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Tyndall AFB holds industry day as rebuilding gives way to upgrades
Sep 17, 2019 (UPI)
The third industry day teaming Air Force planners with community representatives and private industry to plan rebuild was held Thursday at the Panama City campu...
Northrup Grumman wins $42.8M contract to fix B-2 wing panels
Sep 16, 2019 (UPI)
The firm-fixed-price, indefinite-quantity, four-year base contract with the Defense Logistics Agency has a five-year option period, and was announced by the Pen...
Cargo locking problem keeps Air Force's KC-46 tankers grounded
Sep 16, 2019 (UPI)
The planes, made by Boeing Co., were found to have malfunctioning locks on the aircraft's floor, potentially causing heavy cargo to suddenly move unrestrained a...
Italy joins Britain, Sweden to develop Tempest fighter plane
Sep 13, 2019 (UPI)
The companies signed a statement of intent at London's DSEI defense trade show this week after the British and Italian governments signaled their approval. The ...
Climate campaigners plan Heathrow drone shutdown
Sep 13, 2019 (AFP)
The campaign by Heathrow Pause -- an offshoot of the Extinction Rebellion group backed by Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg -- had been set to kick off shortly be...
Police thwart climate activists' drone bid to close Heathrow
Sep 13, 2019 (AFP)
Campaigners from Heathrow Pause -- an offshoot of the Extinction Rebellion group backed by Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg -- had hoped to disrupt the travel pl...
Saab presents first Brazilian Gripen E fighter for flight test
Sep 12, 2019 (UPI)
The delivery was marked by a ceremony in Sweden on Tuesday. The ceremony was attended by Brazilian military officials, the Brazilian ambassador to Sweden, and S...
Boeing awarded $45M contract for U.S. Navy, Australian P-8A upgrades
Sep 12, 2019 (UPI)
The deal, announced Wednesday by the Department of Defense, sees most of the upgrades work for the maritime patrol and surveillance aircraft will be performed i...
Morocco approved for $986M buys of F-16 ammo, TOW missiles
Sep 12, 2019 (UPI)
The Defense Security Cooperation Agency announced both sales foreign military sales on Thursday, after they notified Congress of the potential deals. At $209 mi...
Poland approved by State Dept. for $6.5B buy of F-35As
Sep 11, 2019 (UPI)
The U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the certification of the sale to Congress on Tuesday. The proposed sale calls for 32 F-35 Joint Strike Fi...
Turkey hopes to overcome fighter jet row with US
Sep 10, 2019 (AFP)
Washington said in July that Turkey would be excluded from the F-35 programme after Ankara bought the Russian S-400 air defence systems. The US fears Russia cou...
China's Geely takes stake in German 'flying taxi' firm Volocopter
Sep 09, 2019 (AFP)
"The new funds will be used towards bringing the VoloCity aircraft to commercial launch within the next three years," Volocopter said in a statement. Small firm...
Lockheed nets $266.2M contract for F-35 tooling, equipment
Sep 09, 2019 (UPI)
The contract, announced Friday by the Department of Defense, covers work for the F-35 Lightning II aircraft of the U.S. Air Force, Navy, Marines and non-Defense...
U.S. Air Mobile Command's 'Mobility Guardian' kicks off with 4,000 aviators
Sep 09, 2019 (UPI)
The three-week exercise is the largest full-spectrum readiness exercise to date, and will be held at training areas and facilities at and around Fairchild AFB a...
Navy awards $143.6M to General Electric for King Stallion engines
Sep 05, 2019 (UPI)
The contract modification is for General Electric Aviation to continue manufacturing engines for Sikorsky CH-53K King Stallion heavy-lift cargo helicopters in L...
Cathay Pacific chairman John Slosar retiring: statement
Sep 04, 2019 (AFP)
The flagship carrier has had a torrid few weeks after Chinese state media and authorities excoriated the company because some of its 27,000 employees had taken ...
Cathay Pacific chairman John Slosar steps down
Sep 04, 2019 (AFP)
The flagship carrier has had a torrid few weeks after Chinese state media and authorities blasted the company because some of its 27,000 employees had taken par...
AFRL develops product to provide F-16 pilots with better visibility during rainstorms
Aug 30, 2019 (SPX)
While USAF pilots receive weather reports from operational support squadrons, unexpected conditions, like fast moving, pop-up storms, pose risks to planes in th...
Erdogan suggests Turkey could look to Russia for jets
Aug 30, 2019 (AFP)
Following Turkey's controversial purchase of the Russian S-400 missile defence system, Washington discontinued Turkey's involvement in the F-35 programme. "If t...
Boeing contracted for Qatar F-15QA aircrew, maintenance training, support
Aug 29, 2019 (UPI)
The deal, announced Wednesday by the Department of Defense, covers aircrew and maintenance training to support the Qatar Emiri Air Force. Boeing in 2017 won a $...
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