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Bell Textron to supply attack helicopters to Pakistan
Apr 05, 2016 (UPI)
The U.S. Navy has awarded Texas-based aviation firm Bell Textron a contract to provide its latest attack helicopter for the Pakistani military, according to a r...
F-35 drops first Joint Standoff Weapon
Apr 05, 2016 (UPI)
For the first time, a Navy variant of the next-generation F-35 Lighting II fighter jet successfully dropped a 1,000-pound guided bomb during weapon qualificatio...
Russia bolsters fighter fleet with new Su-30SM buy
Apr 04, 2016 (UPI)
Russian defense leaders have formalized a new procurement pact with defense aviation firm Irkut Corporation for 30 new Su-30SM fighter jets for the country's ai...
IAI producing C4 systems for Israeli F-35s
Apr 04, 2016 (UPI)
Israel Aerospace Industries reports it is producing command, control, communications and computing systems for F-35 aircraft ordered from the United States. The...
Australia says possible MH370 debris found on Mauritius
Apr 03, 2016 (AFP)
Australia's transport minister Sunday said new debris found on the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius would be examined to see if it belonged to MH370, just weeks...
Rheinmetall providing training aids for KC-390
Mar 31, 2016 (UPI)
Embraer Defense & Security has chosen Rheinmetall Defense Electronics Simulation and Training for a KC-390 training media suite. The KC-390 is a tactical transp...
UK defence chief says Qatar warplane deal 'on the table'
Mar 29, 2016 (AFP)
Britain's defence minister said on Tuesday that a deal to sell Eurofighter Typhoon warplanes to Qatar was "definitely still on the table". Michael Fallon, speak...
New material could make aircraft deicers a thing of the past
Mar 28, 2016 (SPX)
Instead of applying a deicing agent to strip ice from an aircraft's wings before stormy winter takeoffs, airport personnel could in the future just watch chunks...
Mozambique debris 'almost certainly from MH370'
Mar 24, 2016 (AFP)
Two pieces of debris found in Mozambique are "almost certainly from MH370", Australia and Malaysia said Thursday, after technical analysis provided fresh clues ...
Maiden flight for first AW101 helicopter for Norway
Mar 24, 2016 (UPI)
The first of 16 all-weather search-and-rescue AgustaWestland helicopters for Norway has completed its maiden flight at a factory in Britain. Finmeccanica, of wh...
Mozambique debris 'almost certainly from MH370': Australia
Mar 24, 2016 (AFP)
Two pieces of debris found in Mozambique are "almost certainly from MH370", Australia's transport minister said Thursday, following analysis by technical specia...
MH370 analysis starts on debris: Australia
Mar 23, 2016 (AFP)
Investigators probing the fate of missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 have begun analysis on debris found in Mozambique, Australian authorities said Wednesda...
Flying wing-shaped airplane validating new wing design method
Mar 23, 2016 (SPX)
Future aircraft fuel efficiency could be dramatically increased thanks to ideas validated with increasingly complex subscale, experimental, remotely piloted air...
China's giant Y-20 airlifter expected to enter service this year
Mar 23, 2016 (UPI)
China's Xian Y-20 military airlifter is expected to finish flight tests and be put into service with the People's Liberation Army this year, according to a repo...
RAND Corp receives $231 Mln to plan fture of US Air Force
Mar 23, 2016 (Sputnik)
The US military think-tank RAND Corporation has received a nearly quarter billion dollar contract from the US Air Force to study its future strategy and plans f...
Airbus selling its defense electronics business
Mar 22, 2016 (UPI)
Europe's Airbus Group is selling its Defense Electronics business to KKR & Co., a U.S.-headquartered global investment firm. The sale is expected to close in th...
Italy orders more Aermacchi trainer aircraft
Mar 22, 2016 (UPI)
Finmeccanica reports it is to deliver nine additional Aermacchi M-346 advanced training aircraft to the Italian Ministry of Defense beginning this year. The con...
South Africa examines debris for possible MH370 links
Mar 22, 2016 (AFP)
A piece of debris found on a beach in South Africa will be analysed to see if it belongs to missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370, authorities said Tuesday, a...
NATO pilot training aircraft get Beechcraft support
Mar 21, 2016 (UPI)
Beechcraft Defense is providing service support for its T-6A flight trainers used in the NATO Flying Training in Canada program. The five-year, cost-per-flight-...
12 dead in Indonesian military chopper crash
Mar 20, 2016 (AFP)
Twelve people were killed Sunday when a military helicopter crashed in bad weather in central Indonesia, an official said, the latest air accident for the count...
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