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Verdego Aero to provide hybrid-electric power propulsion option for Transcend Air VY 400 VTOL
Nov 07, 2018 (SPX)
VerdeGo Aero's IDEP systems are a modular set of battery-electric and hybrid-electric propulsion components that are under development to support a wide array o...
Boeing braces for trade war headwinds in China
Nov 07, 2018 (AFP)
While Boeing has so far escaped the rounds of tit-for-tat tariffs, analysts say it is at risk of being the next victim if the trade war escalates, which would b...
Air Force conducts F-35 deployment exercises as operations ramp up
Nov 06, 2018 (UPI)
The F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter is a 5th generation multi-role stealth platform expected to replace most of the U.S. military fighter fleets and supp...
Bell, Electric Power Systems partner on hybrid-electric aircraft engines
Nov 05, 2018 (UPI)
"This relationship aligns with our vision as well as Bell's vision to advance electric aircraft for commercial and military aviation applications," Nathan Mille...
M/V Bernard Fisher contracted for prepositioning of Air Force supplies
Nov 05, 2018 (UPI)
The award, announced Friday by the Department of Defense, secures the U.S. flagged vessel M/V Bernard Fisher for the shipping of both hazardous and general carg...
Lockheed awarded $180.4M for F-35 Block 4 software development
Nov 05, 2018 (UPI)
The pre-modernization funding, announced Friday by the Department of Defense, will go toward design work, determining requirements and reviews of how well updat...
Boeing contracted for sustainment of Saudi F-15s
Nov 02, 2018 (UPI)
The firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee, time-and-material contract, announced Thursday by the Defense Department, will call for Boeing to provide trained per...
Boeing to deliver 4 new MH-47G choppers to Special Ops
Nov 02, 2018 (UPI)
Under the $43 million, cost-plus-fixed-fee deal, announced Thursday by the Defense Department, Boeing would build four MH-47G helicopters. The Army uses the MH-...
Lockheed to supply F-35 training systems to Marine Corps
Nov 01, 2018 (UPI)
The fixed-price-incentive-firm contract, announced Wednesday by the Defense Department, calls for one lot of F-35 Lightning II Training Systems. The system prep...
Strong ability to detect and perceive motion may prevent pilot disorientation
Nov 01, 2018 (SPX)
Published online in the Journal of Neurophysiology, the findings suggest that astronauts or pilots with higher vestibular thresholds are more likely to become d...
BAE lands $72M award to support Navy air traffic control
Oct 31, 2018 (UPI)
The indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract contract, announced Tuesday by the Defense Department, is valued at $72 million. These systems help escort...
Chinese airlines' profit hit as yuan weakens, fuel costs rise
Oct 31, 2018 (AFP)
China Southern Airlines, Asia's largest carrier, reported that July-September profit halved to 2.0 billion yuan ($290 million) on-year, while flag carrier Air C...
Indonesia warns over 'fake news' after deadly jet crash
Oct 30, 2018 (AFP)
A string of false stories have been circulating online since the Lion Air plane plunged into the sea off Jakarta on Monday with 189 people on board. "For all of...
US indicts 10 Chinese over scheme to steal aerospace tech
Oct 30, 2018 (AFP)
The indictments came 20 days after the Department of Justice obtained the unprecedented extradition of a senior Chinese intelligence official from Belgium to st...
First digital air connection established between F-35, U.S. Navy vessel
Oct 30, 2018 (UPI)
This provided demonstrated proof of the combat system's ability to pass along digital tactical data from a JSF through a deployed Expeditionary Strike Group, in...
A Chinese farmer couldn't fly a plane, so he built one
Oct 26, 2018 (AFP)
The full-scale replica of the Airbus A320 built by farmer Zhu Yue is now nearly finished, permanently taxied on a short piece of tarmac surrounded by wheat fiel...
Boeing awarded $132M contract for Super Hornet upgrade
Oct 26, 2018 (UPI)
The award, announced Thursday by the Department of Defense, calls for Boeing to provide weapon replaceable assemblies that will optimize the Block I low-rate in...
BAE to complete Hawk Mk127 upgrades for Australia in 2019
Oct 26, 2018 (UPI)
Upgrade of the final Mk127 will deliver in 2019, capping the country's Lead-In Fighter Capability Assurance Program, a key component to RAAF's fast-jet training...
Belgian purchase of US jets 'against European interests': Macron
Oct 26, 2018 (AFP)
The Belgian government announced Thursday that it would replace a fleet of ageing F-16 jets with the F-35 made by Lockheed Martin, rejecting rival offers to buy...
Honeywell nabs $1B for aircraft support for Air Force
Oct 25, 2018 (UPI)
The 42-month contract, announced on Wednesday by the Department of Defense, calls for Honeywell to support ground start carts, C-130 Auxiliary Power Units, B-2 ...
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