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F-35 hanger construction work contracted by Navy
Aug 27, 2014 (UPI)
The U.S. Navy has given five companies indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity awards for hanger construction work related to the F-35 aircraft. The hanger proj...
U.S. Navy executes advanced acquisition contract for aircraft
Aug 26, 2014 (UPI)
The U.S. Navy has put into effect an advanced acquisition contract for Australia's procurement of Boeing P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft. The Australian ...
China's BOC orders 82 Boeing planes worth $8.8 billion
Aug 25, 2014 (AFP)
Aircraft leasing firm BOC Aviation said Monday it has ordered 80 Boeing 737 planes and two B777-300ERs worth a total $8.8 billion at list prices, to meet expand...
New Zealand receives first Beechcraft trainers
Aug 25, 2014 (UPI)
Two Beechcraft T-6C trainer aircraft for the Royal New Zealand Air Force have arrived in the country and will be delivered to the service in October. The Minist...
CAE demonstrates interoperability of its C-130J trainers
Aug 25, 2014 (UPI)
The networking and interoperability of simulation-based C-130J aircraft training systems have been demonstrated by CAE Australia. CAE Australia, in an announcem...
BAE researches sensor concept for aircraft bodies
Aug 22, 2014 (UPI)
Engineers at BAE Systems are researching a "smart skin" concept to embed thousands of micro-sensors onto an aircraft body. The sensors -- each would be the size...
Engineers and Technicians Install Protective Shell on NASA's Orion Spacecraft
Aug 22, 2014 (SPX)
The heat shield on NASA's Orion spacecraft gets all the glory when it comes to protecting the spacecraft from the intense temperature of reentry. Although the b...
Japan mulls building its own fighter jets: report
Aug 21, 2014 (AFP)
Japan is considering building its own fighter jets after years of playing second fiddle in a US construction partnership, a report said Thursday, in a move like...
Flight Test Preparations Draw on Launch Services Program's Expertise
Aug 21, 2014 (SPX)
The upcoming flight test of NASA's Orion spacecraft will be a mission of firsts. This new crew vehicle, making its debut on Exploration Flight Test-1, will beco...
Iceland volcano eruption would shut down air travel: authority
Aug 20, 2014 (AFP)
Icelandic aviation authorities warned Wednesday an eruption of the nation's largest volcano would trigger a shutdown of airspace, in a potential replay of the g...
Bodies of two pilots found after fighter jets crash in Italy
Aug 20, 2014 (AFP)
Italian authorities said Wednesday they had found the bodies of two pilots after a pair of Tornado fighter jets crashed following a mid-air collision, while two...
Northrop Grumman Developing XS-1 Spaceplane For DARPA
Aug 20, 2014 (SPX)
Northrop Grumman with Scaled Composites and Virgin Galactic is developing a preliminary design and flight demonstration plan for the Defense Advanced Research P...
Snoozing China air traffic controllers force jet to delay landing
Aug 19, 2014 (AFP)
A Chinese aircraft was forced to delay its landing after two air traffic controllers nodded off, reports said Tuesday, sparking a wave of online anger about air...
Airborne Systems supplying decoys to New Zealand
Aug 19, 2014 (UPI)
Decoy systems for protection against RF-seeking missiles are to be procured by the Royal New Zealand Navy from Airborne Systems Europe. The systems, Airborne's ...
Airports plant prairie grass to prevent bird strikes
Aug 12, 2014 (UPI)
Some 300 acres surrounding the runways at Dayton International Airport are being planted with prairie grass and being converted into un-mowed fields as a way to...
Japan to test first homegrown stealth fighter jet: report
Aug 12, 2014 (AFP)
A group of major Japanese firms are planning a test flight next year for the nation's first homegrown stealth fighter jet, a report said Tuesday. The consortium...
Asia's richest man targets aviation and Irish firm AWAS
Aug 04, 2014 (AFP)
A property flagship led by Asia's richest tycoon Li Ka-shing is seeking to buy into Irish aircraft leasing group AWAS -- the Hong Kong businessman's first major...
China's military says drills affecting civil flights
Jul 31, 2014 (AFP)
China's defence ministry on Thursday said that military drills in southeast coastal regions were having an impact on civil aviation amid recent reports of wides...
The evolution of airplanes
Jul 30, 2014 (SPX)
One of the traditional arguments against Darwinian evolution has been that no one can confirm the process exists because it occurs on a time scale immensely gre...
Aviation officials call for anti-air weapons law, better threat data
Jul 29, 2014 (AFP)
Aviation officials called for better dissemination of flight risks and a UN law restricting anti-aircraft weapons use, at an emergency meeting Tuesday on the do...
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