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Lockheed, Pentagon agree on $70.6M settlement over F-35 parts problems
Sep 30, 2020 (UPI)
The agreement, announced on Tuesday, will be formalized within two weeks, a Defense Contract Management Agency spokesman said. The deal refers to over 15,000 F-...
Singapore Airlines drops 'flights to nowhere' after outcry
Sep 29, 2020 (AFP)
With the aviation industry in deep crisis, several carriers -- including in Australia, Japan and Taiwan -- have been offering short flights that start and end a...
USS Ross runs air defense exercises with NATO F-16s
Sep 29, 2020 (UPI)
"This exercise presents a unique training opportunity with our NATO Allies to increase our combined capability," Cmdr. John D. John, commanding officer aboard R...
Integrated Battle Station upgrades finished on B-1B bombers
Sep 28, 2020 (UPI)
The modifications involved over a million man-hours since they began in 2012. Despite the complications of the COVID-19 pandemic, the work was completed ahead o...
U.S. Marine F-35Bs land on deck of carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth
Sep 23, 2020 (UPI)
The short-takeoff-and-landing planes of Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 211, based in Arizona, arrived aboard the ship on Tuesday. The aircraft arrive ahead of G...
U.S. Air Force gets into gaming with 'Command Clash' competition
Sep 23, 2020 (UPI)
The weekly competition, involving the video game "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare," will be live streamed on the Twitch channel. It is an effort by the Air Force t...
Airbus reveals new zero-emission concept aircraft
Sep 22, 2020 (SPX)
All of these concepts rely on hydrogen as a primary power source - an option which Airbus believes holds exceptional promise as a clean aviation fuel and is lik...
NASA marks continued progress on X-59
Sep 21, 2020 (NASA)
NASA plans as early as 2024 to fly the X-59 over select communities on missions to gather information about how the public will react to the level of quiet supe...
India tests new French fighter jets in skies near China border
Sep 21, 2020 (AFP)
The first five planes of a $9.4 billion order for 36 Rafale aircraft were formally commissioned on September 10, with Defence Minister Rajnath Singh calling the...
Coronavirus epicentre Wuhan re-opens for international flights
Sep 17, 2020 (AFP)
China stopped international flights in March as global alarm increased about the spread of Covid-19, but has now largely brought the disease under control at ho...
Air Force may soon be able to update flight software in real time
Sep 17, 2020 (UPI)
"We're working on pretty cool announcements coming in the next few weeks with the ability to update the software of a jet while flying," Nicolas Chaillan, chief...
Norwegian Air to cut emissions by 45% by 2030
Sep 17, 2020 (AFP)
"The low-cost business model is the sustainability model as it enables efficient energy and resource management," chief executive Jacob Schram said in a stateme...
Air Force delays fitness testing until January
Sep 16, 2020 (UPI)
The testing, which includes a 1.5-mile run, 1 minute of pushups and 1 minute of sit-ups, was delayed from October to Jan. 1. The assessments usually include wai...
US Air Force reveals previously unknown advanced fighter has already flown
Sep 16, 2020 (Sputnik)
At the virtual 2020 Air, Space and Cyber Conference on Tuesday, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics Will Roper said t...
Air Force says it's testing a next-generation fighter jet
Sep 15, 2020 (UPI)
Roper revealed that the prototype has begun flight testing Tuesday during the Air Force Association's virtual Air, Space & Cyber Conference. This marks the near...
Air Force unveils 'e' class of digitally produced planes, weapons
Sep 14, 2020 (UPI)
The U.S. Air Force and Space Force will designate experimental aircraft, weapons and satellites designed and tested by digital engineering before taking form as...
Navy sailors train with Marines for CMV-22B Ospreys
Sep 14, 2020 (UPI)
Navy personnel are currently deployed in the Middle East with Marine Medium Trirotor Squadron 166, based at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif. The sailors...
The future of electric aviation in Australia
Sep 11, 2020 (SPX)
The latest instalment in the Deakin Mobility series, the study is a collaboration between the Institute for Intelligent Systems Research and Innovation (IISRI) ...
Why India chose France's more expensive Rafale jets over Eurofighter Typhoon
Sep 11, 2020 (Sputnik)
The Indian Air Force on Thursday formally inducted the first delivery of French-made Rafale multirole fighter jets, winding up more than a decade-long process t...
Air Force fixes battery testing failure in KC-135, C-130
Sep 10, 2020 (UPI)
The airmen were able to get charging equipment to sync properly with the battery, and provide accurate test results, by adjusting voltage and charging settings ...
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