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NASA, US industry aim to electrify commercial aviation
Oct 03, 2019 (SPX)
"We're at a critical time in the history of aviation because we have an opportunity to develop systems that will reduce cost, energy consumption and noise, whil...
Air France to offset daily CO2 emissions by next year
Oct 01, 2019 (AFP)
In a bid to counteract its climate impact, the company will finance projects that support tree planting, forest protection and the global shift to less pollutin...
Pratt and Whitney awarded $2.19B for F-35 engines
Oct 01, 2019 (UPI)
The $2.1B contract, announced Monday by the Department of Defense, calls for the production and delivery of F135 propulsion systems for the Lockheed Martin F-35...
Sacked Hong Kong Cathay staff decry 'Cultural Revolution' purge
Sep 30, 2019 (AFP)
The Hong Kong-based airline has had a torrid few weeks after Chinese state media and authorities blasted the company because some of its 27,000 employees had ta...
Boeing nets $2.6B for next 15 KC-46 Pegasus tanker aircraft
Sep 30, 2019 (UPI)
The deal, announced Friday by the Department of Defense, calls for exercise of a contract option to build the additional aircraft, as well as supply two spare e...
NASA launches miniature satellite designed by Indian teen
Sep 27, 2019 (Sputnik)
The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has launched a miniature satellite designed by a 17-year-old Indian student to the edge of the space...
Air Force announces competition calling for innovative new technology
Sep 26, 2019 (UPI)
The Air Force Explore competition will take submissions for ideas that have "transformational potential, operational viability, cost and technical feasibility,"...
Dance star boycotts planes and hits out at 'artistic jet set'
Sep 26, 2019 (AFP)
The enfant terrible of French dance told AFP that he would also be boycotting work by artists who flew or did not make an effort to combat climate change. He is...
Air Force approves production start for HH-60W combat rescue helicopters
Sep 25, 2019 (UPI)
The HH-60W moves to the start of production after test aircraft showed readiness during 70 hours of envelope expansion flights and load survey testing, the roto...
Navy's Super Hornet, Growler fleets hit 80 percent readiness goal
Sep 25, 2019 (UPI)
The year-long reforms took place across squadrons and included maintenance, supply depots and other readiness commands for 343 Super Hornet and 95 Growlers, Nav...
Beijing opens glitzy airport ahead of China's 70th anniversary
Sep 25, 2019 (AFP)
Located 46 kilometres (29 miles) south of Tiananmen Square, Beijing Daxing International Airport will operate at full capacity in 2040, with eight runways and t...
Japan refers US military pilot to prosecutors over Osprey crash
Sep 24, 2019 (AFP)
The crash did not kill anyone and only caused injuries to two of the five crew members aboard the US Marine MV-22 Osprey. The Pentagon described the December 20...
Work on 6th-Generation fighters underway in Russia
Sep 24, 2019 (Sputnik)
"Work on the sixth generation is already underway. The main difference from the fifth generation will lie in the fact that the basic version of the sixth-genera...
Global aviation industry focuses on climate at Montreal talks
Sep 24, 2019 (AFP)
The International Civil Aviation Organization's 193 member states will take stock of the implementation of a climate plan unveiled at its last general assembly ...
European research for more punctual and efficient airport operations
Sep 24, 2019 (SPX)
These have now been tested in extensive, large-scale trials at airports in Nice, Budapest and Hamburg. On 19 September 2019 at Hamburg Airport, the German Aeros...
US conducting F-35 drills in hopes of outsmarting Russian S-400 Systems
Sep 23, 2019 (Sputnik)
American F-35 pilots are conducting drills in open spaces using computer simulation to better learn how to counter Russian air defences, specifically S-400s, as...
France receives its first KC-130J Super Hercules tanker
Sep 20, 2019 (UPI)
The plane, which arrived on Thursday, is the refueling variant of the C-130J, a durable, four-engine plane built since 1960 by Lockheed Martin. Designed to supp...
Pilot saved from power line after Belgian F-16 crashes in France
Sep 19, 2019 (AFP)
Parts from the stricken plane, which was not carrying weapons and was flying from Belgium to a French base on a training mission, crashed into houses in the Mor...
German probe opens into suspected internal spying at Airbus
Sep 18, 2019 (AFP)
The suspicions arose "a few weeks ago", and the company has alerted the authorities in the southern German city of Munich, an Airbus source said. "Some of our e...
Boeing starts assembly of first KC-46A tanker for Japan
Sep 17, 2019 (UPI)
The company announced Tuesday that it started assembly of the aircraft on Friday, loading an 82.4-foot-long wing spar into the company's 767 production facility...
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