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Northrop Grumman awarded $46M for Air Force threat simulation, training systems
May 14, 2019 (UPI)
An indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract for the JTE enhanced delivery initiative contract was awarded by the U.S. Air Force in December 2018, accor...
Trade war threat adds to Boeing woes
May 13, 2019 (AFP)
The editor of Communist party-owned Global Times newspaper said Monday that Boeing's order book could take a hit as Beijing parries Washington in the escalating...
Pentagon looks for new vendors to replace F-35 parts made in Turkey
May 13, 2019 (UPI)
Ellen M. Lord, undersecretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment, mentioned the search for alternate suppliers during a news conference in the Pentagon ...
Boeing nets $11.2M for F-15 engineering services in Saudi Arabia, Israel
May 13, 2019 (UPI)
The contract provides for post-production support tasks/services unique to the original equipment manufacturer as required to maintain an adequate level of cont...
Test flights begin at Beijing's new mega-airport
May 13, 2019 (AFP)
The tests at Daxing International Airport -- which will have eight runways -- involved four wide-body planes, including an Airbus A380 super-jumbo, according to...
Study suggests crash location of MH370 near 25S, north of underwater search area
May 10, 2019 (SPX)
The study, led by oceanographers at the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (UM), applied probabilistic tools from nonlinear...
State Department approves sale of 24 Apache helicopters to Qatar for $3B
May 10, 2019 (UPI)
The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification Thursday, notifying Congress of the possible foreign military sale. The contract al...
Air Force to reactivate aggressor squadron at Nellis for F-35 training
May 10, 2019 (UPI)
The Air Force announced Thursday it is reactivating the 65th Aggressor Squadron. In addition, the Air Force revealed that Eglin Air Force Base in Florida is the...
US ends support for Japan crashed fighter jet search
May 09, 2019 (AFP)
"A US Navy salvage team aboard a contracted vessel completed its mission supporting search and recovery operations with the Japan Self-Defense Forces," the US 7...
Navy, Air Force to design next fighter planes separately
May 08, 2019 (UPI)
Unlike the F-35, which has variants for each military branch, the Navy does not intend to use the Next Generation Air Dominance aircraft in penetration missions...
Austria hands over MiG 'symbol' of Croatian independence war
May 07, 2019 (AFP)
The MiG-21 jet was originally taken to Austria by pilot Rudolf Peresin, who refused to bomb his native Croatia in the war for independence. It is due to be disp...
Czech Republic approved for Viper, Black Hawk helicopter purchases
May 07, 2019 (UPI)
The Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress of the possible sales for the Black Hawk and Viper helicopters and related equipment in foreign milita...
Japan finds parts of crashed F35 fighter jet
May 07, 2019 (AFP)
Nearly a month after the high-tech F-35A plummeted into the sea off the coast of northeastern Japan, neither the pilot's body, nor the plane's fuselage have bee...
Pilot says lightning caused deadly Russian crash landing
May 06, 2019 (AFP)
Investigators were on Monday working to understand the causes of the blaze after the Sukhoi Superjet-100 had to return to Sheremetyevo airport shortly after tak...
Pentagon preparing to move F-35 work out of Turkey
May 03, 2019 (AFP)
Shanahan told journalists the government remained steadfast in its opposition to Turkey's adoption of the S-400 anti-aircraft technology. "If Turkey decides tha...
Northrop Grumman to integrate countermeasures system on aircraft for US, allies
May 02, 2019 (UPI)
The Department of Defense announced the contract, to be completed by June 2021 and not to exceed $132.2 million, on Tuesday. The contract calls for obtaining th...
Pilots safely eject from Air Force T-6 trainer before crash
May 02, 2019 (UPI)
The incident happened about 2 p.m. about 40 miles from Sheppard Air Force Base, located north of Wichita Falls, Texas. The plane was part of a pilot instructor ...
US Air Force F-35As conduct first combat mission
May 01, 2019 (UPI)
Two F-35s struck an entrenched Islamic State tunnel network and weapons cache at Wadi Ashai, Iraq, on Tuesday, the Air Force announced in a statement on Tuesday...
Boeing awarded $5.7B for KC-46 Pegasus combat capability work
May 01, 2019 (UPI)
The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, announced Monday by the Department of Defense, includes non-recurring and recurring requirements centered ...
Heathrow campaigners lose court case against expansion
May 01, 2019 (AFP)
Opponents to the introduction of a third runway at the west London airport cite the negative impacts on noise and air pollution, habitat destruction, transport ...
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