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Boeing gets $4 bn US Army helicopter deal
Jun 11, 2013 (AFP)
US aerospace giant Boeing announced Tuesday it has received a multi-year $4 billion order from the US Army for 177 more CH-47F Chinook helicopters. The five-yea...
Israel gets ready for F-35s and KC-135s
Jun 10, 2013 (UPI)
Israel's air force is getting ready to absorb its first squadron of Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighters, the combat jet that will assure the country's ae...
India commissions its first Pilatus aircraft
Jun 07, 2013 (UPI)
The Indian air force inducted the first 12 of 75 Swiss-manufactured Pilatus PC-7 Mk-II basic training aircraft at a ceremony at the Dundigal Air Force Academy n...
Egypt report blames balloon crash on pilot, leak
Jun 06, 2013 (AFP)
A hot air balloon accident that killed 19 tourists in Egypt was caused by the "grave" pilot error that caused a gas leakage, a police forensic report has found....
Brazilians assess unmanned helicopter system
Jun 06, 2013 (UPI)
Schiebel's unmanned helicopter has completed more demonstrations for a potential customer – this time, the Brazilian Navy. The demonstrations by the Camcopter...
Northrop Grumman speeds up deliveries of F-35 center fuselages
Jun 06, 2013 (UPI)
Northrop Grumman reports it has delivered its 150th center fuselage for the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter to Lockheed Martin. The fuselage, designated ...
Pilot Completes First F-35 Vertical Landing for Royal Air Force
Jun 06, 2013 (SPX)
Squadron Leader Jim Schofield became the first Royal Air Force pilot to complete a vertical landing of a Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35B short takeoff and vertical ...
Iraq receives F-16 under Defense Department deal
Jun 06, 2013 (UPI)
The Air Force of Iraq has formally accepted the first of 36 F-16 Block 52 fighters produced by Lockheed Martin under a Foreign Military Sales contract. The hand...
Shun Tak Holdings buys a third of Jetstar Hong Kong
Jun 06, 2013 (AFP)
A firm founded by Macau casino tycoon Stanley Ho has paid US$66 million for a third of new budget airline Jetstar Hong Kong for US$66 million, Australia's Qanta...
Boeing EMARSS Aircraft Completes First Test Flight
Jun 05, 2013 (SPX)
A U.S. Army and Boeing team completed the first flight of the first of four Enhanced Medium Altitude Reconnaissance and Surveillance System (EMARSS) Engineering...
International research and technology center opened by Boeing
Jun 05, 2013 (UPI)
A research and technology center for aerospace technologies has been opened by Boeing in Brazil, its sixth such center outside the United States. The Boeing Res...
Airline industry calls for single emissions standard
Jun 03, 2013 (AFP)
The global airline industry on Monday adopted a resolution calling for a single, industry-wide standard to manage emissions as it targets carbon-neutral growth ...
Boeing's first 787 arrives in China: media
Jun 02, 2013 (AFP)
China's first Boeing 787 arrived in the country on Sunday, state-run media said, less than two weeks after Beijing regulators approved the aircraft, which had f...
USAF crisis, contingency planning gets Northrop support
Jun 02, 2013 (UPI)
A U.S. Air Force software system for contingency and crisis action planning is to be enhanced and maintained by Northrop Grumman. The services are to be provide...
New rules for airlines enrolled in military program
May 30, 2013 (UPI)
Rule changes for commercial airlines that supplement military aircraft in the rapid transport of troops and supplies are on the way. The U.S. Air Force said the...
Thales teams with Provincial Aerospace
May 30, 2013 (UPI)
Airbus Defense and Space is partnering with Canada's Provincial Aerospace to bid on a contract to build fixed-wing search-and-rescue aircraft. The pairing, whic...
RAF takes newly acquired intel plane for spin
May 28, 2013 (UPI)
A Rivet Joint RC-135W signals intelligence aircraft has been flown for the first time by Britain's Royal Air Force, the Ministry of Defense announced. The aircr...
US F-15 crashes in Japan, pilot ejects safely
May 28, 2013 (AFP)
An American F-15 fighter crashed into the sea after its pilot ejected from his plane off Japan's southernmost Okinawa prefecture on Tuesday, the US Air Force sa...
Slow progress on Unasur plans for a joint trainer aircraf
May 28, 2013 (UPI)
Latin American plans to develop a low-cost trainer aircraft are moving forward but too slowly to raise hopes about the original aim of having the first of a new...
NASA's BARREL Mission Launches 20 Balloons
May 27, 2013 (SPX)
In Antarctica in January, 2013 - the summer at the South Pole - scientists released 20 balloons, each eight stories tall, into the air to help answer an endurin...
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