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US approves helicopters to Egypt but says rights concerns remain
May 08, 2020 (AFP)
President Donald Trump's administration informed Congress on Thursday that it has given the green light to the package to refurbish 43 Apache helicopters. R. Cl...
Croatia defence minister quits after deadly plane crash
May 07, 2020 (AFP)
"This is a huge loss for the Croatian army... I resign," Defence Minister Damir Krsticevic told reporters. "What is important is that everything be investigated...
Raytheon awarded $325M for repair of ATFLIR system for Navy Super Hornets
May 06, 2020 (UPI)
The ATFLIR is a multi-sensor electro-optical targeting pod used to provide navigation and targeting for military aircraft in adverse weather and using precision...
Conceptual study for environment-friendly flight
May 05, 2020 (SPX)
Since the beginning of 2020, 45 researchers from 20 DLR institutes have been working together on the Exploration of Electric Aircraft Concepts and Technologies ...
B1-B bombers deployed to Guam
May 04, 2020 (UPI)
Three Lancers flew to Guam while one flew "east of Japan to conduct training with U.S. Navy assets operating in the region before heading to Andersen AFB," an A...
Canada says five missing in navy chopper crash believed dead
May 01, 2020 (AFP)
The search and rescue mission undertaken on Wednesday has now officially been transformed into a recovery effort, the Canadian defense ministry said in a statem...
China's airlines, oil firms post big Q1 virus losses
Apr 30, 2020 (AFP)
China Southern Airlines, China Eastern, and Air China posted combined losses of nearly $2 billion in January-March, when domestic travel was essentially shut do...
Learning from fish and flags to inform new propulsion strategies
Apr 30, 2020 (SPX)
In recent research, Andres J.Goza, found relationships between frequencies and the passive dynamics at play when vehicles move in air or water toward a better u...
Debris of missing Canadian NATO helicopter found off Greece
Apr 30, 2020 (AFP)
The helicopter was attached to the Canadian frigate Fredericton, from which it had taken off for a patrol. "Debris has been found in Italy's zone of control and...
One Canadian dead, five missing after navy helicopter crash
Apr 30, 2020 (AFP)
The search continues for five other crew members from the Cyclone Sikorsky CH-148 helicopter, which was returning to the warship HMCS Fredericton after a traini...
AlphaDogfight Trials Final Event Moved to August
Apr 28, 2020 (SPX)
Eight teams were selected last year to compete in a virtual competition designed to demonstrate advanced artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms capable of perf...
GE nabs $707.3M to produce F110 engines for allied governments
Apr 28, 2020 (UPI)
The contract funds production of FF10-GE-129 engines for the governments of Slovakia, Bulgaria, Taiwan and Qatar through the Department of Defense's foreign mil...
B-1B Lancer flies 29-hour mission for exercise with Japan air defense force
Apr 28, 2020 (UPI)
According to the Air Force, the aircraft launched from Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota to fly the nearly 29-hour, round-trip sortie to the Indo-Pacific...
Boeing nabs $75.1M for Super Hornet service life modification
Apr 24, 2020 (UPI)
Under the contract Boeing will provide engineering services to extend the aircraft's service life beyond the original design of 6,000 flight hours. In February ...
Air Force awards $258.7M to Dataminr for push alerts system
Apr 23, 2020 (UPI)
The contract funds a commercially available license subscription that can "leverage a variety of publicly available information sources, evaluate content to det...
Lockheed expects slowed production due to COVID-19, F-35 to be hit hardest
Apr 22, 2020 (UPI)
In an earnings call, Marillyn Hewson, Lockheed's chairman, president and CEO, said the company has reduced its 2020 sales expectations due to disruptions caused...
Fast-track training for pilots who never leave the ground
Apr 22, 2020 (SPX)
Last year, the U.S. Air Force tasked L3Harris with the rapid development of a new simulation-based approach to prepare field operators of the MQ-9 Reaper - a re...
Germany opts for US-European solution to replace fighter jet fleet
Apr 21, 2020 (AFP)
Amid criticism over her decision to include US-made aircraft, the minister told Sueddeutsche Zeitung newspaper the F-18s were needed as "bridging technology". T...
Air Force saves $7M on fuel for KC-135 by turning windshield wipers vertical
Apr 20, 2020 (UPI)
Aerodynamic drag is reduced by about 1 percent, under cruise conditions, when the wipers are left upright on the windshield, the Air Force said in a statement o...
Germany eyes Airbus and Boeing fighter jets
Apr 20, 2020 (AFP)
Berlin is eager to balance European and American alliances via its military aircraft-buying scheme, but the decision to move ahead with the US purchases has ang...
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