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12 killed as plane crashes in Kazakhstan but many survive
Dec 27, 2019 (AFP)
The 23-year-old plane operated by budget carrier Bek Air was torn apart and its nose crushed on impact with a building that partially collapsed, a video release...
Boeing awarded $400M contract for B-1, B-52 engineering services
Dec 26, 2019 (UPI)
The deal, announced Tuesday by the Department of Defense, covers recurring and non-recurring engineering services on the B-1 Lancer and B-52 Stratofortress long...
Lockheed Martin awarded $7B contract for F-22 sustainment work
Dec 23, 2019 (UPI)
The long-term award is a modification of a prior contract and provides for the "exercise of an option for additional five-year ordering period for comprehensive...
Battle around Swiss fighter jet purchase plans heats up
Dec 20, 2019 (AFP)
Switzerland began seeking replacements for its ageing fleet of fighter jets more than a decade ago, but the issue has become caught up in a political battle in ...
USAFSAM operates only device for potential pilot height waiver
Dec 19, 2019 (SPX)
Medical flight standards experts in the schoolhouse, part of the Air Force Research Laboratory's 711th Human Performance Wing, collect seven measurements using ...
KC-46A Pegasus tanker completes first flight around the world
Dec 19, 2019 (UPI)
A KC-46A from the 22nd Air Refueling Wing stationed at McConnell Air Force Base in Kansas completed a seven-leg, 13 day journey from Nov. 13-26, which included ...
Sikorsky receives $556.1M for Black Hawk support
Dec 19, 2019 (UPI)
The deal funds production, engineering, program system management technical data and publications for the Black Hawk UH/HH-60, the Army's utility tactical trans...
AFRL camber morphing wing takes flight
Dec 19, 2019 (SPX)
The AFRL-developed Variable Camber Compliant Wing is capable of changing shape to improve aerodynamic performance and morph itself to various flight conditions ...
Fix found for Marines' CH-53K helicopter engine integration issues
Dec 19, 2019 (UPI)
The Ch-53K from Sikorsky, now part of Lockheed Martin, will replace the aging CH-53-E Super Stallion fleet with the new helicopters, powered by T-408 engines, t...
Boeing tapped to provide technical services on aircraft in U.S., Kuwait
Dec 19, 2019 (UPI)
The contract funds individual orders as they are issued and cannot exceed $92.3 million. Under the contract Boeing will provide engineering technical services i...
Hill Air Force Base receives last of 78 F-35A Lightning II aircraft
Dec 19, 2019 (UPI)
The delivery of the final F-35A Lightning II combat aircraft to Hill Air Force Base, Utah, occurred on Dec. 17, the U.S. Air Force announced on Thursday. "This ...
The DFG, DLR and the Helmholtz Association enable cutting-edge research for sustainable aviation
Dec 18, 2019 (SPX)
The Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres (Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft Deutscher Forschungszentren; HGF) is supporting the 'Research into transient phenom...
Bell Textron receives contract for work on UH-1Y, AH-1Z helicopters
Dec 18, 2019 (UPI)
The five-year contract funds the upgrade, repair or replacement of 35 parts used on the helicopters, along with inventory management and logistical support, the...
NASA's X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft cleared for final assembly
Dec 17, 2019 (SPX)
The management review, known as Key Decision Point-D (KDP-D), was the last programmatic hurdle for the X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology (QueSST) aircraft to cle...
NASA approves final assembly for Lockheed's quiet, supersonic X-plane
Dec 17, 2019 (UPI)
With the review, called the Key Decision Point-D, now complete, engineers can begin putting together NASA's first X-plane in more than 30 years. NASA awarded Lo...
AFRL creates new modular weapons storage for cargo aircraft
Dec 17, 2019 (SPX)
The team, known collectively as JFWORX, is a group of volunteer scientists and engineers from various disciplines throughout the lab working together to create ...
Seven Hong Kong Airlines planes impounded by authority
Dec 17, 2019 (AFP)
The Airport Authority announced the seized planes under an ordinance that addresses overdue charges. "The Airport Authority understands that the detained aircra...
Crashed Chile plane had emergency in 2016: Air Force
Dec 15, 2019 (AFP)
Following the plane's disappearance Monday after taking off from the southern city of Punta Arenas, local media broadcast a video showing emergency equipment, f...
Lockheed Martin awarded $18M for F-35 support for Australia, UK, Canada
Dec 13, 2019 (UPI)
The deal will fund maintenance and operations at the Australia, Canada, United Kingdom Reprogramming Laboratory at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida. It extends a...
F-35 to benefit from next-gen targeting and geopositioning technology
Dec 13, 2019 (SPX)
RSA, a pioneering, science-focused "new space" and aerospace consultancy, guided PixElement through every step of the recent "F-35 Joint Program Office (JPO) Pi...
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