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Flight attendants decry new Homeland Security policy
Apr 22, 2013 (UPI)
A policy change by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security allowing short-bladed knives on airline flights is being protested by flight attendants. The opposit...
Sikorsky, Army demonstrate optionally piloted Black Hawk
Apr 22, 2013 (UPI)
An optionally-piloted variant of the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter has been put through its paces by Sikorsky Aircraft. The demonstrator aircraft -- from the comp...
Boeing labor dispute settled by arbitration
Apr 22, 2013 (UPI)
Hundreds of current and former employees of Boeing are to receive back wages and benefits from the company following an arbitration ruling. The Society of Profe...
Slovenian flyer embarks on eco-friendly trip to Arctic
Apr 22, 2013 (AFP)
A Slovenian adventurer specialising in extreme flights headed towards the North Pole on Monday in an ultra-light plane equipped to measure air pollution over a ...
Northrop Grumman's SABR Gives F-16 Pilots the Big Picture
Apr 18, 2013 (SPX)
To a pilot, a radar is only as useful as the information it provides, and Northrop Grumman's Big SAR (synthetic aperture radar) mapping for the Scalable Agile B...
F-35 in first international flight
Apr 18, 2013 (UPI)
The first flights outside the United States of Lockheed Martin's F-35 Lightning II will occur in Britain this summer. The fighter makes its international debut ...
Brazil's FX-2 jet fighter purchase decision put off again
Apr 17, 2013 (UPI)
Brazil's long-delayed FX-2 fighter purchase program has been pushed back again, leaving all three leading contractors guessing the outcome, whenever it happens....
Diligent Consulting tapped for Air Force Network support
Apr 17, 2013 (UPI)
Diligent Consulting Inc. is to provide system administration, engineering and management support services for the U.S. Air Force under a NETCENTS-2 contract. Se...
Germany asks U.S. for P-3C Orion upgrade
Apr 16, 2013 (UPI)
Germany is seeking upgrades for its fleet of Lockheed Martin P-3C Orion aircraft through the U.S. Foreign Military Sales program. The U.S. Defense Security Coop...
Boeing X-48C Blended Wing Body Research Aircraft Completes Flight Testing
Apr 15, 2013 (SPX)
The Boeing X-48C research aircraft flew for the 30th and final time April 9, marking the successful completion of an eight-month flight-test program to explore ...
X-48 Project Completes Flight Research for Cleaner, Quieter Aircraft
Apr 15, 2013 (SPX)
NASA's remotely piloted X-48C hybrid-wing-body subscale aircraft, which demonstrates technology concepts for cleaner and quieter commercial air travel, complete...
IAI closer to producing F-35 wings
Apr 14, 2013 (UPI)
Lockheed Martin and Israel Aerospace Industries say preparations to produce F-35 fighter wings in Israel are well underway. IAI, which signed a contract with Lo...
Israel boosts air force 'pack of leopards
Apr 12, 2013 (UPI)
Israel's air force, the country's strategic spearhead that will carry out any pre-emptive strikes against Iran's nuclear network, is undergoing a technological ...
Dassault and India in Rafale deal standoff
Apr 11, 2013 (UPI)
Disagreement over quality issues of proposed Indian-manufactured Rafale jet fighters have halted final contract discussions with Dassault, the aircraft's French...
Navy approves Boeing combat vehicle for transport on V-22
Apr 10, 2013 (UPI)
Boeing reports its Phantom Badger combat vehicle has been approved by the U.S. Navy for transport aboard V-22 Osprey aircraft. The certification follows testing...
Rolls-Royce gets new contract for engine support
Apr 10, 2013 (UPI)
The U.S. Department of Defense has given Rolls-Royce a contract worth more than $100 million to support engines powering U.S. Navy training aircraft. The contra...
Scorpion completes first 50 hours of flight testing
Apr 10, 2013 (UPI)
A new light attack and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft under development by Textron AirLand LLC has completed 50 hours of flight testing....
Air Force receives first production lot JASSM-ER missiles
Apr 09, 2013 (UPI)
The first production lot of extended range Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff missile, or JASSM-ER, has been delivered to the U.S. Air Force by Lockheed Martin. The ...
More delays in Brazil air force upgrades
Apr 09, 2013 (UPI)
Piecemeal upgrades to Brazilian air force inventory are threatening to overshadow the Latin American country's most important -- and most delayed -- plan to dis...
Fasten seatbelts for bumpier flights: climate study
Apr 08, 2013 (AFP)
Flights will become bumpier as global warming destabilises air currents at altitudes used by commercial airliners, climate scientists warned Monday. Already, at...
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