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Feb 15, 2013 (UPI)

Eurocopter this week announced a major company event and a contract signing in Mexico and India that underline company growth. In Mexico, Eurocopter and its loc...

E-2D Advanced Hawkeye Approved For Full-Rate Production

Feb 12, 2013 (SPX)

The E-2D Advanced Hawkeye, designed and manufactured by Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC), has been approved to enter full-rate production by the Office o...

Israel gets ready for F-35s, new trainers

Feb 12, 2013 (UPI)

Israel's air force is preparing to receive the first of 19 Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighters, which will become its strategic spearhead, and 30 Italian...

Boeing and Elbit Systems to Collaborate on Aircraft Defense Solutions

Feb 12, 2013 (SPX)

Boeing and Elbit Systems Ltd. have signed a Memorandum of Understanding that supports the growth of both companies through the joint pursuit of opportunities fo...

Major fighter jet deal, trade dominate Hollande's India trip

Feb 12, 2013 (AFP)

French President Francois Hollande's visit to India this week is dominated by trade issues, including a $12-billion deal for Rafale fighter jets, nuclear energy...

India orders probe into Italy chopper bribe allegations

Feb 12, 2013 (AFP)

India on Tuesday launched an inquiry into reports of alleged bribery of government officials by Finmeccanica, after the head of the Italian aerospace giant was ...

F-35A Completes 3-Year Clean Wing Flutter Testing Program

Feb 12, 2013 (SPX)

An F-35A Lightning II conventional takeoff and landing aircraft, known as AF-1, completed its final test mission for clean wing flutter recently. Flutter testin...

Iraq seeks U.S. air traffic control system as air force grows

Feb 11, 2013 (UPI)

The U.S. Defense Department is seeking congressional approval to sell the nascent Iraqi air force air traffic control and landing systems for four bases, emphas...

Northrop Grumman Signs Airport Realtime Collaboration Passenger Flow Contract With East Midlands Airport

Feb 11, 2013 (SPX)

Northrop Grumman's Europe-based airport systems group has signed a contract with the U.K.'s East Midlands Airport, part of the Manchester Airports Group, for th...

Despite U.S.-Iran detente moves, Emirates seeks more F-16s S

Feb 10, 2013 (UPI)

Even as the United States strives to achieve detente with Iran, the United Arab Emirates, a key U.S. ally in the Persian Gulf, is seeking to buy 30 Lockheed Mar...

Taylor Retires As Strain Takes Lead At Ball Aerospace

Feb 08, 2013 (SPX)

Ball Corporation has announced that David L. Taylor, president and CEO of Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corp. for more than a decade, will retire at the end o...

India uses Russian avionics in new fighter

Feb 07, 2013 (UPI)

India's new Perspective Multirole Fighter will be equipped with Russian avionics. The new Sukhoi/HAL FGFA aircraft is modeled on the Russian Federation's Sukhoi...

Dassault sweats on Rafale deal in India, hopes for 2013

Feb 07, 2013 (AFP)

France's Dassault Aviation hopes to conclude its $12-billion deal to sell Rafale jets to India this year, with negotiations set to be taken up by President Fran...

India keen to sign Rafale deal by mid-2013: air force chief

Feb 07, 2013 (AFP)

India hopes to sign a $12-billion deal to buy Rafale jets from France's Dassault Aviation by the middle of the year, the country's air force chief said Thursday...

China attends India air show amid warming ties

Feb 06, 2013 (AFP)

India will welcome a senior Chinese delegation from Beijing for the first time at its air show on Wednesday in a sign of improved military relations between the...

Twenty NASA Balloons Studying the Radiation Belts

Feb 06, 2013 (SPX)

In the bright, constant sun of the Antarctic summer, a NASA-funded team is launching balloons. There are twenty of these big, white balloons, each of which sets...

Boeing, Saudi Airlines sign collaborative pact

Feb 06, 2013 (UPI)

An agreement to jointly pursue partnership opportunities in defense and commercial aviation has been signed by Boeing and Saudi Arabian Airlines Holding Co. Boe...

Budget cut warning as India opens air show

Feb 06, 2013 (AFP)

India's defence minister warned of budget cuts on Wednesday as he opened the country's air show with a sobering message for global defence groups used to years ...

Boeing Committed to India's Growing Aerospace Industry

Feb 06, 2013 (SPX)

Boeing has underscored the strength of its commitment to expand its partnerships in India to become the aerospace company of choice in this important market. Co...

Boeing Delivers 6th Production P-8A Poseidon Aircraft to US Navy

Feb 06, 2013 (SPX)

Boeing delivered the sixth production P-8A Poseidon aircraft to the U.S. Navy Jan. 31, successfully completing the first group of low-rate initial production ai...