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Boeing to upgrade engines on new Air Force One to limit costs, enhance efficiency
Dec 13, 2019 (UPI)
The deal, announced Thursday by the Department of Defense, funds modifications to the building programs for 747-8 aircraft engines on the military variation of ...
UniSA startups launch successful space balloon
Dec 10, 2019 (SPX)
Space robotics startup Lux and satellite developer ResearchSat are both participating in Australia's first space incubator program at the University of South Au...
First commercial electric plane takes flight in Canada
Dec 10, 2019 (AFP)
"This proves that commercial aviation in all-electric form can work," said Roei Ganzarski, chief executive of Seattle-based engineering firm magniX. The company...
Bell Boeing delivers first modified MV-22 Osprey to the Marine Corps
Dec 10, 2019 (UPI)
The MV-22 is the Marine Corps' version of the V-22 Osprey, using tilt-rotor technology to offer the vertical flight options of a helicopter, but also the speed ...
Chile military plane disappears with 38 aboard: Air Force
Dec 10, 2019 (AFP)
It said 17 of those aboard were crew and the other 21 were passengers. A "dismayed" President Sebastian Pinera, whose country has been witnessing its worst civi...
Singapore inks deal for air force to train in Guam
Dec 09, 2019 (UPI)
A memorandum of understanding was signed by Dr. Ng Eng Hen of the Singapore Defense Ministry, and U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper in a ceremony in Simi Valley...
Lockheed Martin contracted for test equipment, special tooling for F-35s
Dec 08, 2019 (SPX)
The deal covers special tooling and special test equipment "required to meet current and future F-35 Lightning II low-rate initial production as well as full-ra...
Troubled Hong Kong Airlines allowed to keep operating
Dec 07, 2019 (AFP)
The international finance hub has seen six months of protests which has dealt a massive blow to the tourism sector and airline operators. Hong Kong Airlines is ...
AFRL illuminates flight lines with next generation light cart
Dec 06, 2019 (SPX)
Flight line aircraft maintenance performed at night often requires both lighting and supplemental 120 volt power that the light carts provide. A more energy-eff...
Silver Spitfire back in Britain after round-the-world trip
Dec 05, 2019 (AFP)
The gleaming silver aircraft touched down on the grass runway at Goodwood Aerodrome outside Chichester, exactly four months after it took off on August 5. The r...
Electric aircraft - novel configurations open up new possibilities
Dec 03, 2019 (SPX)
Regional aircraft with many small propellers Many small propellers distributed across the entire wing, a longer, slimmer wing, a smaller vertical stabiliser - o...
Bell Boeing awarded $218.7M for V-22 Osprey support
Dec 02, 2019 (UPI)
The $218.7 million contract, announced Friday by the Department of Defense, covers logistics and engineering support on the program for one year, with the deal ...
Airbus fires 16 over suspected German army spying: report
Dec 01, 2019 (AFP)
National news agency DPA said Airbus confirmed the sacking but did not provide further details. Sources at the company had said in September that German prosecu...
The AWACS, NATO's reconnaissance air wing
Nov 29, 2019 (AFP)
But the Atlantic alliance has its own air wing, 14 Boeing E-3A Airborne Warning & Control System (AWACS) aircraft, which it was keen to display in the week runn...
GE awarded $1.3M for T700 helicopter engines to Army, Navy, Air Force
Nov 27, 2019 (UPI)
The contract, announced by the Department of Defense on Tuesday, funds delivery of engines for the Army's H-60 utility helicopter, used for air assault, aeromed...
Black boxes from crashed helicopters found in Mali
Nov 27, 2019 (AFP)
The crash occurred late Monday during an operation against jihadists in the Liptako region, near the borders with Burkina Faso and Niger. It was the heaviest si...
Boeing, NATO to announce $1B contract for AWACS upgrades
Nov 27, 2019 (UPI)
The Wednesday contract will be signed in a formal ceremony at Melsbroek Airport in Brussels with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and Sir Michael Arthur,...
Lockheed awarded $1.2B for F-35As for U.S. Air Force, Australia
Nov 27, 2019 (UPI)
The two modifications to previous contracts, announced Tuesday by the Department of Defense, cover F-35As and associated gear for Australia, as well as work to ...
French soldiers killed in Mali helicopter collision
Nov 26, 2019 (AFP)
The accident occurred late Monday when three helicopters and a squadron of Mirage jets arrived to support ground troops pursuing Islamist extremists in the Lipt...
Boeing nabs $10.7M contract to update Saudi air force helicopters
Nov 25, 2019 (UPI)
Military-grade digital recorders, equipment stowage and Advanced Precision Kill Weapon Systems II capabilities will be installed on 23 AH-6i helicopters, the Pe...
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