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France orders C-130J Super Hercules transports
Feb 02, 2016 (UPI)
France has ordered four new-build Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules aircraft from the U.S. Air Force for delivery between late 2017 and 2019. The order was ...
Sri Lanka takes stake in Google balloon Internet venture
Feb 01, 2016 (AFP)
Sri Lanka's government announced Monday it would take a 25 percent stake in a joint venture with Google designed to deliver a high-speed Internet service powere...
Carpet-bombing in IS fight against 'our values': US general
Feb 01, 2016 (AFP)
The commander of the US-led coalition fighting the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria on Monday dismissed calls to carpet- bomb the jihadists. "We are bound ...
Rolls-Royce to provide engines, propulsion support for C-130Js
Jan 28, 2016 (UPI)
Rolls-Royce has been contracted by the U.S. Air Force to supply spare engines and provide propulsion system sustainment for their C-130J aircraft. Under the $71...
Japan unveils first stealth fighter jet
Jan 28, 2016 (AFP)
Japan on Thursday unveiled its first stealth fighter jet, officials said, with the maiden test flight planned for next month. The defence ministry's acquisition...
France delivers 3 more Rafale fighters to Egypt
Jan 28, 2016 (AFP)
Egypt was to receive three Rafale fighters from France on Thursday, a French embassy official said, six months after Paris delivered the first three of a consig...
Graphene composite may keep wings ice-free
Jan 28, 2016 (SPX)
A thin coating of graphene nanoribbons in epoxy developed at Rice University has proven effective at melting ice on a helicopter blade. The coating by the Rice ...
Japan reveals first domestic stealth aircraft
Jan 28, 2016 (UPI)
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries revealed its prototype of Japan's first indigenous stealth fighter at a media event in central Japan. The aircraft is known as the X...
BAE Systems reveals new system for avoiding air collisions
Jan 27, 2016 (UPI)
BAE Systems has revealed details about its Centralised Aviation Data Service system used to reduce the risk of collisions in uncontrolled U.K. airspace. The CAD...
Boeing to train NATO C-17 aircrews
Jan 27, 2016 (UPI)
Boeing has been given an $8 million contract to train NATO C-17 aircrews as part of the Strategic Airlift Capability program. Training will take place at Boeing...
U.S. Air Force sending F-35A to U.K. air shows
Jan 27, 2016 (UPI)
The U.S. Air Force's will send its F-35A fighter jet overseas for airs hows for the first time in England. The Lockheed Martin-build F-35 Lightning II, a fifth-...
Work progressing on prototype Russian bomber
Jan 26, 2016 (UPI)
A prototype of Russia's new strategic bomber, the PAK DA, could take to the skies before 2021. The PAK DA is a under development by the Tupolev Design Bureau, s...
RAF tests Typhoon fighter enhancements
Jan 25, 2016 (UPI)
The Royal Air Force has conducted flight trials of enhancements for Eurofighter Typhoons at a facility of BAE Systems in Britain. The Phase 2A enhancements, par...
Russia developing space age fighter jet
Jan 25, 2016 (Sputnik)
MiG-41. This superfast interceptor is not yet off the drawing board at the Mikoyan military aircraft design bureau, but the final draft may be ready already wit...
Russia's strategic bomber PAK DA may takeoff earlier than expected
Jan 25, 2016 (Sputnik)
Work on the PAK DA strategic bomber is coming along at a good pace, according to the Chief of the Russian Air and Space Forces, Viktor Bondarev. The prototype P...
KC-46A Pegasus tanker completes first refueling flight
Jan 25, 2016 (UPI)
Aircrews from the U.S. Air Force and Boeing completed the first KC-46A Pegasus tanker refueling mission 20,000 feet above Washington state. During the flight, w...
Israel to upgrade F-15I Ra'am fleet
Jan 25, 2016 (UPI)
The Israeli Air Force is planning upgrades for its Boeing F-15I fleet while also moving forward with procuring Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II aircraft. Upgra...
Iran to buy 114 Airbuses to revamp ageing fleet
Jan 24, 2016 (AFP)
Iran said Sunday it will buy 114 Airbus planes to revitalise its ageing fleet, in the first major commercial deal announced since the lifting of sanctions under...
NASA-Funded Balloon Launches to Study Sun
Jan 20, 2016 (SPX)
On Jan. 18, 2016, the GRIPS balloon team sent their instrument soaring towards the stratosphere above Antarctica, suspended underneath a helium-filled, football...
World View To Launch From Spaceport Tucson
Jan 20, 2016 (SPX)
Arizona is poised to become a hub for the space tech industry, as World View - the commercial balloon spaceflight company - has announced that Tucson will becom...
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