EVERETT, Wash. – The Boeing 787 Dreamliner made its 1,000th flight yesterday, marking another milestone in the flight test program.

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SAVANNAH, Ga., – The Gulfstream G250 flight-test aircraft have completed several ice-test certification points in anticipation of the aircraft’s certification later this year.

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EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Yesterday, the Northrop Grumman Corporation built U.S. Navy X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System Demonstration aircraft successfully completed its historic first flight at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.

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EVERETT, Wash., – Boeing will resume flight test activities on the 787 Dreamliner later today. The company has installed an interim version of updated power distribution system software and conducted a rigorous set of reviews to confirm the flight readiness of ZA004, the first of the six flight test airplanes that will return to flight. [...]

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EVERETT, Wash. Boeing is developing minor design changes to power distribution panels on the 787 and updates to the systems software that manages and protects power distribution on the airplane.

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ST. LOUIS – The Boeing Phantom Ray unmanned airborne system successfully completed low-speed taxi tests on Nov. 18 at Lambert International Airport in St. Louis.

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SEATTLE – A Boeing Next-Generation 737-800 in the new United Airlines livery successfully completed its first test flight late last week, signifying the start of certification for a package of 737 performance improvements.

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TORONTO – Bombardier Aerospace announced today that Transport Canada and the European Aviation Safety Agency have awarded Aircraft Type Certificates for the 100-seat CRJ1000 NextGen regional jet.

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UPHAM, NM – The New Mexico Spaceport Authority has dedicated the nearly two-mile long “Governor Bill RIchardson Spaceway” at Spaceport America, representing significant progress toward launching commercial customers into space from the desert of New Mexico.

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MOJAVE, CA – Virgin Galactic, the US company developing the world’s first commercial manned space flight system and tourism business, announced the successful completion today of the first piloted free flight of SpaceShipTwo, named the VSS Enterprise.

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