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Air Force, Lockheed wrap flight testing for upgraded U-2 recon system
Feb 18, 2020 (UPI)
According to Lockheed, the whole U-2 fleet is now upgraded to SYERS, which it describes as the premier electro-optical/infrared sensor capability which provides...
U.S., Boeing send 3 Super Hornets to Finland for aircraft upgrade
Feb 18, 2020 (UPI)
A single-seat F/A-18E, a twin-seat F/A-18F and an EA-18G arrived at Tampere-Pirkkala Airbase for Boeing's HX Challenge evaluation, following stints from the Eur...
Fighter planes go to Tyndall AFB for live-fire exercises
Feb 17, 2020 (UPI)
The base uses 101,000 square miles of airspace above the eastern Gulf of Mexico, known as EGOMEX, as a test area, and U.S. military units are sent to Tyndall's ...
Flight of fancy? Aviation industry tries to go green
Feb 16, 2020 (AFP)
In an era when teen climate activist Greta Thunberg opts to travel on an eco-friendly boat and "flight-shaming" is all the rage in her native Sweden, air travel...
Questions over fate of Saudi crew in Yemen jet crash
Feb 16, 2020 (AFP)
The Riyadh-led military coalition fighting the rebels said the two officers ejected from the plane before it crashed in northern Al-Jawf province Friday but tha...
Virus could mean $5 bn in airline losses: UN agency
Feb 14, 2020 (AFP)
The UN agency reported that 70 airlines have canceled all international flights in and out of China and 50 others have reduced their operations. Preliminary est...
Asian plane makers struggle to take off in crowded market
Feb 14, 2020 (AFP)
The Asia-Pacific region is the world's biggest aviation market for commercial aircraft and Japanese and Chinese firms have embarked on programmes to build their...
Boeing awarded $99.9 million contract for AWACS for E-3 Sentry
Feb 13, 2020 (UPI)
The contract funds the acquisition of supplies and services for the E-3 AWACS Block 40/45 upgrade. The E-3F Sentry AWACS is a militarized Boeing 707/320 commerc...
Small changes in altitude could reduce airplane contrails
Feb 12, 2020 (UPI)
According to a new study, published Wednesday in the journal Environmental Science and Technology, policy makers could drastically cut contrail emissions by mak...
German lawmakers approve funds for new Euro fighter jet
Feb 12, 2020 (AFP)
The development of the stealth jet is a crucial part of the nations' joint Future Combat Air System (FCAS) with Spain, which will also include drones, satellite...
Boeing sounds alarm about virus impact on aviation
Feb 12, 2020 (AFP)
The virus has killed more than 1,100 people and infected tens of thousands in China, and spread to over two dozen other countries in what is now considered a gl...
Coronavirus clips wings of Asia's biggest air show
Feb 11, 2020 (AFP)
The biennial Singapore Airshow attracts hundreds of global aerospace firms and airlines to the financial hub, where they negotiate multi-million-dollar deals an...
NASA's Experimental X-59 Supersonic Jet to Be Complete By End of 2020
Feb 10, 2020 (Sputnik)
NASA's new experimental supersonic X-plane will be flying across the US by the end of 2020, a representative of Lockheed Martin, who was commissioned to build t...
Lockheed awarded $347.7M contract for 43 F-35s
Feb 10, 2020 (UPI)
The contract covers long lead materials, parts, components and support necessary to maintain on-time production and delivery of 43 lot 15 F-35 aircraft for non-...
First CMV-22B Osprey plane delivered to U.S. Navy
Feb 10, 2020 (UPI)
The plane, built by Boeing and Bell Textron with 47 more ordered by the Navy, will replace the aging C-2A Greyhound fleet of planes. It is designed to transport...
Singapore Airshow hit by virus fears as 70 exhibitors pull out
Feb 09, 2020 (AFP)
Precautionary measures -- including a major reduction in public attendance and temperature screenings -- have been imposed ahead of the opening of the event whi...
Lockheed Martin delivers second KC-130J refueler to France
Feb 07, 2020 (UPI)
According to Lockheed, France has received a total of four Super Hercules planes through the Pentagon's foreign military sales program. In addition to the two K...
Virgin Australia axes flights to crisis-hit Hong Kong
Feb 06, 2020 (AFP)
The airline began flying from Australia's biggest city to Hong Kong in mid-2018, calling its China expansion a "key pillar" of its international strategy at the...
Boeing delivers first modified F/A-18 Super Hornet to Navy
Feb 06, 2020 (UPI)
According to Boeing, five more upgraded Super Hornets will be delivered this year, with the second rolling out as soon as the end of February. "SLM is going to ...
UK regulator bans Ryanair's 'misleading' green adverts
Feb 05, 2020 (AFP)
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) ruled that the no-frills airline's September radio, television and print advertisements broke the UK regulator's rules...
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