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CAE gets new contracts for aircraft simulation training systems

Sep 24, 2014 (UPI)

Simulation training systems and services are to be provided to the U.S. and Canadian militaries by CAE under a series of contracts, the company announced. The a...

Italy Finmeccanica sues US over Airbus helicopter deal

Sep 23, 2014 (AFP)

Italian aerospace giant Finmeccanica has sued the US government over the Pentagon's plan to award an Army helicopter contract to Airbus, violating its rules aga...

Japan wants its own early-warning planes: report

Sep 21, 2014 (AFP)

Japan's defence ministry wants to develop its own early-warning aircraft, replacing US-made planes as the Chinese and Russian air forces grow more assertive, a ...

USMC system for aircraft battle management to be maintained by Lockheed

Sep 19, 2014 (UPI)

Lockheed Martin is to update and maintain the U.S. Marine Corps system for managing and monitoring aircraft. The system is the Virtualized Theater Battle Manage...

Upgrade for F-35's Autonomic Logistics Information System

Sep 18, 2014 (UPI)

An enhanced logistics system for F-35 Lightning II has been delivered by Lockheed Martin to flight test sites for validation. The software system -- the Autonom...

Boeing info-sharing system for Air Force passes final design review

Sep 17, 2014 (UPI)

A final design review has been completed by Boeing on a U.S. Air Force program for information sharing and improved communications. The program is called Talon ...

Upgraded Brazilian Army helo passes evaluation

Sep 16, 2014 (UPI)

Modernization of Brazilian Army's AS365 K Panther helicopters is to continue following the first aircraft passing technical-operational evaluation. Airbus Helic...

Congress notified of possible helo sale to Brazil

Sep 10, 2014 (UPI)

The U.S. State Department has approved the possible sale of Sikorsky UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters to Brazil under a deal worth $145 million. Brazil would repor...

IBC Engineered Materials to Supply BeralCast Castings for F-35

Sep 10, 2014 (SPX)

IBC Advanced Alloys Corp reports that its wholly owned US subsidiary, IBC Engineered Materials Corp., has been selected by Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Con...

Flight MH17 hit by numerous 'high energy objects'

Sep 09, 2014 (AFP)

A Malaysian passenger jet which blew up over rebel-held east Ukraine with the loss of all 298 people on board was hit by numerous "high-energy objects", accordi...

New phase of MH370 search to start in 2 weeks: Australia

Sep 06, 2014 (AFP)

An intensified underwater search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 will start in about two weeks' time, Australian premier Tony Abbott said Saturday as...

Aircraft emissions to be regulated by EPA

Sep 05, 2014 (UPI)

The Environmental Protection Agency plans to issue a finding of endangerment for greenhouse gas emissions from commercial aircraft. According to a rule making r...

Singapore has full fleet of Alenia Aermacchi trainer planes

Sep 05, 2014 (UPI)

Singapore has inaugurated its fleet of Alenia Aermacchi M-346 trainer jets used by its Air Force training squadron at a base in France. The aircraft replaces th...

Embraer receives flight test software system

Sep 04, 2014 (UPI)

Software that will allow Embraer to complete aircraft systems integration on its new KC-390 airlifter has been delivered by Rockwell Collins. The Pro Line Fusio...

China to need more than 6,000 new planes by 2033: Boeing

Sep 04, 2014 (AFP)

China will need more than 6,000 new aircraft over the next 20 years, US manufacturer Boeing forecast Thursday -- an increase of almost 500 on its equivalent pre...

Russian Helicopters upgrades assault/transport helos

Sep 02, 2014 (UPI)

A first consignment of upgraded Mi-8AMTSh assault/transport helicopters has been delivered to Russia's Ministry of Defense by Russian Helicopters. The first con...

Cobham touts fuel transfer equipment on A400M

Sep 02, 2014 (UPI)

Airbus' A400M tactical airlifter has demonstrated its aerial fuel transfer capabilities through the use of Cobham's 908E air-to-air refueling pods. The British-...

China Southern swings to net loss in first half

Aug 29, 2014 (AFP)

China Southern Airlines, the country's biggest airline by fleet size, said Friday it swung to a net loss of 1.02 billion yuan ($165.75 million) in the first hal...

MH370 may have turned south 'earlier' than thought

Aug 28, 2014 (AFP)

The hunt for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 will focus on the southern part of the existing search zone after a new clue to the plane's possible locatio...

First of 3 upgraded aerial tankers returned to France

Aug 27, 2014 (UPI)

The first of three French Air Force KC-135RG aerial tankers has been returned to France following upgrade work by Rockwell Collins. Upgrades included new naviga...