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Australia buys Growler systems for Hornets
Aug 31, 2012 (UPI)
Australia has confirmed it will acquire Growler electronic warfare systems for its Super Hornet aircraft through the United States Foreign Military Sales proces...
Boeing to Provide PBL for USAF F-15 Radars
Aug 31, 2012 (SPX)
Boeing has received an $85 million Performance-Based Logistics (PBL) contract for continued support of U.S. Air Force F-15 mechanically scanned and Active Elect...
Northrop Grumman's BACN Completes 3,000th E-11A Mission Overseas
Aug 31, 2012 (SPX)
Northrop Grumman's Battlefield Airborne Communications Node (BACN) has completed 3,000 missions flying aboard the E-11A Bombardier Global Express BD-700 aircraf...
China signs $3.5bn Airbus jet deal as Merkel visits
Aug 30, 2012 (AFP)
China signed a $3.5 billion deal to buy 50 Airbus jets Thursday during a visit by German leader Angela Merkel, who sought to reassure Beijing that Europe is com...
US Army Apache Fleet Surpasses 3.5 Million Flight Hours
Aug 30, 2012 (SPX)
Boeing and Team Apache suppliers worldwide are applauding the news that the U.S. Army AH-64 Apache helicopter fleet has surpassed 3.5 million flight hours. The ...
Boeing Celebrates Delivery of First Aeroloft Installed on a BBJ 747-8
Aug 30, 2012 (SPX)
Boeing has celebrated the delivery of the first Aeroloft installed on a Boeing Business Jet (BBJ) 747-8. The Aeroloft, designed and built by Greenpoint Technolo...
Threat forces Air China flight back to Beijing
Aug 29, 2012 (AFP)
An Air China plane bound for New York was forced to return to Beijing on Wednesday after receiving a "threatening message" but nothing unusual was found, the ai...
China flag carrier reports 77% slump in profit
Aug 28, 2012 (AFP)
Flag carrier Air China said Tuesday that its net profit plunged 77 percent in the first half from a year ago, hit by weakness in air travel demand and higher fu...
Swiss fighter jet purchase details agreed despite criticism
Aug 25, 2012 (AFP)
Switzerland has agreed details of its planned purchase of 22 fighter jets from Sweden, despite a critical parliamentary report on the deal, the defence ministri...
Enstrom completes Thai helicopter delivery
Aug 24, 2012 (UPI)
Enstrom Helicopter Corp. has delivered all 16 of the contracted 480B turbine training and utility helicopters to Thailand's army. Deliveries were completed on b...
ReAgent Supports Space Balloon Project
Aug 24, 2012 (SPX)
Josh hit the headlines in October last year when he launched his home-made space balloon into the atmosphere and posted the video on YouTube. The astonishing re...
Iraq expects first F-16 fighter jets in 2013
Aug 23, 2012 (AFP)
Iraq expects to receive the first group of F-16 warplanes next year, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's spokesman said on Thursday, after US officials said the air...
India's first Embarer AWAC headed home
Aug 23, 2012 (UPI)
India has taken delivery of the first of three Embraer 145 airborne early warning and control aircraft from Embraer Defense and Security in Brazil. The aircraft...
Peru on track to build new Cusco airport
Aug 22, 2012 (UPI)
Peru is going ahead with the construction of a high-volume airport at Cusco in southeastern Peru despite controversies over potential risks to the ecological tr...
Swiss fighter jet purchase to go ahead despite criticism
Aug 21, 2012 (AFP)
Switzerland is to press ahead with its controversial purchase of 22 Saab Gripen fighter jets despite a highly critical parliamentary report into the deal releas...
Taiwan's China Airlines boosts Auckland flights
Aug 20, 2012 (AFP)
Taiwan's leading carrier China Airlines said Monday it will boost its service from Taipei to Auckland, introducing daily flights from October in a bid to tap Ne...
Taiwan denies it still seeks F-16C-D jets
Aug 17, 2012 (UPI)
A Taiwanese military spokesman denied media reports that Taiwan is pursuing a reduced order for F-16C/D jet fighters after being refused the purchase last year....
Boeing Flies X-48C Blended Wing Body Research Aircraft
Aug 17, 2012 (SPX)
A modified Boeing Blended Wing Body research aircraft - designated the X-48C - flew for the first time early this week at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center a...
Xiamen Airlines in talks to buy 30 Boeing 737 MAXs
Aug 17, 2012 (AFP)
Xiamen Airlines is in talks with US planemaker Boeing to purchase 30 737 MAXs, a company official said on Friday -- an order worth up to $3.2 billion at list pr...
Embraer, Cobham ink KC-390 tanker deal
Aug 16, 2012 (UPI)
Aviation manufacturer Cobham has received a $30 million contract from Brazil's Embraer Defense and Security to develop and supply the auxiliary fuselage fuel ta...
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