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EADS Examines Electric And Hybrid Propulsion To Further Reduce Aircraft Emissions

Jun 19, 2013 (SPX)

Will electric propulsion become an alternative for fossil fuel also in the aviation industry? EADS is evaluating different approaches and is demonstrating a num...

Billions in contracts reported at air show

Jun 19, 2013 (UPI)

Aerospace industry contracts for commercial aircraft, related systems and services worth billions of dollars are being reported from the Paris Air Show. The sal...

Army contracts for Apache helicopter program support

Jun 19, 2013 (UPI)

Program management company MCR Federal LLC reports that it has received a U.S. Army task in order to provide support for the service's Apache helicopter program...

EADS And Siemens Sign MoU With Diamond Aircraft On Electric Propulsion System

Jun 19, 2013 (SPX)

EADS and Siemens are entering into a long-term research partnership to introduce new electric propulsion systems that could help airlines lower their fuel bills...

Embraer secures more orders for executive jets

Jun 19, 2013 (UPI)

Brazilian aircraft maker Embraer hopes to continue building up its sales of private and regional jets at the same time as it expands capacity in defense, securi...

Britain spotlights CH-47 procurement

Jun 18, 2013 (UPI)

The first of 14 new Boeing C-47 Mark 6 Chinook helicopters ordered by Britain's Royal Air Force has been unveiled by Defense Secretary Philip Hammond. Hammond, ...

S. Korea opens bidding on $7.3 bn fighter jet deal

Jun 18, 2013 (AFP)

South Korea formally opened bidding Tuesday on a $7.3 billion deal to provide 60 advanced fighter planes, with three aviation giants vying for what is the Asian...

Marines receive aerial refueling tanker that can be used as gunship

Jun 18, 2013 (UPI)

Lockheed Martin has delivered to the U.S. Marines a KC-130J Super Hercules aircraft modified for use as a gunship. The tanker aircraft was modified under the Ha...

Beechcraft issues statement on LAS dispute

Jun 17, 2013 (UPI)

The dust hasn't settled yet in the aerospace industry's battle over the U.S. Air Force's Light Air Support contract for supply trainer/combat aircraft to Afghan...

S-97 Raider prototype nearer to completion

Jun 17, 2013 (UPI)

Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. has successfully installed the avionics system on the first of two prototype S-97 Raider tactical helicopters. Successful installation w...

Long-awaited A400M military plane sets out to conquer

Jun 16, 2013 (AFP)

The A400M, a long-awaited new military transport plane, will take to the skies at the upcoming Paris Air Show before finally setting out to conquer markets worl...

Google to beam Internet from balloons

Jun 15, 2013 (AFP)

Google revealed top-secret plans Saturday to send balloons to the edge of space with the lofty aim of bringing Internet to the two-thirds of the global populati...

US gives Israeli minister a ride in V-22 Osprey aircraft

Jun 14, 2013 (AFP)

Israel's Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon got to fly in a V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft during a US visit Friday, as his country weighs whether to buy the Americ...

Lockheed completes upgrading of air command-and-control system

Jun 13, 2013 (UPI)

Lockheed Martin has modernized the primary system used by the U.S. Marine Corps to coordinate the flight operations of all its aircraft. The Theater Battle Mana...

F-35 Supplier in Israel Delivers First Advanced Composite Component

Jun 12, 2013 (SPX)

Northrop Grumman supplier in Israel - Elbit Systems-Cyclone - delivered its first advanced composite component for the F-35 Lightning II joint strike fighter ce...

Lockheed Martin Receives JASSM Contract for Additional Integration onto Finish Air Force F-18

Jun 12, 2013 (SPX)

Lockheed Martin received a $34.2 million Foreign Military Sales contract from the U.S. Air Force to support additional integration of the Joint Air-to-Surface S...

Boeing aviation forecast sets scene for crowded skies

Jun 11, 2013 (UPI)

Earth's airspace is set to have twice as many airliners flying as now, and that's just the civilian airplane traffic forecast to grow in the next two decades. B...

Saab upgrading air defense system

Jun 11, 2013 (UPI)

The RBS 70 air defense systems used by Ireland's Defense Forces are being upgraded by Saab of Sweden, the company announced. Under a contract worth nearly $5.98...

Airbus delivers C295 to Ecuador

Jun 11, 2013 (UPI)

Airbus Defense and Space has delivered a C295 medium-sized transport plane to the Air Force of Ecuador at its manufacturing facility in Spain. The handover, ann...

China's MA60 planes in spotlight after safety incidents

Jun 11, 2013 (AFP)

China's high-flying aviation ambitions suffered a setback on Tuesday as Myanmar grounded several planes made by the Asian powerhouse and Indonesia ordered speci...