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The Football Association announced today a three year contract extension to their successful existing partnership. The agreement will see the tournament continue to be named The Emirates FA Cup through until 2021. In 2015, Emirates became the title partner of the FA Cup, the world’s most prestigious domestic cup competition. The partnership between Emirates and the FA’s flagship competition has helped widen the reach to fans around the globe. Just ahead of the semi-finals in April of last year, the airline unveiled an exclusive Emirates FA Cup branded A380, with the logo of the iconic cup adorning both sides of the double-decked aircraft. The Emirates FA Cup branded aircraft has made its way to the extensive Emirates A380 network, allowing fans from around the world to connect with the competition in a unique way.  The airline also took the coveted Emirates FA Cup trophy on its first-ever trip to Africa with a stop at the airline’s Headquarters in Dubai in October 2016. The fou

- A team of engineers and technicians at Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has completed the integration of the company's first modernized A2100 satellite. The spacecraft, known as Hellas-Sat-4/SaudiGeoSat-1, now moves into final assembly and testing, on track for launch in the second quarter of 2018. Built for Arabsat and King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology,  Saudi Arabia , the satellite will provide advanced telecommunications capabilities, including television, internet, telephone and secure mode communications, to customers in the  Middle East ,  Africa  and  Europe . "We've modeled this activity in our virtual reality lab hundreds of times, but this is the first time we've performed the integration activity of our modernized A2100 satellite in a clean room," said  Rick Ambrose , executive vice president of Lockheed Martin Space Systems. "Mating the scalable modules together in a precise method was a critical step for the program, and t

Emirates customers looking to getaway this Eid can now avail attractive fare offers.  Promotional bookings to select destinations across Emirates’ network made between 7 August to 19 August for travel until 13 December 2017 start from AED 910.   Emirates customers will be able to book return Economy Class flights from Dubai to a wide range of destinations start at AED 910 to Mumbai, AED 940 to Beirut, AED 990 to Amman, AED 1,290 to Cairo, AED 1,310 to Colombo, AED 2,090 to Bangkok, AED 2,450 to Vienna, AED 2,460 to Prague, AED 2,470 to Hanoi, AED 3,410 to Mauritius, and AED 4,950 to Los Angeles. All prices are based on return fares. Terms and conditions apply. Emirates customers will be able to book return Business Class flights from Dubai to destinations across the airline’s extensive network starting at AED 3,300 to Mumbai, AED 10,150 to Phuket, AED 10,570 to Mauritius, AED 11,400 to Taipei, AED 11,500 to Casablanca, AED 14,070 to London Gatwick, AED 14,950 to Amsterdam,

     Lockheed Martin  today announced the first flight of a VH-92A configured test aircraft in support of the U.S. Marine Corps’ VH-92A Presidential Helicopter Replacement Program. The July 28 flight signals the start of the 250 hour flight test program, which will take place at Lockheed Martin facilities in Owego, New York. The aircraft achieved its first flight, and later that same day completed a second flight at Sikorsky Aircraft in Stratford, Connecticut. Total flight time for the two sorties was one hour and included hover control checks, low speed flight, and a pass of the airfield. “This first flight of the VH-92A configured test aircraft is an important milestone for the program,” said Spencer Elani, director VH-92A program at Sikorsky. “Having independently tested the aircraft’s components and subsystems, we are now moving forward to begin full aircraft system qualification via the flight test program.” As the flight test program proceeds, this test aircraft (En