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Lockheed awarded $21.5M for tooling, retrofits on F-35s

Jul 10, 2019 (UPI)

The contract with Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., announced on Tuesday, is a modification of a prior contract, and calls for modification kits, special tooling...

France to impose green tax on plane tickets

Jul 09, 2019 (AFP)

The government said that the funds from tickets for flights originating in France would be used to create less-polluting transport options as concerns grow abou...

DLR tests flexible and actively controlled wing designs

Jul 08, 2019 (SPX)

Alongside more fuel-efficient engines and higher-aspect-ratio wings, weight reduction is regarded as the most important way to reduce fuel consumption in the ai...

University of Dayton gets $28.5M contract for F-15 sustainment study

Jul 05, 2019 (UPI)

The contract with the U.S. Air Force, announced Wednesday, calls for systems and structural engineering field and programmed depot maintenance support, reliabil...

Lockheed awarded $348.2M for F-35 Lot 12 production

Jul 04, 2019 (UPI)

The contract for non-recurring, special tooling and special test equipment to start the next lot, announced Tuesday by the Defense Department, comes amid a Bloo...

Erdogan says US refusal to deliver F-35 jets would be 'robbery'

Jul 04, 2019 (AFP)

Turkey-US ties are under serious strain over Ankara's purchase of the Russian S-400 air defence system, which is due for delivery in the coming days. In respons...

Air Force Thunderbolt hits bird, drops three dummy bombs over Florida

Jul 02, 2019 (UPI)

No one was injured when a "bird strike" caused the "inadvertent release" of three 25-pound nonexplosive training munitions Monday afternoon, Moody Air Force Bas...

Pratt and Whitney to build spare F-35A/C engines in $358M contract

Jul 01, 2019 (UPI)

The contract, announced Friday by the Pentagon, is a modification of a prior deal calling for production of eight F135-PW-100 propulsion systems, the engine use...

Second deadly crash of German army helicopter in a week

Jul 01, 2019 (AFP)

The aircraft hit the ground in Aerzen, near Hamelin in northwest Germany, at around 1:45 pm (1145 GMT). The reason for the crash is not yet known. Firefighters ...

F-22 Raptor stealth aircraft arrive in Qatar

Jul 01, 2019 (UPI)

Between five and 12 of the advanced tactical planes arrived at Al Udeid Air Base, from which the United States runs its Middle East air operations, a U.S. Centr...

Giant Beijing airport set to open on eve of China's 70th birthday

Jun 30, 2019 (AFP)

Work on the Beijing Daxing International Airport officially ended on schedule Sunday, ready for a September 30 inauguration -- on the eve of the anniversary of ...

Aircraft Engines are Getting Quieter-So Are Our Wind Tunnels

Jun 28, 2019 (SPX)

Built in 1969, the 9x15 LSWT was originally used to support Short Take Off and Vertical Landing aircraft model testing. In 1986, acoustic treatment was added to...

Lockheed nets $106.1M for Apache night vision targeting sensor systems

Jun 28, 2019 (UPI)

The contract includes subcomponent production and technical services for the target acquisition designation sight/pilot night vision sensor systems, or M-TADS/P...

State Department approves $250.4M deal for Morocco F-16 sustainment

Jun 28, 2019 (UPI)

The Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress of this possible sale Thursday, which includes sustainment, support equipment, spare parts, training a...

Climate impacts of airplane contrails could triple by 2050

Jun 27, 2019 (UPI)

When contrails become clouds, they throw off the balance of Earth's radiation budget, triggering radiative forcing, whereby more of the sun's energy is absorbed...

NASA marks milestones in development of electric X-57

Jun 21, 2019 (SPX)

More general aviation aircraft are in the air every year, which means that the challenge to address aircraft efficiency, noise and emissions becomes greater. NA...

$54 million study aims to improve Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft

Jun 20, 2019 (UPI)

Eurofighter Jagdflugzeug GmbH, Eurojet Turbo GmbH and the NATO Eurofighter & Tornado Management Agency agreed to mutually support the long-term development of t...

VKF Wind Tunnel D officially returns to service as an AFRL research facility

Jun 19, 2019 (SPX)

Tunnel D is operated, managed and scheduled by members of the Air Force Research Laboratory High Speed Experimentation Branch at Arnold. The facility is viewed ...

Crimped by sanctions, Russia quietly keeps busy at Paris Air Show

Jun 19, 2019 (AFP)

Moscow has been labouring under EU and American economic sanctions since 2014, when it annexed the Crimean peninsula during the civil war in Ukraine. As a resul...

KC-46 fix months away as more debris found in new refuelers

Jun 18, 2019 (UPI)

Tools, rubbish and left-over parts, including loose nuts, are still being discovered since Boeing first delivered the refuelers in January and revamped its insp...