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Global warming may limit airplane takeoffs in coming decades
Jul 13, 2017 (UPI)
Airplane wings generate less lift in thin air. Warmer air is thinner air, as molecules in the atmosphere move farther apart as they heat up. Thus, during extrem...
Rising temperatures spell plane take-off woes: study
Jul 13, 2017 (AFP)
Scientists warn that if planet-warming emissions continue unabated, aircraft fuel capacities and payload weights will have to be reduced by up to four percent o...
Leonardo contracted by Britain for Typhoon countermeasures upgrades
Jul 13, 2017 (UPI)
British Defense Secretary Sir Michael Fallon announced the contract at the Airpower Conference in London on Thursday. The upgrade program will run over a two-ye...
Boeing receives contract for engineering, support of E-3 Sentry
Jul 10, 2017 (UPI)
The contract, announced Friday by the Department of Defense, will provide sustainment engineering and technical services for the Air Force E-3 fleet and will ge...
Raytheon to service, upgrade B-2 radar components
Jul 10, 2017 (UPI)
The contract will address obsolescence problems with the B-2 radar and will include testing, integration and repairs of radar components to bring them up to cur...
Lockheed awarded $5.6 billion contract for 74 F-35 Lightning II aircraft
Jul 10, 2017 (UPI)
The contract is for the procurement needs of the the Air Force, Marine Corps, Navy, allied nations and customers under the foreign military sales program, the D...
Lockheed Martin awarded contract for F-35 simulation software
Jul 06, 2017 (UPI)
The contract calls for software model development, integration and support for the VSim. The project will be carried out in Fort Worth, Texas, Naval Air Station...
Boeing receives contract for Dutch, Turkish CH-47 Chinook parts
Jul 06, 2017 (UPI)
The modification will go toward obsolete parts changes to account for low- or non-existent production of spares for older model airframes, the Department of Def...
Airbus announces China order of 140 planes for $22.8 bn
Jul 05, 2017 (AFP)
The European aircraft maker said it had sealed the agreement with China Aviation Supplies Holding Company (CAS), which chief executive Tom Enders called "one of...
Lockheed gets $74 million for F-35 production for Marines, Japan
Jul 05, 2017 (UPI)
The contracts will apply to long-lead time parts, materials for future low-rate production of F-35s for the Marine Corps along with engineering and assembly on ...
CH-53K King Stallion flight testing moves to Naval Air Station Patuxent River
Jul 05, 2017 (UPI)
The flight was over 800 miles with a total flight time of six hour is the first of a planned series of long-range flight testing until 2018. The program will be...
Australia inks $582.5 million deal with Boeing to upgrade aircraft
Jul 05, 2017 (UPI)
The $582.5 million deal with Boeing Defense Australia was announced Wednesday by Marise Payne, minister for defense, and Christopher Pyne, minister for defense ...
Indian chopper goes missing near China border
Jul 04, 2017 (AFP)
The aircraft lost contact in Arunachal Pradesh state in India's remote northeast amid turbulent weather, the defence official told AFP. "The ALH (Advanced Light...
Sikorsky awarded $3.8 billion contract for Saudi Arabian black hawks
Jul 03, 2017 (UPI)
The planned multi-year production run of Black Hawks, announced on June 30 by the Department of Defense, includes program management, systems engineering, and t...
Germany, Norway join NATO-backed co-op for aircraft acquisition
Jun 30, 2017 (UPI)
A news release Thursday announced the latest additions to the Dutch-led coalition. The project will lead to the purchase of five additional Airbus A330 MRTT air...
Northrop Grumman awarded contract for large aircraft infrared countermesure
Jun 30, 2017 (UPI)
The work will be conducted at Rolling Meadows, Ill., and is projected to be completed by April 2019, the Department of Defense announced Thursday. Fiscal 2015, ...
Boeing receives French E-3F Sentry AWACS contract
Jun 30, 2017 (UPI)
The contract provides for engineering services, mid-life upgrades and sustainment support for the French E-3F fleet. Work will be conducted in Oklahoma City, Ok...
Lockheed awarded maintenance contract for F-35 logistics system
Jun 30, 2017 (UPI)
Included in the contract is ALIS maintenance and software service for administration and operations, the Department of Defense announced Thursday. The program w...
Orbital ATK repairing Iraqi trainer aircraft
Jun 29, 2017 (UPI)
The aircraft covered include 12 Cessna, 172 Skyhawks and five Cessna Caravans. "Orbital ATK has a proven track record of supporting the Iraqi Air Force and we a...
Lockheed receives $257.8 million modification to F-35 contract
Jun 29, 2017 (UPI)
The contract modification is for procurement of 129 alternate mission equipment sets, 468 sets of pilot flight equipment, and 94 sets of red gear engine inlet p...
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