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Taiwan displays upgraded fighter jets with 'smart' munitions
Jan 16, 2014 (AFP)
Taiwan on Thursday unveiled a fleet of upgraded fighter jets built domestically, with President Ma Ying-jeou hailing the rapid modernisation of the island's for...
Lockheed Martin Receives JASSM Contract For Additional Finnish Air Force F-18 Integration
Jan 15, 2014 (SPX)
Lockheed Martin received a $13.3 million Foreign Military Sales contract in November from the U.S. Air Force to support additional integration of the Joint Air-...
US F-18 fighter crashes off Virginia coast
Jan 15, 2014 (AFP)
A F-18 fighter crashed off the coast of Virginia on Wednesday and the pilot safely ejected from the aircraft, the US Navy said. The crash occurred at about 2:30...
US to sell Israel six Osprey military aircraft
Jan 14, 2014 (AFP)
The Pentagon plans to sell six tilt-rotor Osprey aircraft to Israel in a long-planned deal worth $1.13 billion, officials said Tuesday. Israel will become the f...
Swiss could vote in May on fighter deal
Jan 14, 2014 (AFP)
The Swiss public could vote in May on a deal to buy 22 fighter planes from Sweden, after opponents Tuesday submitted over 100,000 signatures seeking a referendu...
Two killed, one missing in US Navy helicopter crash
Jan 09, 2014 (AFP)
A US Navy helicopter crashed off the coast of Virginia on Wednesday, leaving two crew members dead and another missing, officials said. Two more members of the ...
Five killed in US military helicopter crashs in Britain and US
Jan 08, 2014 (AFP)
The bodies of four airmen killed when a US Air Force helicopter crashed in eastern England are unlikely to be recovered until Thursday, police said on Wednesday...
Gas leak caused 2013 Egypt balloon crash: report
Jan 07, 2014 (AFP)
A fiery hot air balloon crash in Egypt last year that killed 19 tourists was probably caused by a gas leak, an official Egyptian report released on Tuesday said...
India scraps AgustaWestland chopper deal over bribe allegations
Jan 01, 2014 (AFP)
India cancelled on Wednesday a 556-million-euro ($753 million) contract with Anglo-Italian firm AgustaWestland to buy luxury helicopters for VIPs amid bribery a...
China's Zhejiang Loong Airlines confirms order of 20 A320s
Dec 29, 2013 (AFP)
China's Zhejiang Loong Airlines has ordered 20 Airbus planes of the A320 series, firming up a deal made in September, Airbus announced in a statement Sunday. Th...
Cathay Pacific orders 4 more long-haul Boeing planes
Dec 27, 2013 (AFP)
Hong Kong flag carrier Cathay Pacific ordered four additional long-haul planes from Boeing on Friday, a week after it ordered 21 Boeing 777-9X planes, in a move...
Northrop Grumman Expands Support For Japan E-2C Hawkeye Program
Dec 24, 2013 (SPX)
Northrop Grumman has entered into an exclusive, five-year agreement with AAR Corporation of Illinois and Sumitomo Corporation of Japan, expanding industrial sup...
Lockheed Martin Delivers Landmark 300th C-130J Super Hercules
Dec 22, 2013 (SPX)
The C-130J Super Hercules program reached another significant milestone with the delivery of its 300th aircraft, which was ferried today by a U.S. Air Force cre...
20th Anniversary of First B-2 Spirit Delivery
Dec 22, 2013 (SPX)
On a grey, chilly afternoon 20 years ago, the first operational B-2 stealth bomber, the Spirit of Missouri, circled the airfield at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo....
AgustaWestland wins $1.6B helicopter contract
Dec 20, 2013 (UPI)
Anglo-Italian helicopter manufacturer AgustaWestland has won a $1.6 billion contract from Norway to supply it with 16 medium-lift aircraft. The AW101 helicopter...
A new conceptual configuration for air-breathing hypersonic airplanes
Dec 20, 2013 (SPX)
How to design a hypersonic airplane that travel from Beijing to New York in only two hours? Dr. Cui Kai and his group from State Key Laboratory of High Temperat...
Cathay Pacific orders 21 Boeing 777-9X planes
Dec 20, 2013 (AFP)
Cathay Pacific said Friday it has ordered 21 long-haul Boeing 777-9X planes at a list price of $7.48 billion dollars, as the Hong Kong carrier modernises its fl...
Emirates shoot down BAE's $6B Typhoon jet deal
Dec 20, 2013 (UPI)
BAE Systems, Britain's largest defense company, has suffered a major setback with the United Arab Emirates scrapping lengthy negotiations for 60 Eurofighter Typ...
UAE pulls plug on Eurofighter jets deal
Dec 19, 2013 (AFP)
The United Arab Emirates has pulled out of talks with the UK government to purchase Typhoon Eurofighters, British defence company BAE Systems announced on Thurs...
Pakistan launches production of new fighter jet
Dec 18, 2013 (AFP)
Pakistan on Wednesday launched production of a new version of a combat aircraft featuring upgraded avionics and weapons system. The plane, to be called Block-II...
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