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HERZLIYA Lockheed Martin Corp said on Tuesday that it was making progress on resolving technical issues facing the cutting-edge helmet being developed for use by F-35 fighter pilots, and it cited positive initial reports from night flight tests of the system. Lockheed Martin Executive Vice President Tom Burbage said that night vision performance was the “only real question” left on the helmet, which was designed by a joint venture of Rockwell Collins Inc and Israel’s Elbit Systems to display all the information F-35 pilots need to fly the plane. The question was whether the helmet system would allow pilots to [...]

Lisa Cellucci holds her umbrella as it is blown backward by Hurricane Sandy’s winds as her friend Kim Vo watches on Sunday in Cape May. People look at the surf as high winds and heavy rain from Hurricane Sandy arrive in Virginia Beach, Virginia, on Sunday. A construction worker covers air vents Sunday to try to prevent the New York subway system from flooding by Hurricane Sandy. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced a shutdown and suspension of all subway, bus and commuter rail service in response to the storm. Residents of Long Beach, New York, fill sandbags on Sunday [...]

N India’s Kingfisher Airlines Ltd said it was cancelling several flights on Monday due to employee unrest, in a fresh blow to the ailing carrier and sending its shares down by their daily limit of 5 percent. The airline was cancelling flights on Monday because it feared a number of its employees were unlikely to report for work due to threats from other workers, said Kingfisher, which is owned by billionaire Vijay Mallya. “A section of employees of Kingfisher Airlines has not been reporting for work over the last fortnight and over the past two days, they have been threatening [...]

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