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Indian court backs Modi over French jet deal

Dec 14, 2018 (AFP)

Critics had accused Modi of using the 2016 multi-billion dollar accord between India and French aircraft manufacturer Dassault for Rafale aircraft to favour a k...

Bulgarian PM favours US F-16 fighters to replace ageing fleet

Dec 14, 2018 (AFP)

A member of NATO since 2004, Bulgaria has planned a budget of 900 million euros ($1 billion) for the purchase of at least eight fighter aircraft. It has receive...

Bell Boeing to conduct engineering work on the V-22 Osprey

Dec 13, 2018 (UPI)

The modification to an existing contract, announced Wednesday by the Department of Defense, applies to Osprey's in use by the Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force and ...

Aircraft readiness goals for 2019 unlikely to be reached, officials say

Dec 12, 2018 (UPI)

During testimony at a joint hearing between the Senate Subcommittees on Sea Power and the Subcommittee for Readiness and Management Support, the Government Acco...

Germany opens negligent homicide probe in Mali Airbus chopper crash

Dec 12, 2018 (AFP)

"A case on the suspicion of negligent homicide has been opened against three people who are said to have carried out" work on the Airbus helicopter, prosecutors...

Navy taps Sikorsky for database to support CH-53K helicopters

Dec 12, 2018 (UPI)

The order, announced Tuesday by the Department of Defense, is tacked onto a previously determined ordering agreement. Under the terms of the deal, Sikorsky, a s...

US military declares five missing Marines dead after Japan crash

Dec 11, 2018 (AFP)

The announcement brings the final toll in the December 6 crash to six, with a seventh crew member rescued after the deadly incident. The crash involving an F/A-...

Navy orders two E-2D Advanced Hawkeye planes from Northrop Grumman

Dec 11, 2018 (UPI)

Work on the planes is expected to be completed in December 2023, and has been funded with 2019 Navy procurement funds, the Department of Defense said on Monday....

Chinese-owned leaser Avolon confirms 100 Airbus plane order

Dec 07, 2018 (AFP)

Airbus said in a statement the order for 75 A320neo and 25 A321neo single-aisle planes was the single largest by Avolon. It takes Avolon's cumulative Airbus ord...

Wright-Patterson selected as primary F-35 logistics hub

Dec 06, 2018 (UPI)

The HSPI supports all F-35 aircraft worldwide for the U.S. and foreign military partners and is considered "an integral part of maintaining and prolonging opera...

Luke AFB stands up F-35 squadron for Netherlands

Dec 04, 2018 (UPI)

Squadron operations will begin this month, according to the Air Force. Luke is the primary training center for F-35 operators with the 308th being the fourth sq...

Lockheed Martin, Airbus to collaborate on aerial refueling

Dec 04, 2018 (UPI)

The Airbus A330 Multi Role Tanker Transport will be the primary airframe for the program, Lockheed Martin said on Tuesday. Aerial refueling is a large contract ...

United Technologies contracted for F-35 engine logistics support

Dec 03, 2018 (UPI)

The contract modification applies to the Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, domestic contractors, partner nations and Foreign Military Sales. The F-35 Lightning II ...

Lockheed Martin to study U.S. Navy F-35 operational capability

Nov 30, 2018 (UPI)

The modification of a previously awarded contract calls for analysis of the F-35's ability to accomplish its mission regarding participant requirements, such as...

New SAE International committees established for aircraft hybrid electric propulsion

Nov 30, 2018 (SPX)

Under the terms of the agreement, SAS and GlobalSat have established non-exclusive commer- cial termsfor GlobalSat to distribute, sell, market and promote SAS' ...

New-found debris believed from Flight MH370 handed to Malaysia govt

Nov 30, 2018 (AFP)

The Boeing 777 jet with 239 people on board vanished on March 8, 2014 during a routine flight from Kuala Lumpur in the world's greatest aviation mystery. An off...

Presidential helicopters to receive rework by Sikorsky

Nov 29, 2018 (UPI)

The order, announced Wednesday by the Department of Defense, will include security, engineering, logistical support and training, with work expected to be compl...

Nigeria to purchase 12 Super Tucano attack aircraft from Sierra Nevada

Nov 29, 2018 (UPI)

The total amount of the contract, announced Wednesday by the Department of Defense, is approved at $344.7 million to include Forward Looking Infrared Systems fo...

Northrop Grumman, Harris partner on jammers for the EA-18 Growler

Nov 29, 2018 (UPI)

The Naval Air Systems Command awarded Northrop Grumman $35 million in October to demonstrate existing jamming technology for the program. Northrop Grumman curre...

State Department approves over $1.2B Apache sales to Egypt

Nov 28, 2018 (UPI)

The Apache sale, announced Tuesday, totals $1 billion and includes targeting systems, Hellfire missiles, night vision goggles, radars and other equipment needed...