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Airbus DS supplying radar systems to Australia
Aug 19, 2015 (UPI)
Surveillance capabilities at nine Australian civil/military airfields are to be enhanced by sensor systems from Airbus Defense and Space. The airport surveillan...
Cathay Pacific 1H profit up nearly sixfold, misses estimates
Aug 19, 2015 (AFP)
Hong Kong flag carrier Cathay Pacific said Wednesday first-half profit rose almost sixfold from a year earlier, helped by lower fuel prices, but shares fell to ...
Russia's MiG-21 Would Rip Apart America's F-35
Aug 18, 2015 (Sputnik)
America's much-touted fifth generation F-35 fighter jet is so bad it would be a sitting duck even for Russia's MiG-21, designed back in the 1950s, famed US aero...
Philippines receives final Bell utility helicopter
Aug 18, 2015 (UPI)
Bell Helicopter Canada reports it delivered the eighth and final 412EP aircraft ordered by the Philippine Department of National Defense. The helicopter was del...
France calls off search for MH370 wreckage off Reunion
Aug 17, 2015 (AFP)
France on Monday said it was calling off the hunt for wreckage from missing flight MH370 after 10 days of air and sea searches off its Indian Ocean territory of...
Airbus tests safety system for helicopters
Aug 17, 2015 (UPI)
An assistance system to enhance the safety of helicopters in degraded visibility conditions has been demonstrated by Airbus Defense and Space. The aid is called...
Malaysia, China, Australia to 'refine' search efforts for MH370
Aug 15, 2015 (AFP)
Malaysia, China and Australia will meet in September to "refine" the search for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 after part of the plane's wing was discovered on ...
Army contracts Lockheed Martin for more Apache helicopter upgrades
Aug 12, 2015 (UPI)
Lockheed Martin is to continue first-phase upgrades to the targeting and pilotage system of U.S. Army AH-64E Apache attack helicopters. The work will be conduct...
Thales supplying deployable instrument landing systems to Air Force
Aug 11, 2015 (UPI)
Thales is to provide the U.S. Air Force with deployable instrument landing systems for use at tactical airfields for precision guidance of aircraft. The commerc...
MH17 probe finds 'probable' Russian missile pieces at crash site
Aug 11, 2015 (AFP)
Investigators probing the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in eastern Ukraine said Tuesday they had found fragments "probably" from a Russian-made surfa...
Malaysia will send team to inspect Maldives debris for MH370 link
Aug 10, 2015 (AFP)
Malaysia will send a team to the Maldives to determine whether debris reportedly found there is further wreckage from flight MH370, the transport minister said ...
Heathrow trials steeper approaches as runway decision looms
Aug 10, 2015 (AFP)
London's Heathrow Airport is to introduce steeper approaches for aircraft coming in to land in a bid to ease noise for local residents, it said Monday. Planes a...
Lockheed Martin integrating targeting pod on Japan's F-2s
Aug 10, 2015 (UPI)
Lockheed Martin is to integrate its Sniper Advanced Targeting Pod onto Japan's F-2 fighter aircraft. The work comes through a direct commercial sales contract f...
France hunts for more MH370 debris off Reunion island
Aug 07, 2015 (AFP)
France launched a hunt for more wreckage from the ill-fated MH370 plane off Reunion island on Friday in a fresh effort to shed light on one of aviation's bigges...
BAE Systems to provide flight-line maintenance services for trainer aircraft
Aug 07, 2015 (UPI)
BAE Systems Australia is to provide flight-line maintenance support for Hawk 127 training jets of the Royal Australian Air Force. The flight-line services will ...
France steps up Reunion island search for MH370 wreckage
Aug 06, 2015 (AFP)
France said Thursday it would launch new searches by air, land and sea from Reunion in the hopes of finding more wreckage from MH370, after Malaysia said a wing...
Marines give Initial Operational Capability status to F-35B fighter
Aug 03, 2015 (UPI)
The U.S. Marine Corps has given the F-35B Lightning II aircraft from Lockheed Martin Initial Operational Capability. With the declaration last week, Marine Figh...
MH370 investigators to meet in France ahead of wing analysis
Aug 03, 2015 (AFP)
Malaysian aviation experts were to meet their French counterparts and judges Monday to coordinate the investigation into missing flight MH370, days after the di...
F-35B Lightning II fighters declared combat ready
Aug 01, 2015 (UPI)
The U.S. Marine Corps declared the F-35B Lightning II ready for combat missions, a major milestone for the Pentagon's Joint Strike Fighter program and the most ...
MH370 clues mount as wreckage identified as Boeing 777
Jul 31, 2015 (AFP)
Malaysian authorities confirmed Friday that plane wreckage washed up on an Indian Ocean island was from a Boeing 777, meaning the part is almost certainly from ...
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