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Iran says Trump has thrown Airbus deals into doubt

Jan 17, 2018 (AFP)

"Considering Mr Trump's stance on pulling out of the JCPOA (nuclear deal) we must make sure that the licences will remain valid... regardless of any decision ta...

Norway aims for all short-haul flights 100% electric by 2040

Jan 17, 2018 (AFP)

Avinor, the public operator of Norwegian airports, "aims to be the first in the world" to make the switch to electric air transport, chief executive Dag Falk-Pe...

Airbus delivers first upgraded Tiger helicopter to French armed forces

Jan 17, 2018 (UPI)

The aviation company said the first conversion of a Tiger helicopter from its original HAP version, with combat support capability, to HAD, or multirole combat ...

First C-130J Super Hercules arrives in France

Jan 16, 2018 (UPI)

Florence Parly, France's minister of the Armed Forces, was on hand Monday with other officials from France, the United States and Lockheed Martin, the aircraft'...

Saudi Arabia to receive 17 Blackhawk helicopters from Sikorsky

Jan 12, 2018 (UPI)

The terms of the deal were announced Thursday by the Department of Defense. The agreement reached between the Army and Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, is w...

Pentagon awards contract to Gulfstream for service on C-20, C-37

Jan 12, 2018 (UPI)

The terms of the agreement were announced Thursday by the Department of Defense, awarding Gulfstream Aerospace with a deal not-to-exceed more than $118.2 millio...

Rockwell Collins contracted by Navy for E-2D training system

Jan 11, 2018 (UPI)

The deal, worth more than $21.4 million, is a modification to a previous award contract under the terms of a firm-fixed-price agreement, the Department of Defen...

China orders 184 Airbus A320 planes: France

Jan 10, 2018 (AFP)

The value of the deal was not immediately disclosed but under the company's list prices for the single-aisle planes, it could total at least $18 billion. The ai...

Firm to receive up to $70 mn if MH370 found in new hunt

Jan 10, 2018 (AFP)

The new hunt, which will last 90 days, is expected to start in mid-January when a high-tech vessel leased by the seabed exploration firm, Ocean Infinity, reache...

U.S., Australia contract for support of P-8A Poseidon

Jan 10, 2018 (UPI)

The deal, announced Tuesday by the Department of Defense, taps Boeing with a contract worth more than $115.2 million under the modification to a previous contra...

ASECNA to Deploy Space-Based ADS-B in Western and Central Africa

Jan 10, 2018 (SPX)

ASECNA's members states are: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroun, Centrafrique, Comores, Congo, Cote d'ivoire, Gabon, Guinee Bissau, Guinee Equatoriale, France, Madag...

Navy awards contract for V-22 Osprey repairs

Jan 09, 2018 (UPI)

The terms of the contract were announced Monday by the Department of Defense, awarding Lord with a five year firm-fixed-price, long term contract worth more tha...

US military chopper makes second emergency landing in Okinawa

Jan 08, 2018 (AFP)

It was the latest in a series of accidents involving US military equipment that have fuelled local opposition to the basing of American forces on the island. Th...

Navy taps Northrop Grumman to support E-2D Hawkeye

Jan 05, 2018 (UPI)

The terms of the contract were announced Thursday by the Defense Department, enabling the company to provide advanced radar processor hardware sets for the E-2D...

US firm seals deal to resume MH370 hunt: Malaysia

Jan 05, 2018 (AFP)

The news came after the company, Ocean Infinity, said this week it had already dispatched a research vessel towards the expected search zone as it believed a de...

Math for midges that pull 10g

Jan 04, 2018 (SPX)

Collectively, midges move very differently from flocks of birds, shoals of fish or animal herds; there is no order to their flight, no orchestrated swoops or ch...

Taiwan demands immediate halt to new China flight routes

Jan 04, 2018 (AFP)

The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) announced Thursday that it is opening four routes to help ease congestion in its airspace over the Taiwan Stra...

High-tech ship en route to resume hunt for MH370

Jan 03, 2018 (AFP)

The Malaysia Airlines jet disappeared in March 2014 with 239 people -- mostly from China -- on board en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing after diverting from ...

Boeing receives $17.5M for engineering support for KC-135

Jan 02, 2018 (UPI)

The deal, announced Friday by the Department of Defense, comes under a firm-fixed-price and cost-plus-fixed-fee contract that is a modification to a previously ...

Boeing tapped to support F-18s, Growlers

Jan 02, 2018 (UPI)

The Pentagon announced the $79.2 million contract on Monday, which comes under the terms of a cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity cont...