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$4.07B Oman Eurofighter deal bolsters BAE

Dec 21, 2012 (UPI)

The Persian Gulf sultanate of Oman has a signed a $4.07 billion contract with Britain's BAE for 12 Eurofighter Typhoon strike jets and eight advanced Hawk train...

Taiwan's China Airlines to buy six Boeing planes

Dec 21, 2012 (AFP)

Taiwan's leading carrier China Airlines said Friday it will buy six Boeing 777-300ER aircraft to boost its long-haul passenger fleet. The announcement came thre...

Bird strike prevention radar system takes off

Dec 21, 2012 (SPX)

Leading European avian radar manufacturer Robin Radar Systems is aiming for rapid expansion following an announcement that significant funding has been secured ...

Boeing's Final Design for Wedgetail AEW and C Airborne Mission Segment Accepted by Australia

Dec 21, 2012 (SPX)

The Commonwealth of Australia has completed its acquisition of six Boeing 737 Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW and C) aircraft and related mission system...

Israel's air force gets ready for a blitz against missile foes

Dec 20, 2012 (UPI)

Israel's air force, the Jewish state's strike arm, was reported Thursday to be planning massive, pulverizing strikes against foes who bombard the country with m...

Embraer, Astronics collaborate on KC-390

Dec 19, 2012 (UPI)

Brazilian aircraft maker Embraer will collaborate with New York defense firm Astronics Corp. as part of an effort to give the company's KC-390 tactical transpor...

BAE says Saudi jet deal facing unresolved 'issues'

Dec 19, 2012 (AFP)

British defence group BAE Systems on Wednesday warned that a lucrative deal to sell fighter jets to Saudi Arabia was facing unresolved "issues" five years after...

Upgraded MiG-29s supplied to India

Dec 19, 2012 (UPI)

JSC Russian Aircraft Corp. MiG has started supplying upgraded MiG-29 fighters to the Indian air force. The company, part of United Aircraft Corp., said three of...

Bulgaria to modernise air force

Dec 19, 2012 (AFP)

Bulgaria's government has approved plans to buy new or used fighter jets to replace its ageing fleet of Soviet-built aircraft, Defence Minister Anyu Angelov sai...

Taiwan's China Airlines to lease four Boeing planes

Dec 18, 2012 (AFP)

Taiwan's leading carrier China Airlines said Tuesday it will lease four Boeing 777-300ERs as it seeks to build a more fuel-efficient fleet and lower the cost of...

Iraqi air force receives US transport planes

Dec 17, 2012 (AFP)

Iraq received three transport aircraft on Monday and is slated to take delivery of three more soon, the US embassy said. "The Iraqi air force received three C-1...

New system for aircraft forecasts potential storm hazards over oceans

Dec 13, 2012 (SPX)

The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) has developed a prototype system to help flights avoid major storms as they travel over remote ocean regions...

Commando II Takes To Sky

Dec 13, 2012 (SPX)

Lockheed Martin has delivered an MC-130J Commando II to Cannon Air Force Base, N.M., yesterday. Aircraft 5710 is the twelfth of 27 MC-130Js to be assigned to th...

Rockwell Collins wins Navy E-6b upgrade

Dec 12, 2012 (UPI)

Aviation communications company Rockwell Collins will modernize and upgrade U.S. Navy airborne strategic command systems in a $295 million deal that includes wo...

Brazil fighter deal seen to favor Boeing

Dec 12, 2012 (UPI)

Brazil's long-delayed FX-2 fighter competition isn't over yet but Boeing's F/A-18 Super Hornet is winning friends in the Brazilian air force, news reports said....

Canada widens search for fighter jet beyond F-35

Dec 12, 2012 (AFP)

Canada's government on Wednesday widened its multi-billion-dollar search for a new fighter jet to models other than the F-35 it has spent 15 years helping the U...

Swiss to get Swedish jets cheaper than Swedes: report

Dec 10, 2012 (AFP)

Switzerland will pay far less for the 22 fighter jets it is planning to buy from the Swedish company Saab than Sweden itself would pay for the aircraft, the Swi...

Japan pedal power aims for human flight record

Dec 10, 2012 (AFP)

A team in Japan are hoping pedal-power will beat the world record for a human-propelled plane -- in a flying machine made from polystyrene, they said Monday. Te...

Canada reconsidering F-35 fighter purchase: reports

Dec 07, 2012 (AFP)

Canada's government faced a storm of criticism Friday after a newspaper reported it was scrapping plans to buy US-made F-35 fighter aircraft because of rising c...

US agency chief seeks to ease airplane electronics ban

Dec 07, 2012 (AFP)

The head of the US agency that regulates telecommunications is calling for an easing of the ban on using mobile phones and other electronic devices on airplanes...