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Putting hybrid-electric aircraft performance to the test
Nov 28, 2018 (SPX)
"Jet fuel and aviation gasoline are easy to store on an airplane. They are compact and lightweight when compared to the amount of energy they provide. Unfortuna...
Air Force to buy Legion Pod infrared sensors for F-15C Eagle fighters
Nov 27, 2018 (UPI)
The first deliveries of production pods and spares will begin in 2020 as part of the U.S. Air Force's Initial Operational Capability certification and fielding....
Japan mulling purchase of 100 US stealth fighters: report
Nov 27, 2018 (AFP)
The reported purchase comes as President Donald Trump pushes Japan to buy more military equipment and other US products, pointing to Washington's huge trade def...
Four soldiers dead in Turkish helicopter crash
Nov 26, 2018 (AFP)
The army helicopter crashed around 11:00 am (0800 GMT) during a training flight, the governorate said in a statement, adding that one military personnel was inj...
Supersonic commercial travel begins to take shape at Lockheed Martin Skunk Works
Nov 26, 2018 (SPX)
"The start of manufacturing on the project marks a great leap forward for the X-59 and the future of quiet supersonic commercial travel," said Peter Iosifidis, ...
Boeing taps Lockheed for F/A-18E/F Super Hornet IRST sensors
Nov 26, 2018 (SPX)
The award, announced Monday by Lockheed, was placed by the prime Super Hornet contractor Boeing and will include development, integration and flight testing of ...
MIT engineers fly first-ever plane with no moving parts
Nov 23, 2018 (SPX)
Now MIT engineers have built and flown the first-ever plane with no moving parts. Instead of propellers or turbines, the light aircraft is powered by an "ionic ...
Silent plane with no moving parts makes 'historic' flight
Nov 21, 2018 (AFP)
More than a century on from the Wright brothers' first artificial flight, scientists hailed the "historic" test of the new technology, which could eventually sl...
Hill Air Force Base conducts mass rapid launch exercise of F-35 fighters
Nov 20, 2018 (UPI)
The 388th and 419th FWs are currently the only combat-ready F-35s operational in the Air Force and must maintain a high level of readiness for rapid deployment,...
Britain to start construction for U.S. F-35s at RAF Lakenheath
Nov 20, 2018 (UPI)
Work would include construction of a flight simulator, maintenance facilities, new hangers and warehousing. The contract is the first in a new $1 billion plus p...
Canada facing fighter pilot shortage: audit
Nov 20, 2018 (AFP)
The nation currently has only 64 percent of the trained pilots it needs to effectively enforce Canada's sovereignty and respond quickly to threats, as well as t...
NASA's Quiet Supersonic Technology Project passes major milestone
Nov 20, 2018 (SPX)
This critical milestone comes after a rigorous review, Key Decision Point-C (KDP-C), that confirmed NASA's continued support of the X-59, in terms of funding, a...
Lockheed Martin contracted for F-35 flight testing and nuclear capability
Nov 16, 2018 (UPI)
The contract will run through March 2020 under fiscal 2018 research, development, test and evaluation funding from the three participating services and non-Defe...
China Southern airline to exit SkyTeam alliance
Nov 15, 2018 (AFP)
The departure will take effect from January 1 and the Guangzhou-based airline "will explore the possibilities to establish new partnerships with advanced airlin...
Navy to purchase 8 MH-60R helicopters from Lockheed Martin
Nov 15, 2018 (UPI)
Navy fiscal 2018 aircraft procurement funding of $147 million will be obligated upon award, with the work expected to be performed through September 2020. The M...
Lockheed Martin awarded $22.7B for next round of F-35s
Nov 15, 2018 (UPI)
The order, announced Wednesday by the Department of Defense, provides for the production and delivery of 106 Lot 12 F-35 aircraft for the U.S. military, includi...
Lockheed Martin awarded $22.7 billion F-35 Pentagon contract
Nov 15, 2018 (AFP)
Of the aircraft, 106 are destined for the US military: 64 F-35As for the Air Force, 26 F-35Bs for the Marines, and 16 F-35Cs for the Navy, while the rest are de...
Cathay apologises over data breach but denies cover-up
Nov 14, 2018 (AFP)
The CEO and chairman also said the crisis "was one of the most serious" in the embattled firm's history and would act differently in a similar situation in futu...
Airbus delivers first A330 tanker aircraft to South Korea
Nov 13, 2018 (UPI)
The Airbus and ROKAF crewed aircraft arrived in South Korea after ferrying from the Airbus Final Assembly Line in Getafe, Spain, with a stop in Vancouver, Canad...
US fighter jet crashes off Japan's Okinawa, crew rescued
Nov 12, 2018 (AFP)
The fighter jet crashed some 250 kilometres (156 miles) east-southeast of Okinawa's capital city Naha at around 11:45 am (0245 GMT), said Osamu Kosakai, spokesm...
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