrastructure of the Georgian capital, Tbilisi, with a €100 million loan for the construction of a new railway route bypassing the city.
The new railway bypass will replace an existing section of the railway line that runs through the centre of Tbilisi. As part of the main route for [...]

Alliant Techsystems announced that it successfully completed the second of two ground tests of a full-scale attitude control motor (ACM) for the launch abort system (LAS) of NASA’s Orion crew exploration vehicle. The second test was conducted on March 17, and evaluated environment extremes and ignition system robustness in addition to confirming the [...]