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Lockheed Martin awarded $368.2M to build six F-35s for Italy
Jun 12, 2020 (UPI)
Italy will receive five F-35As and one F-35B by 2023, according to a statement from the Defense Department on Thursday. Italy currently has 15 F-35s in service,...
Interaction between pilot and helicopter
Jun 12, 2020 (SPX)
Compared to fixed-wing aircraft, rotorcraft have unique capabilities - they can take off and land vertically and hover. For this reason, rotorcraft are used in ...
Van Ovost nominated as next Air Mobility Command commander
Jun 11, 2020 (UPI)
If Van Ovost's appointment is confirmed, she will obtain a fourth stair and -- on Miller's retirement after 39 years -- become the highest-ranking woman in the ...
Air Force to review discipline, opportunities for African-American airmen
Jun 10, 2020 (UPI)
The review calls for an examination to "assess and capture existing racial disparities, assess Air Force-specific causal factors like culture and policies, assi...
Bell Textron delivers 400th V-22 Osprey tiltroter aircraft
Jun 10, 2020 (UPI)
The newest tiltrotor VTOL, or vertical takeoff and landing, CV-22 variant for Special Operations Forces was received by the U.S. Air Force at Hurlbut Field, Fla...
France pledges 15 bn euros for stricken aviation firms
Jun 09, 2020 (AFP)
"We are declaring a state of emergency to save our aeronautics industry so that it can be more competitive," Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire told a press confer...
Progress on cruise motors, future wing sets stage for all-electric X-57 ground tests
Jun 09, 2020 (SPX)
As NASA completes tasks for X-57's functional ground testing at its Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, working toward taxi testing and fir...
Cathay Pacific unveils US$5 billion bailout plan
Jun 09, 2020 (AFP)
Like many carriers hammered by the crisis, the company has seen passenger numbers evaporate in recent months, leaving most of its fleet sitting on the tarmac an...
Research into flexible wing surfaces at DLR
Jun 05, 2020 (SPX)
Could a flexible surface between the wing and the moving surfaces reduce noise in this area? Researchers at the German Aerospace Center have been working with I...
US scales back China airline ban to permit 2 weekly flights
Jun 05, 2020 (AFP)
The US Department of Transportation on Wednesday had threatened to halt all flights by Chinese carriers in retaliation for Beijing's barring of flights by leadi...
GAO: New presidential helicopters need better communications system
Jun 05, 2020 (UPI)
The GAO's Defense Acquisitions Annual Assessment, released this week, notes that the mission communications system of the U.S.Navy's Presidential Helicopter Rep...
B-21 bomber's advanced software may turn it into 'technological powerhouse'
Jun 05, 2020 (Sputnik)
The US Air Force (USAF)'s next-generation stealth bomber, the B-21 Raider, will be equipped with sophisticated software that will "offer pilots organised warzon...
China to allow limited US passenger flights
Jun 04, 2020 (AFP)
The apparent decision to step back by Beijing comes as tensions between the world's two superpowers are sent soaring by a series of issues including Donald Trum...
China de-escalates airline spat with US
Jun 04, 2020 (AFP)
Beijing's announcement comes as tensions between the world's two superpowers are sent soaring by a series of issues including Donald Trump's accusations over Ch...
Blue Angels receive first Super Hornet ahead of aircraft transition
Jun 03, 2020 (UPI)
Boeing Co. announced on Wednesday that it delivered an unpainted example of the plane to NAS Patuxent River, Md., for flight testing and evaluation, the first o...
Bye Aerospace Approaches Critical Design Phase Completion
Jun 03, 2020 (SPX)
As Bye Aerospace manages its way through the challenges of the coronavirus crisis, the Company said it is making eFlyer 2 engineering progress, soon to achieve ...
F-35 costs falling, Pentagon estimates indicate
May 29, 2020 (UPI)
The Select Acquisition Report, circulating on Friday but not yet released by the Pentagon, estimates that developing and maintaining the fleet of the planes, bu...
Sirkorsky awarded $17.9M modification for work on the H-53K
May 28, 2020 (UPI)
Under the modification Sikorsky, a division of Lockheed Martin, will provide logistics, program management, training, configuration management and sustaining en...
AFRL, AFSOC launch palletized weapons from cargo plane
May 28, 2020 (SPX)
This successful Phase I operational demonstration represents a milestone in executing a palletized munitions airdrop, which refers to the delivery of a large vo...
U.S. Air Force scales back fitness testing, citing COVID-19 concerns
May 27, 2020 (UPI)
A prior directive called for a resumption of the tests on June 1 after they were canceled in March. The test, officially the U.S. Air Force Basic Military Train...
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