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Lockheed Martin delivers 500th F-35 aircraft, surpasses 250,000 flight hours

Mar 04, 2020 (SPX)

The 500th production aircraft is a U.S. Air Force F-35A, to be delivered to the Burlington Air National Guard Base in Vermont. The 500 hundred F-35s include 354...

Canada urges Iran to give access to downed airliner's black boxes

Mar 04, 2020 (AFP)

"We do expect and we demand... from Iran to give access to the black boxes without any further delay," Francois-Philippe Champagne said during a press conferenc...

US State Dept approves sale of KC-46 air refuelers to Israel

Mar 03, 2020 (AFP)

Israel would buy up to eight of the Boeing-built aircraft and related equipment for an estimated $2.4 billion, the Pentagon's Defense Security Cooperation Agenc...

Sri Lanka offers tax cuts, subsidies to revive jinxed airport

Feb 28, 2020 (AFP)

Authorities announced plans to suspend the $60 departure tax for two years and allow airlines free landing and parking after scheduled carriers abandoned Mattal...

Lockheed Martin awarded $141.7M for repair capabilities for the F-35

Feb 27, 2020 (UPI)

This contract is funded with Fiscal 2019 funds from Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps coffers. Lockheed closed out 2019 with $2.35 billion in contracts to suppor...

Climate campaigners win appeal to prevent new Heathrow runway

Feb 27, 2020 (AFP)

The court said the UK government - which approved the Heathrow extension in 2018 after years of delays-- had failed to take into account commitments to the Pari...

Saudi military students to resume flight training in U.S., Navy says

Feb 26, 2020 (UPI)

International military students resumed flight training on Feb. 25 after the Navy satisfied requirements set forth by Secretary of Defense Mark Esper after a sh...

Air Canada extends flight suspension to Chinese cities, citing virus

Feb 25, 2020 (AFP)

Flights from Canada to the two cities had been temporarily suspended from January 30 to the end of February after the foreign ministry advised Canadians against...

India, U.S. ink $3B deal for helicopters

Feb 25, 2020 (UPI)

The announcement, which was greenlit by India's government just days ago, came as Trump wrapped a two-day visit to the country. The deal includes purchase of si...

Transportation Command head questions Air Force's plan for refueler upgrades

Feb 25, 2020 (UPI)

The U.S. Air Force intends to retire 16 KC-10A Extender and 13 KC-135R Stratotanker aerial refueling tankers in the coming fiscal year, and has asserted that it...

Hill AFB celebrates F-35s 'full warfighting capability'

Feb 24, 2020 (UPI)

The base is the first to receive the designation, and comes four and one-half years after it received its first combat-ready F-35. Approximately two planes per ...

France, Germany sign agreement to build sixth-generation fighter plane

Feb 24, 2020 (UPI)

A contract for the first phase of the program to build the main aircraft of the Future Combat Air System was awarded last week. It covers the plane's propulsion...

Optimised flight routes for climate-friendly air transport

Feb 24, 2020 (SPX)

The project focuses on new strategies aimed at greener flight routings. These will be achieved through innovative air traffic guidance concepts and optimised op...

Asia-Pacific airlines could lose $27.8 bn to coronavirus: IATA

Feb 21, 2020 (AFP)

The estimate is based on projections of a 13-percent full-year decline in passenger demand, mostly in China, the trade body said. "This will be a very tough yea...

In Spain, thousands protest at Airbus plans to axe 630 jobs

Feb 21, 2020 (AFP)

Announced on Wednesday, the Spanish layoffs are part of a broad cull aimed at axing 2,362 posts across Europe, including 829 in Germany, 404 in France, 357 in t...

France, Germany sign prototype contract for future fighter jet

Feb 20, 2020 (AFP)

The Future Combat Air System "illustrates our determination and our ambition for European defence," French defence minister Florence Parly said at the contract ...

Japan firm lands massive Sri Lanka airport contract

Feb 20, 2020 (AFP)

The cabinet announced the Taisei Corporation was picked to develop the Japanese-funded project, with the new terminal expected to double capacity at Bandaranaik...

Electric flight from Mannheim to Berlin in a 19-seater aircraft

Feb 19, 2020 (SPX)

Batteries over landing gear nacelles Today, approximately 3000 commuter-class aircraft are in use worldwide, but only just over a dozen new 19-seaters have been...

Sikorsky lands $470.8M modification for Presidential helicopter upgrade

Feb 19, 2020 (UPI)

The deal modifies a $542 million contract awarded in June to build six new helicopters for the Presidential fleet. Under the modification, Sikorsky -- a divisio...

Qantas cuts flights to Asia as coronavirus hits profits

Feb 19, 2020 (AFP)

The carrier said it would cut flights to Asia by 16 percent for at least three months, with flights to Shanghai suspended and those to Hong Kong and Singapore r...