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Eurocopter enters race for Polish chopper deal

Mar 25, 2013 (AFP)

Eurocopter, the world's leading maker of civil helicopters, will sign an agreement next month aimed at setting up production in Poland, putting it in the runnin...

First Lockheed Martin F-35As Report to Nellis AFB for Operational Testing

Mar 21, 2013 (SPX)

Four Lockheed Martin F-35A conventional takeoff and landing (CTOL) aircraft were officially welcomed by the U.S. Air Force Warfare Center at Nellis Air Force Ba...

Northrop Grumman Delivers 100th Center Fuselage for F-35 Lightning II

Mar 21, 2013 (SPX)

Northrop Grumman has marked the delivery of its 100th F-35 Lightning II center fuselage to Lockheed Martin during a ceremony at its manufacturing center on Marc...

EU puts airline carbon tax on hold for a year

Mar 21, 2013 (AFP)

The EU will put its controversial carbon tax on intercontinental airline flights on hold for a year to give time for international talks to reach a compromise o...

Listening for the Boom and Rattle of Supersonic Flight

Mar 19, 2013 (SPX)

It looks like a living room you might find almost anywhere -- an 11 by 13 foot space with eight-foot ceilings (3.4 x 4.0 x 2.4 meters) that contains a couch, ch...

Air Force overrides Beechcraft LAS protest

Mar 18, 2013 (UPI)

The U.S. Air Force has apparently rejected Beechcraft's latest protest of the LAS program award and is sticking with Brazil's Embraer. "When it comes to produci...

Boeing Says Strong Demand Pushing Commercial Production Rates Higher

Mar 18, 2013 (SPX)

Boeing reports that strong demand for its commercial airplanes and a healthy backlog are behind the company's decision to keep increasing production rates. "The...

As F-35 costs soar, Boeing enters the fray

Mar 14, 2013 (UPI)

As international concerns grow over the Joint Strike Fighter F-35 costs, Boeing is offering Canada a rival warplane that the company says can beat Lockheed Mart...

Cathay Pacific says 2012 net profit slumps 83.3%

Mar 13, 2013 (AFP)

Cathay Pacific said Wednesday that 2012 net profit plunged 83.3 percent, as the Hong Kong flag carrier was hit by persistently high fuel prices and the eurozone...

EU safety body certifies Airbus A400M army transporter

Mar 13, 2013 (AFP)

The European Aviation Safety Agency said Wednesday it had certified Airbus Military's next-generation A400M Atlas military transport plane, in an important step...

Boeing, KLM Demonstrate New Technologies to Optimize Flight

Mar 13, 2013 (SPX)

Boeing and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines have begun a series of commercial flights that will demonstrate how several advanced technologies, fuels and concepts can si...

SNC, Embraer weigh in on Air Force award

Mar 12, 2013 (UPI)

The flap over the U.S. Air Force choosing for a second time a Brazilian aircraft for its Light Air Support program appears unlikely to be resolved anytime soon....

Singapore in 'final stages' of evaluating F-35

Mar 12, 2013 (AFP)

Singapore is in the final stages of evaluating the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter as a possible replacement for its older fighters, the defence ministry said Tuesday...

Study Shows How One Insect Got Its Wings

Mar 12, 2013 (SPX)

Scientists have delved deeper into the evolutionary history of the fruit fly than ever before to reveal the genetic activity that led to the development of wing...

Upgraded early warning aircraft arrive in Taiwan

Mar 10, 2013 (AFP)

Taiwan has received its final two upgraded early warning aircraft from the United States, a move expected to bolster the island's air defence against rival Chin...

Beechcraft fights defense Embraer contract

Mar 08, 2013 (UPI)

Beechcraft Corp. is protesting a light air support aircraft contract given to Embraer of Brazil and the Sierra Nevada Corp. by the U.S. Air Force. Beechcraft sa...

Second F-35 For The Netherlands Rolls Out Of F-35 Production Facility

Mar 08, 2013 (SPX)

The second Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II for the Netherlands rolled out of the F-35 production facility on March 2. This is the latest step in the productio...

Canada unsure what will replace Hornets

Mar 05, 2013 (UPI)

Canada has begun consultations with aircraft manufacturers as part of a tortuous but necessary multibillion-dollar quest for a winning successor to the country'...

Cathay Pacific orders 3 Boeing 747-8 cargo planes

Mar 04, 2013 (AFP)

Cathay Pacific Airways has ordered three Boeing 747-8 Freighter cargo aircraft in a deal worth $1 billion at list prices, the companies said Monday. Cathay Paci...

Sikorsky, Boeing Propose X2 Technology Helicopter Design for US Army's JMR FVL

Mar 04, 2013 (SPX)

Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., a subsidiary of United Technologies, and Boeing will submit a joint proposal to build a demonstrator aircraft - based on Sikorsky's X2 ...