AEROSPACE - INDO DAILY

Slashing plane emissions a lofty goal, but progress elusive

Jun 18, 2019 (AFP)

Dozens of firms at the Paris Air Show this week are touting their green credentials, with the industry pledging to halve its carbon dioxide emissions from 2005 ...

KC-46 fix months away as more debris found in new refuelers

Jun 18, 2019 (UPI)

Tools, rubbish and left-over parts, including loose nuts, are still being discovered since Boeing first delivered the refuelers in January and revamped its insp...

Collins Aerospace to provide Environmental Control System and more for NASA X-59 Low-Boom Flight Demonstrator

Jun 18, 2019 (SPX)

Lockheed Martin Skunk Works is developing the X-59 for NASA to collect data that could make supersonic commercial travel over land possible through low sonic bo...

Saab offers GlobalEye system to Finland with Gripen aircraft proposal

Jun 17, 2019 (UPI)

Finland seeks to increase its fighter plane capability and is expected to make a procurement decision by 2021, the company said Friday in a press release. Suppo...

Europe takes new step toward future combat jet

Jun 17, 2019 (AFP)

The stealth jet is part of the Future Combat Air System (FCAS), which will also include drones, missiles and so-called "remote carriers" that can be used to del...

Boeing apologises for 737 MAX crashes as Paris Air Show opens

Jun 17, 2019 (AFP)

The US aerospace giant is battling to regain the trust of passengers, pilots and regulators after a 737 operated by Indonesia's Lion Air flight crashed last Oct...

Europe's air forces risk falling behind as US and China bulk up

Jun 17, 2019 (AFP)

President Emmanuel Macron will attend the opening of the Paris Air Show where the defence ministers of France, Germany and Spain will sign the cooperation frame...

Russia says lightning zapped autopilot on Superjet before deadly fire

Jun 14, 2019 (AFP)

Planes are designed to be able to fly even if hit by lightning and without autopilot, suggesting human error played a role in the disaster. The investigators, w...

Boeing awarded $30.7M for MH-47G components for U.S. special ops

Jun 14, 2019 (UPI)

The new delivery order comes after an announcement earlier this week of a $194.2 million contract to deliver six renew-build and one new-build MH-47G helicopter...

GAO: Air Force shifting money to KC-135 because of KC-46 tanker problems

Jun 14, 2019 (UPI)

The report, which was released Wednesday, also noted that some Air Force commanders don't want their their aircraft refueled by the KC-46. This in turn is furth...

Turkey: Pentagon threat to remove F-35 program not in spirit of alliance

Jun 12, 2019 (UPI)

Acting U.S. Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan sent a letter on June 6 to Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar that Turkey would be pulled from the F-35 Ligh...

Pentagon, Lockheed agree to 'historic' $34B F-35 deal

Jun 11, 2019 (UPI)

In the largest F-35 procurement yet, Lockheed Martin will produce 478 F-35s, with the company estimating that the F-35A expected to eventually cost less than $8...

Rockwell Collins to overhaul 'Blackhawk' helicopter displays in $49.1M contract

Jun 11, 2019 (UPI)

Funding and locations for the upgrades by the Cedar Rapids, Iowa, company will be determined with each order, according to the Pentagon's contract announcement....

Sikorsky awarded $542M for six VH-92A helicopters for presidential fleet

Jun 11, 2019 (UPI)

The low rate initial production contract includes interim contractor support, initial spares, support equipment and system parts replenishment, the Defense Depa...

Pentagon announces renegotiated price for F-35 fighters

Jun 10, 2019 (AFP)

The US Department of Defense and aircraft manufacturer Lockheed Martin "now have a handshake agreement" on the purchase of a first batch of 157 of the aircraft,...

U.S. threatens to cut Turkey from F-35 program over deal with Russia

Jun 10, 2019 (UPI)

A June 6 letter from Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan outlines Turkey's elimination from the F-35 program. By early 2020, contracts with major Turkish ...

Pressure mounts on aviation industry over climate change

Jun 09, 2019 (AFP)

In recent months climate activists have stepped up efforts to convince travellers to boycott air travel, with Swedish schoolgirl and campaigner Greta Thunberg s...

U.S., Italian F-35As integrate for first time in Astral Knight exercise

Jun 07, 2019 (UPI)

"Astral Knight 2019" was the first involvement of the planes in a large-scale multinational exercise. It focused on simulated defense of several key areas of te...

Uber's first helicopter rides set for New York

Jun 06, 2019 (AFP)

The news of the Uber Air debut was first reported by the New York Times, and confirmed by Uber chief executive Dara Khosrowshahi, who tweeted the article with t...

F-35A maintenance program to help streamline aircraft's capabilities

Jun 05, 2019 (UPI)

Blended Operational Lightning Technicians, or BOLTs, from Hill Air Force Base, Utah, are currently deployed at Aviano Air Base in Italy and have made their 388t...