AEROSPACE - RUSSO DAILY

China needs more than 5,300 new aircraft through 2033: Airbus

Dec 10, 2014 (AFP)

China will require more than 5,300 new aircraft in the coming two decades as demand for domestic air travel mounts, Airbus forecast Wednesday. The Europe-based ...

Study: motion distracts hummingbird hovering skills

Dec 09, 2014 (UPI)

Leonardo da Vinci famously conceived of the helicopter before it was even a mechanical possibility. His inspiration, of course, was the hummingbird. Artists and...

Navy wins award for F-35 canopy making process

Dec 08, 2014 (UPI)

An automated thermoforming process for making canopies for F-35 fighters has earned a Department of Defense honor for the Office of Naval Research. The entire p...

Sikorsky, India to negotiate naval helocopter buy

Dec 08, 2014 (UPI)

Sikorsky Aircraft reports it is to begin negotiations with India to provide the country with more than a dozen S-70B Seahawk helicopters. The contract to be neg...

Pakistan aiming for jet boost to defence exports

Dec 07, 2014 (AFP)

A revamped version of Pakistan's JF-17 jet fighter took centre stage at a defence exhibition in Karachi this week as the restive nuclear-armed state looks to bo...

Can Cockpit Automation Cause Pilots to Lose Critical Thinking Skills

Dec 03, 2014 (SPX)

In the wake of recent airline crashes, major news networks have aired concerns about pilots' ability to accurately fly "by hand" when the airplane's cockpit aut...

India, France say will press ahead with Rafale deal

Dec 02, 2014 (AFP)

The French and Indian defence ministers agreed to press ahead with negotiations on the sale of 126 Rafale fighter jets to India, both sides said Tuesday, after ...

Pakistan adds home-made fighter jets to airforce

Dec 02, 2014 (AFP)

The head of Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC) said Tuesday that Pakistan had introduced 50 home-assembled multi-role JF-17 Thunder fight jets into its airforc...

Corruption crackdown clouds China corporate jet market

Nov 30, 2014 (AFP)

Makers of the world's private jets are looking to promote their aircraft as business tools in China rather than luxury toys for the super-rich, as a corruption ...

Air Ops Lab Answering Big Questions About Future of Air Travel

Nov 26, 2014 (SPX)

The holiday season is upon us and you know what that can mean - crowded airports, delayed flights, and a tasty side dish of frayed nerves. It might be worth giv...

How the hummingbird achieves its aerobatic feats

Nov 26, 2014 (spx)

the sight of a tiny hummingbird hovering in front of a flower and then darting to another with lightning speed amazes and delights. But it also leaves watchers ...

NASA Seeks Comments on Possible Airship Challenge

Nov 26, 2014 (SPX)

Airships aren't just powered balloon-like vehicles that hover above sporting events. Researchers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, ar...

Britain, Norway order F-35 aircraft

Nov 25, 2014 (UPI)

The British and Norwegian governments are moving forward contractually in their acquisition of Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II fighter aircraft. Britain's Min...

Offsets may delay Korea's decision on buying aerial refulers

Nov 24, 2014 (UPI)

South Korea may delay an acquisition decision on a billion-dollar project to equip its armed forces with four aerial refueling aircraft. According to Chosun Ilb...

Lockheed Martin UK opens F-35 software simulation facility

Nov 24, 2014 (UPI)

Lockheed Martin UK has opened a simulation facility for pilots and engineers of F-35 Lightning II fighters assess the aircraft's mission system and software. "B...

France to buy A330 aerial refueling aircraft

Nov 21, 2014 (UPI)

Airbus Defense and Space is set to supply a dozen A330 MRTT air-to-air refueling aircraft to the French Air Force. The contract negotiated with the French milit...

First Australian-made vertical tails fitted onto F-35

Nov 21, 2014 (UPI)

Australian-made vertical tails for F-35 Lightning II fighters have for the first time been installed on an aircraft by Lockheed Martin. Marand, an Australian en...

Elbit to Supply DIRCM Systems to German A400M Aircraft

Nov 20, 2014 (SPX)

Elbit Systems has announced that it was awarded a contract from DIEHL BGT Defence to provide J-MUSIC Multi-Spectral Directed Infrared Counter Measure (DIRCM) sy...

Britain's RAF receives first A400M airlifter

Nov 20, 2014 (UPI)

Britain's Royal Air Force has taken possession of the first of 22 Airbus A400M airlifters, becoming the third country to bring the aircraft into service. The ai...

France to buy 12 Airbus tankers worth 3 bn euros

Nov 20, 2014 (AFP)

France's defence ministry announced on Thursday the purchase of 12 Airbus refuelling tankers worth around 3 billion euros ($3.8 billion). "Our desire to moderni...