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Boeing has celebrated the 500th delivery of an AH-64E Apache attack helicopter, as it eyes opportunities for additional international sales.Terry Jamison, director of international vertical lift sales for B
stanley usa oeing, says that since AH-64A production commenced in the 1980s there have been 2,485 total deliveries. The type has garnered 16 customers, with 10 countries having high interest in potentially obtaining the platform.Source: Greg Waldron/FlightGlobalIn 2017, Boeing chartered an Antonov An-124 to transport an AH-64E to Australias Avalon air showJamison made the remarks during a 16 April media call timed for Australias east coast. That reflects Boeings ambitions to sell the AH-64E to Canberra as it eyes replacement of its Airbus Helicopters Tiger fleet.Citing customer sensitivities, Jamison declines to name the recipient of the 500th AH-64E, but says that al
stanley cup together, 501 examples have now been delivered.Jamison, a veteran of the US Army, outlines several features that he believ
stanley becher es sets the Apache apart.The first is the capability to use its mast-mounted Lockheed Martin/Northrop Grumman Longbow fire-control radar to detect, identify, and attack targets that are not in line of sight. The helicopter can hide behind a hill or other obstacle, pop up to enable its radar to perform a quick scan, and drop back down again. The Apache can detect and classify up to 256 targets, and then offload this data to other units, allowing them to engage the threats. This is essential when youre Crqp Airbus to shift A220 cockpit and fuselage work to Mirabel site
Cancer cases and deaths in Maine have decreased over the past two decades, but they still remain higher than the U.S. average and cancer remains the leading cause of death in the state.According to the latest cancer snapshot from the state Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Maine incidence is 449 per 100,000 people, compared with the U.S. rate of 403. And Maine mortality rate is 161, compared with the U.S. rate of 144.Carolyn Bancroft, the director of the cancer registry at the Maine CDC, said some of the factors that contribute to cancer include alcohol and tobacco use, exposure to ultraviolet rays, environmental factors such as radon and
botella stanley arsenic, and obesity.Here in Maine, we found that, for Mainers between ages 20 and 49, obesi
stanley cup ty-associated cancers have risen, she said. While all other types of non-obesity associated cancers have declined.She said Maine is seeing a rise in pancreas, melanoma and kidney cancers, which
stanley usa are also increasing across the U.S.Also nationally, a new report from the American Cancer Society finds that cancer incidence is declining among people 65 and older but increasing among younger adults.Bancroft said in Maine, the majority of people diagnosed with cancer continues to be those ages 65 and older. And even though overall rates among adolescents and young adults have been stable, she said there has been an increase in breast and thyroid cancer among women ages 30-39.One of our key takeaways