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Brazil's Embraer sells 12 military aircraft to Nigeria
Feb 06, 2019 (AFP)
Embraer's military aircraft division said in a statement it and a partner firm making electronic systems, Sierra Nevada Corporation of the United States, had se...
Navy awards $90M to Lockheed to cut cost of F-35 air system
Feb 06, 2019 (UPI)
The contract, awarded to the Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Corporation subsidiary, calls for the identification and execution of cost-reduction efforts for the F-...
Last operational F-18 Hornet squadron flies into the sunset
Feb 05, 2019 (UPI)
The "Blue Blasters," the lone Hornet squadron that has not transitioned to Boeing's F/A-18E Super Hornet, took flight on Feb. 1, the Navy announced on Monday. T...
Boeing awarded $39M to finalize new Chinooks for U.S. Special Ops
Feb 04, 2019 (UPI)
The contract was announced Friday by the Pentagon, which said "this action is required to satisfy an urgent need to sustain U.S. Special Operations Force heavy ...
Air Force names first female flight commander for F-16 Viper team
Feb 04, 2019 (UPI)
She will lead a team of 17 airmen flying F-16V Vipers, the latest variant of the Fighting Falcon, at 20 airshows this year performing precision aerial maneuvers...
Kay and Associates awarded $63M for support on Kuwaiti F/A-18s
Feb 01, 2019 (UPI)
The contract, announced on Thursday, is a modification to a previously-awarded contract by which the Buffalo Grove, Ill., firm will provide maintenance and supp...
Lockheed Martin receives $2.3B deal for helicopter parts maintenance
Jan 31, 2019 (UPI)
The MH-60R -- also called the 'Romeo' aircraft -- has been operational since 2006. The helicopters are jointly built by Lockheed and Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. Acc...
Lockheed Martin and Netherlands mark rollout of 1st Dutch Operational F-35s
Jan 31, 2019 (SPX)
"Receiving this F-35 at Leeuwarden Air Base later this year is going to be a huge driver for change for our Air Force and will have tremendous impact on the rel...
Boeing lands $84.1M deal to integrate ADCP II boxes into F-15 platform
Jan 31, 2019 (UPI)
The deal exercises an option in the original contract, awarded in September 2018, that provides for the production and modification of the ADCP II boxes and rel...
Researchers wing it in mimicking evolution to discover best shape for flight
Jan 30, 2019 (SPX)
The work, which appears in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society A, relies on a technique that mimics evolutionary biology to ascertain which structure y...
Boeing bullish on 2019 despite US-China tensions
Jan 30, 2019 (AFP)
The US aerospace giant, which has been boosted by a multi-year manufacturing boom amid surging global air travel demand, reported fourth-quarter profits of $3.4...
Molecular analysis of anchiornis feather gives clues to origin of flight
Jan 29, 2019 (SPX)
Anchiornis was a small, feathered, four-winged dinosaur that lived in what is now China around 160 million years ago - almost 10 million years before Archaeopte...
Lockheed awarded $31.3M contract modification for F-35 in Australia
Jan 29, 2019 (UPI)
On Monday, the Department of Defense announced services for the initial production for Lot X Joint Strike Fighters. Work is expected to be completed by January ...
Boeing awarded $56.7M for Navy's T-45 aircraft support
Jan 29, 2019 (UPI)
The contract will provide repairs, parts, engineering and management support, including integration of the on-board oxygen generation systems, environmental con...
Boeing awarded $2.46B for P-8A patrol planes for U.S., U.K., Norway
Jan 28, 2019 (UPI)
The Navy will receive 10 of the planes, which can carry torpedoes and anti-ship missiles. It is designed for anti-submarine warfare, anti-surface warfare and sh...
Lockheed tapped for sustainment of Norway's C-130J cargo aircraft
Jan 28, 2019 (UPI)
The U.S. Air Force announced the contract, for support of repairs, parts and engineering, on Friday. Work on the contract will take place in Marietta, Ga., and ...
Air Force accepts first two KC-46 tanker planes from Boeing
Jan 25, 2019 (UPI)
The massive planes, used primarily for refueling missions, were handed over to the Air Force on Thursday in ceremonies at Boeing's Everett, Wash., manufacturing...
Gulfstream tapped for C-20, C-37 fleet support
Jan 24, 2019 (UPI)
The $80 million deal, announced Wednesday by the Department of Defense, picks up a "Year Two" option in the original contract to cover task orders for the secon...
Davos forum hits turbulence over CEOs' private jets
Jan 24, 2019 (AFP)
The study this week from the leasing company Air Charter Service (ACS) forecast that nearly 1,500 such flights would occur over the week of the forum, to and fr...
Lockheed nets $542M contract for F-35 equipment, spares
Jan 23, 2019 (UPI)
The contract, announced Tuesday by the Department of Defense, covers ancillary mission equipment and AME initial spares for Lot 13 F-35 Lightning II aircraft of...
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