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Newest China flight disturbance: fighting pilots

Sep 01, 2015 (AFP)

After a series of flight disruptions by angry or unruly passengers, Chinese media on Tuesday revealed a new menace to air travel in the country: fighting pilots...

Next-gen electronic jammer passes early milestone

Sep 01, 2015 (UPI)

Raytheon's prototype next-generation electronic jammer system for aircraft has passed a significant early milestone, the company says. The jammer, which is to g...

Thales securing Oman's airports

Sep 01, 2015 (UPI)

Thales of France is deploying integrated infrastructure and traveler security solutions at two Omani airports under a contract from the Oman government. The sol...

Gremlins could enable cheaper, more effective, distributed air operations

Aug 31, 2015 (SPX)

For decades, U.S. military air operations have relied on increasingly capable multi-function manned aircraft to execute critical combat and non-combat missions....

Russia's Tu-160 Bomber to Be Equipped With Advanced Avionics

Aug 31, 2015 (Sputnik)

The principle of integrated modular avionics, in which each aircraft system can perform various functions, will be implemented in a modernized version of Russia...

U.S. Navy orders more P-8A Poseidon aircraft

Aug 28, 2015 (UPI)

Boeing Defense, Space & Security has received a contract worth nearly $1.5 billion from the U.S. Navy for P-8A Poseidon aircraft. Under the contract from the Na...

First Norwegian F-35 rolls off production line

Aug 28, 2015 (UPI)

The first of four F-35 Lightening II fighters currently in production for Norway has rolled off the Lockheed Martin production line in Texas. The jet, designate...

Britain seeks re-manufacture of attack helicopters

Aug 28, 2015 (UPI)

The U.S. State Department has given its approval to a possible Foreign Military Sale for the re-manufacture of British attack helicopters. The deal would involv...

Bulgaria to repair its Soviet-built MiG-29 jets in Poland

Aug 28, 2015 (AFP)

Bulgaria's defence ministry said on Friday it would repair six of its 19 Soviet-built MiG-29 fighter planes in Poland, in a move to reduce its dependence on Rus...

Raytheon given USAF contract for life-cycle support

Aug 26, 2015 (UPI)

Raytheon has won a prime place on a U.S. Air Force contract to compete for task orders to provide training services and support services. The multiple-award, in...

Thai military receives EC725 helicopters

Aug 25, 2015 (UPI)

The Royal Thai Air Force has received four of six EC725 helicopters for use in search-and-rescue and troop transport missions. Airbus Helicopters said the aircr...

China needs more than 6,300 new planes by 2034: Boeing

Aug 25, 2015 (AFP)

China is expected to add more than 6,300 new aircraft to its commercial fleet by 2034, US manufacturer Boeing said Tuesday -- an increase of over 300 planes on ...

Brazil, Sweden signing funding deal for Gripen buy

Aug 25, 2015 (UPI)

Brazilian and Swedish officials are signing the financial contract for the procurement of Gripen NG fighters by the Brazilian Air Force. The signing by represen...

NASA to test location transmitters during simulated place crash

Aug 25, 2015 (UPI)

On Wednesday, NASA will crash a small plane into the ground in order to test its latest generation of emergency locator transmitters (ELTs). The vintage airplan...

Russian Helicopters to Unveil Advanced High-Speed Chopper

Aug 25, 2015 (Sputnik)

The Russian Helicopters manufacturing company will unveil a full-scale model of an advanced high-speed helicopter at the opening of the International Aviation a...

Russian E-Warriors Render Aircraft Carriers Useless

Aug 25, 2015 (Sputnik)

Russia has developed a "noiseless" system of neutralizing aircraft carrier battle groups without missiles or torpedoes. The notion of "unsinkable" aircraft carr...

Russian Il-76 'Gravity Defying' Aircraft Outperforms Competitors

Aug 24, 2015 (Sputnik)

The unique Il-76 MDK arrived in the city of Zhukovskiy outside Moscow to participate in the MAKS 2015 aviation and space show. At first glance this aircraft loo...

Navy orders more RF-jammers for its F/A-18s

Aug 21, 2015 (UPI)

Harris Corporation is to supply the U.S. Navy with advanced ALQ-214 radio-frequency jamming devices for its aircraft. Under a $97 million award from the U.S. Na...

More F-35 training systems ordered from Cubic Global Defense

Aug 20, 2015 (UPI)

Cubic Global Defense is to produce and enhance the Air Combat Training System in the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, the company has announced. Included in the work ...

Israeli F-16s to carry small diameter bombs

Aug 19, 2015 (UPI)

Israeli Air Force F-16I fighters are for the first time equipped with advanced small diameter bombs. The bombs, which were previously only carried by a squadron...