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Seoul eyes export market for its Surion light helicopter
Nov 01, 2013 (UPI)
South Korea is looking at the export market for its first indigenously produced light helicopter, the Surion. Initial export targets are between 60-120 Surions ...
El Salvador to buy used attack planes from Chile
Oct 31, 2013 (UPI)
El Salvador is going ahead with its purchase of 10 secondhand Cessna Dragonfly light attack planes from Chile despite the Central American country's meager cash...
Raytheon's Joint Standoff Weapon C-1 demonstrates networked capability with E-2D aircraft
Oct 31, 2013 (SPX)
Raytheon and the U.S. Navy demonstrated the capability of the newest version of the Joint Standoff Weapon (JSOW) C-1 by establishing communications among an F/A...
The Effects of Space Weather on Aviation
Oct 29, 2013 (SPX)
The next time you step onto an airplane, consider the following: In any given year, the pilot of your aircraft probably absorbs as much radiation as a worker in...
US military's airship programs lose altitude
Oct 26, 2013 (AFP)
The US military has invested billions in blimp-like aircraft to track militants planting roadside bombs but the spyship experiment is losing altitude because of...
Boeing, Lockheed team up for new US Air Force bomber
Oct 25, 2013 (AFP)
Boeing and Lockheed Martin said Friday they have teamed up to bid for a new $55 billion US Air Force bomber program aimed at replacing the aging bomber fleet. B...
Boeing Begins Assembling 3rd KC-46A Tanker Aircraft
Oct 24, 2013 (SPX)
Boeing is assembling a third KC-46A test aircraft for the U.S. Air Force's next-generation aerial refueling tanker program at the company's Everett factory, kee...
Space ballooning: 20-mile-high flights offered for $75K
Oct 24, 2013 (Voice of Russia)
A new US venture plans to use helium balloons to send deep-pocketed tourists in specially-designed luxury capsules up to the "edge of space." A four-hour flight...
Honeywell, Rockwell Collins Partnerships Strengthen StandardAero's Avionics Product Line Growth
Oct 24, 2013 (SPX)
StandardAero Business Aviation's Avionics product line exceeded all sales objectives in 2013 with a record number of avionics installs and STCs on a range of ai...
Boeing boosts 2013 forecast as Q3 profit soars
Oct 23, 2013 (AFP)
Boeing raised its 2013 earnings forecast Wednesday after third-quarter profits soared, saying it would boost production of its flagship 787 Dreamliner aircraft....
Wrangling flow to quiet cars and aircraft
Oct 23, 2013 (SPX)
Plasmas are a soup of charged particles in an electric field, and are normally found in stars and lightning bolts. With the use of high voltage equipment, very ...
Two feared dead as fighter jet crashes in Switzerland
Oct 23, 2013 (AFP)
A Swiss army fighter jet crashed in a mountainous area of the Alpine country on Wednesday, likely killing the two crew members on board, the defence ministry an...
Northrop Grumman to Upgrade French Navy E-2C Hawkeye Fleet
Oct 17, 2013 (SPX)
Under a $34.5 million U.S. Navy contract, Northrop Grumman will modify the French Navy's fleet of three E-2C Hawkeyes with an upgraded Identification Friend or ...
EU revives airline carbon tax proposal
Oct 16, 2013 (AFP)
The European Union's executive branch on Wednesday proposed taxing airlines for emissions made while crossing European airspace, revising a controversial plan t...
Brazil aims to build advanced fighter jets with Russia
Oct 16, 2013 (AFP)
Brazil said Wednesday it hopes to develop state-of-the-art combat aircraft with Russia, and purchase surface-to-air missile batteries from Moscow. Brasilia is a...
In Israel, lingering bitterness over a failed fighter project
Oct 15, 2013 (UPI)
The U.S. decision to award Israel's Elbit Systems the contract to co-produce the flight helmet for Lockheed Martin's advanced F-35 stealth fighter illustrates t...
Studies: Cargo aircraft demand to rise; light military helos to drop
Oct 14, 2013 (UPI)
There's good news and bad news for aircraft manufacturers in two new, separate projections by Airbus of France and Forecast International of the United States. ...
Chinese group in $1.2 bn British airport development deal
Oct 13, 2013 (AFP)
Chinese construction giant Beijing Construction Engineering Group (BCEG) has signed a deal with British firms to develop a business district around Manchester a...
Israel to make helmets for US F-35 fighter
Oct 13, 2013 (AFP)
An Israeli company has been selected to take part in manufacturing hi-tech helmets for pilots of the US F-35 stealth fighter, Israeli Defence Minister Moshe Yaa...
First F-35 For Australia Takes Shape In Fort Worth
Oct 11, 2013 (SPX)
Lockheed Martin and the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) celebrated the beginnings of the first F-35 Lightning II for Australia yesterday. The aircraft, design...
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