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AFRL and industry team demonstrates first ever 200-LB thrust class low-cost engine

Mar 20, 2020 (SPX)

The engine met performance expectations for thrust and surpassed fuel efficiency expectations. The engines tested accumulated sufficient inflight operating time...

Wealthy flock to private jets as pandemic spreads and airlines tank

Mar 19, 2020 (AFP)

Fears of massive bankruptcies and calls for emergency bailouts have swept global carriers in recent days with one top US official warning that the outbreak thre...

Honeywell nets $72.8M for auxiliary power units on Navy aircraft

Mar 18, 2020 (UPI)

The contract funds repair, replacement and support for auxiliary power units used on the P-3 Orion, C-2 Greyhound and most variants of the F/A-18 Hornet, the Pe...

American B-2As, Norwegian F-35s perform joint exercise in North Atlantic

Mar 18, 2020 (UPI)

The mission marks the first time Norwegian F-35s have flown together with B-2A bombers and comes less than a week after Russian strategic bombers were seen flyi...

'Worse than 9/11': Coronavirus threatens global airline industry

Mar 17, 2020 (AFP)

Italy moved to take over insolvent Alitalia while Sweden and Denmark offered 275 million euros in guarantees to help prop up Scandinavian carrier SAS. In the Un...

GAO: F-35 central logistics system 'does not work properly,' needs redesign

Mar 16, 2020 (UPI)

In a report made public on Monday, GAO advised the Defense Department to develop a performance measurement process of the plane's Autonomic Logistics Informatio...

Economic heavyweight Boeing hammered by dual crises

Mar 16, 2020 (AFP)

But Boeing remains a business behemoth key to the American economy. The industrial giant has lost all the gains amassed since President Donald Trump arrived in ...

X-59 QueSST more than the sum of its parts

Mar 13, 2020 (SPX)

Perfectly acceptable components from other aircraft - some major, some minor - are finding new life as parts installed on the X-59, an experimental airplane who...

Cathay Pacific 2019 profits plunge, predicts virus losses

Mar 11, 2020 (AFP)

The flagship carrier was battered throughout the second half of last year as violent pro-democracy protests raged for months in Hong Kong, sparked by widespread...

Pakistan fighter jet crashes in capital during parade rehearsal

Mar 11, 2020 (AFP)

Footage on social media showed a plume of smoke billowing into the sky after the plane hit the ground having apparently attempted a loop. A Pakistani Air Force ...

Sikorsky awarded $525.4M for production of Black Hawks for Army

Mar 10, 2020 (UPI)

The deal modifies an earlier contract, issued in 2017, for production of Black Hawk helicopters for Saudi Arabia through the Department of Defense's foreign mil...

B-2 bombers deploy to Europe

Mar 09, 2020 (UPI)

A U.S. Air Force task force including B-2 strategic bombers and KC-10 refueling planes left the United States and arrived on Monday at Lajes Field in Portugal's...

Norway intercepts Russian aircraft with F-35s for first time

Mar 09, 2020 (UPI)

When two Russian Tu-142 anti-submarine aircraft, with MiG-31 fighter planes escorting them, came close to Norway's airspace on Saturday, two Norwegian F-16 plan...

Japan to partner with U.S. on next-generation fighter plane

Mar 09, 2020 (UPI)

A proposal to enlist British companies, which would have given Japan the freedom to update the planes at will, was ultimately rejected in favor of the increasin...

Elbit Systems nabs $471.6M to provide warning systems for F-16s

Mar 06, 2020 (UPI)

The contract funds production of a pylon-based infrared missile warning system for the F-16, according to the Pentagon. According to Elbit, the Passive Airborne...

Boeing awarded $800M to support P-8As for U.S., South Korea, New Zealand

Mar 06, 2020 (UPI)

The contract funds procurement of long-lead material for 18 18 P-8A Lot 11 aircraft -- eight for the U.S. Navy, four for New Zealand and six for South Korea. Th...

Cathay Pacific fined by UK watchdog over massive data breach

Mar 05, 2020 (AFP)

The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) said in a statement on Wednesday it has ordered the airline to pay 500,000 pounds (US$644,000) for "failing to prote...

Pentagon announces $2.4B sale of 8 Boeing KC-46 aircraft to Israel

Mar 05, 2020 (UPI)

Israel would become the second international customer for the Boeing tanker, with Japan being the first. The U.S. Air Force accepted the aircraft in January of ...

UK airline Flybe collapses as virus hits flights worldwide

Mar 05, 2020 (AFP)

A statement on Flybe's website said the no-frills airline, which employs 2,000 people, had entered administration and could not arrange alternative flights for ...

NASA's Urban Air Mobility Grand Challenge Advances with Agreement Signings

Mar 05, 2020 (SPX)

When fully implemented, UAM will provide a safe and efficient system for passenger and cargo air transportation and could include such innovations as small pack...