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NASA Air Traffic Management Demonstration Goes Live in Charlotte

Nov 03, 2017 (SPX)

After a grueling, week-long business trip, home is just two hours away - and you can't wait to see family, friends and your own bed! Then the aircraft stops, an...

State Dept approves Qatari F-15QA aircraft support contract

Nov 03, 2017 (UPI)

State Department officials said that the potential foreign military sale supports the "foreign policy and national security objectives of the United States," as...

United Technologies awarded $19M contract for F-35 materials

Nov 02, 2017 (UPI)

The contract awarded from the Naval Air Systems Command is a modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-incentive-fee and fixed-price-incentive-firm-target ...

India clears $3.2 billion purchase of naval choppers

Nov 01, 2017 (AFP)

The defence acquisition council approved funding for the purchase of 111 multi-utility helicopters for attack missions, search and rescue, surveillance operatio...

Singapore opens new, high-tech airport terminal

Oct 31, 2017 (AFP)

Terminal 4, built at a cost of Sg$985 million (US$723 million), will have an annual capacity of 16 million people and is aimed at coping with an expected increa...

China's three big airlines see rise in Q3 net profit

Oct 30, 2017 (AFP)

China Southern, Asia's biggest carrier, saw its net profit for July-September surge 29.40 percent year-on-year to 4.28 billion yuan ($643.7 million), according ...

L3 to provide enhanced MUMT-X capability for Apache helicopters

Oct 29, 2017 (UPI)

The Manned/Unmanned Teaming-eXpanded Capabilities helicopter program is for the teaming of communications and data between manned and unmanned aircraft. MUMT-X ...

Japan donating Beechcraft TC-90 aircraft to Philippines

Oct 27, 2017 (UPI)

Two of the aircraft are currently being leased by the Philippines while the remaining three aircraft were scheduled for lease. The newspaper quoted the Japanese...

Eurofighter companies add on to Belgian contract bid

Oct 27, 2017 (UPI)

The commitment by BAE Systems, Airbus Defense and Space, Leonardo and missile systems company MBDA came in the form of endorsements signed in Brussels during Br...

UChicago astrophysicists to catch particles from deep space on NASA balloon mission

Oct 26, 2017 (SPX)

Planned for launch in 2022, the Extreme Universe Space Observatory on a Super Pressure Balloon is a major step toward a planned mission to send a probe to space...

C-5 Galaxy component ordered from Triumph Group

Oct 26, 2017 (UPI)

The actuators were ordered in a two-year $22.9 million contract issued by the U.S. Defense Logistics Agency Aviation, located in Robins Air Force Base in Georgi...

Embraer, Sierra Nevada supplying more A-29 aircraft for Afghan air force

Oct 26, 2017 (UPI)

The Afghan air force uses the A-29 trainer and light attack aircraft for flight training, aerial reconnaissance and other missions, Embraer said in a company ne...

Despite strong Q3 earnings, Boeing hit with $349M loss over Pegasus

Oct 26, 2017 (UPI)

The KC-46 Pegasus is a wide-bodied aerial refueling tanker jet being developed for the U.S. Air Force. It is capable of refueling all U.S. and allied military a...

Boeing keeps tough line on Bombardier as earnings fall

Oct 25, 2017 (AFP)

Boeing chief executive Dennis Muilenburg defended a complaint against the Canadian company over alleged illegal subsidies, a dispute that has deepened tensions ...

Airbus expected to lead light military helicopter market, report says

Oct 25, 2017 (UPI)

Market intelligence and analysis firm Forecast International said Tuesday it came to the conclusion using data from its Platinum Forecast System 3.1. Production...

U.S. Air Force deploying a dozen F-35s to Japan

Oct 24, 2017 (UPI)

The Air Force said in a release Tuesday the planes, with 300 crew members, are scheduled to arrive at Kadena Air Base early next month for a six-month term. The...

Bulgarian pilots refuse to fly MiG-29s over safety concerns

Oct 24, 2017 (AFP)

"Some of the pilots from Graf Ignatievo air base will not perform training flights because of insecurity," deputy defence minister Atanas Zapryanov confirmed af...

U.S., Australian aircraft to receive electronic warfare upgrades

Oct 24, 2017 (UPI)

The modification adds $9.3 million to a previous indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract worth more than $39.8 million dollars in award obligations fo...

Highly flexible wings tested

Oct 23, 2017 (SPX)

A risk reduction flight Aug. 31 from Armstrong demonstrated that past challenges experienced during takeoffs and landings are resolved, said Cheng Moua, X-56A p...

Trump order allows Air Force to tackle pilot shortage

Oct 20, 2017 (AFP)

The Air Force has complained for years that it is struggling to retain pilots, who are often lured away by better-paying commercial airlines. Additionally, pilo...