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US Coast Guard To Acquire Three Additional Lockheed Martin HC-130J Surveillance Aircraft
Oct 04, 2012 (SPX)
Lockheed Martin has received a $218 million contract for three additional HC-130Js for the U.S. Coast Guard. This will increase the U.S. Coast Guard fleet of HC...
Lockheed Martin Awarded Upgrade Contract For 145 F-16S Of The Republic Of China Air Force
Oct 04, 2012 (SPX)
Lockheed Martin has been awarded a contract valued up to $1.85 billion by the U.S. Government to initiate the upgrade of 145 Block 20 F-16A/B aircraft for the R...
S. America aviation grows in Olympics boom
Oct 03, 2012 (UPI)
Brazilian aviation companies are beginning to respond to the expected boom in air traffic before the 2014 FIFA World Cup and the 2016 Olympics. Dozens of enterp...
Hummingbirds make flying backward look easy
Oct 02, 2012 (SPX)
Backing up usually isn't easy, yet when Nir Sapir observed agile hummingbirds visiting a feeder on his balcony in Berkeley, California, he was struck by their a...
Eurocopter unit inaugurates chopper plant in Brazil
Oct 02, 2012 (AFP)
Helibras, the Brazilian subsidiary of European manufacturer Eurocopter, on Tuesday inaugurated a new plant in the southern state of Minas Gerais that will assem...
Brazil expects a better jet fighter deal
Oct 02, 2012 (UPI)
Brazil is hoping to secure a better deal on its planned multibillion-dollar revamp of the air force combat inventory with the possible purchase of up to 36 new ...
Eglin F-35 Fleet At 20 And Growing
Oct 02, 2012 (SPX)
The 20th Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II has been as delivered to Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., to support F-35 pilot and maintainer training taking place on th...
Brazil to delay jet decision until 2013, no favorite
Sep 28, 2012 (AFP)
Brazil will postpone until next year a decision on a multi-billion-dollar contract to buy 36 next-generation fighter and there is currently no favorite, a gover...
Poland seeking 70 new military helicopters: PM
Sep 26, 2012 (AFP)
NATO-member Poland is in the market for 70 new military helicopters, more than double the number it first sought in March, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said Wedne...
US Army Awards Lockheed Martin Apache M-TADS/PNVS Performance Based Logistics Contract
Sep 26, 2012 (SPX)
Lockheed Martin has received a $111 million Modernized Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensor (M-TADS/PNVS) Performance Based Logistics ...
Boeing Receives Contract for 11 P-8A Poseidon Aircraft
Sep 26, 2012 (SPX)
The U.S. Navy on Sept. 21 awarded Boeing [NYSE: BA] a $1.9 billion contract for 11 P-8A Poseidon aircraft, which will take the total fleet to 24 and bolster the...
Argentina, Venezuela to build trainer jet
Sep 25, 2012 (UPI)
Argentina and Venezuela will collaborate to build a trainer jet for deployment in member countries of the Union of South American States, officials said. Unasur...
Brazil could delay jet decision until 2013
Sep 25, 2012 (AFP)
Brazil's long-delayed decision on a multi-billion-dollar contract to buy 36 next-generation fighter jets may be put off until next year, government officials sa...
Boeing Awards CH-147F In-Service Support Contract to GD Canada
Sep 24, 2012 (SPX)
Boeing has completed its selection of in-country providers to support Canadian Forces CH-147F helicopters by awarding an Engineering Support Services contract t...
Northrop Grumman Awarded Contract to Develop Navigation System for the U.S. Navy's Super Hornet and Growler Aircraft
Sep 24, 2012 (SPX)
Northrop Grumman has been awarded a competitive prototyping contract by The Boeing Company to develop an embedded global positioning/inertial navigation system ...
Leaked pics of cutting-edge Chinese fighter
Sep 24, 2012 (Voice of Russia)
On September 15-16, images of the cutting-edge Chinese fighter jet appeared on the web. The state-of-the-art aircraft bears strong resemblance to the American F...
Iraq province scraps Bahrain carrier ban
Sep 22, 2012 (AFP)
Iraq's Najaf province has decided to scrap a ban on Bahraini carrier Gulf Air's flights after receiving complaints from Bahraini Shiites, a provincial council s...
Japan's ANA says to order 11 more Dreamliners
Sep 21, 2012 (AFP)
Japan's All Nippon Airways (ANA) said Friday it would order 11 more Boeing 787 Dreamliners, with a list price of around $2.68 billion, hoping the fuel-efficient...
New airport system facilitates smoother take-offs and landings
Sep 21, 2012 (SPX)
For airline passengers who dread bumpy rides to mountainous destinations, help may be on the way. A new turbulence avoidance system has for the first time been ...
Indian air force to buy French fighters
Sep 21, 2012 (UPI)
The Indian air force is to finalize a contract to purchase 126 French Dassault Rafale jet fighters this year, in one of 2012's largest armaments purchases. The ...
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