DTN News - BOEING NEWS: Boeing Projects $4 Trillion Market For 33,500 New Airplanes Over Next 20 Years....NSI News Source Info # 2087

DTN News - BOEING NEWS: Boeing Projects $4 Trillion Market For 33,500 New Airplanes Over Next 20 Years....NSI News Source Info # 2087

(NSI News Source Info) PARIS, France - June 16, 2011: Boeing (NYSE: BA) forecasts a $4 trillion market for new aircraft over the next 20 years with a significant increase in forecasted deliveries. That's according to the Boeing 2011 Current Market Outlook (CMO) released today in Paris. The company's annual commercial aviation market analysis foresees a market for 33,500 new passenger airplanes and freighters between 2011 and 2030.

"The world market has recovered and is now expanding at a significant rate," said Randy Tinseth, vice president of Marketing, Boeing Commercial Airplanes. "Not only is there a strong demand for air travel and new airplanes today, but the fundamental drivers of air travel – including economic growth, world trade and liberalization – all point to a healthy long-term demand."

Passenger traffic is expected to grow at 5.1 percent annual rate over the long-term and the world fleet is expected to double by 2030. The single-aisle market will continue to see strong demand around the world and is expected to increase its share of the market. Fleet composition will change significantly by 2030 with single-aisle jets making up 70 percent of the total.

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DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS: Photo Release -- U.S. Navy, Northrop Grumman Accomplish Goals For At-Sea Demonstration Of Maritime Laser....NSI # 1793

DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS: Photo Release -- U.S. Navy, Northrop Grumman Accomplish Goals For At-Sea Demonstration Of Maritime Laser....NSI News Source Info # 1793

**High-Energy, Solid-State Laser Shows Lethality Against Small Boat Threats

Source: DTN News - - This article compiled by Roger Smith from reliable sources Northrop Grumman

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NAVAL BASE VENTURA COUNTY POINT MUGU, Calif., - April 9, 2011: The U.S. Navy and Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) have successfully demonstrated high-energy, solid-state laser defenses at sea by completing a "counter-material" test of the Maritime Laser Demonstrator (MLD) against small boats.

Northrop Grumman designed and built the MLD for the Office of Naval Research, leveraging a laser built by Northrop Grumman for the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command /Army Forces Strategic Command and the High Energy Laser Joint Technology Office.

Open ocean tests were conducted between October 2010 and April 2011 at the Pacific Ocean Test Range near San Nicolas Island off the Central California coast. For these tests, the laser system was installed on the Navy's Self Defense Test Ship, the USS Paul Foster.

While underway, the MLD system initially tracked and lased land targets. The solid-state, directed energy system then tracked and damaged moving, remotely piloted, unmanned small boats traveling at representative speeds and ranges, company executives said.

"The results show that all critical technologies for an operational laser weapon system are mature enough to begin a formal weapon system development program," said Steve Hixson, vice president, space and directed energy systems at Northrop Grumman's Aerospace Systems sector. "Solid-state laser weapons are ready to transition to the fleet."

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