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Sierra Nevada receives $1.8B for Afghan A-29s
Sep 05, 2018 (UPI)
Work on the contract, announced Tuesday by the Department of Defense, will be performed at Moody Air Force Base, and Kabul, Kandahar, and Mazari Sharif Air Base...
Lockheed contracted for eCASS aircraft diagnostic kits
Sep 04, 2018 (UPI)
The system is designed to improve aircraft readiness. The new contract, announced by Lockheed on Tuesday, follows a Navy CASS contract awarded in 2000 to Lockhe...
Lockheed to provide F-35 spare parts for Marine Corps, Navy
Sep 04, 2018 (UPI)
The modification, announced Friday by the Department of Defense, provides for the procurement for initial spares for the F-35 Lightning II aircraft, Marine Corp...
Honeywell tapped for CH-47 helicopter engines
Sep 04, 2018 (UPI)
Work locations and funds for the contract, announced Friday by the Department of Defense, will be determined by individual order with an estimated completion da...
Raytheon contracted for DAS-4 targeting systems
Sep 04, 2018 (UPI)
The contract, announced Friday by the Department of Defense, provides for 127 AN/DAS-4 Multi-Spectral Targeting System Model B high definition/target location a...
Touchdown! NASA's Football Stadium-sized Scientific Balloon Takes Flight
Sep 03, 2018 (SPX)
The 60-million-cubic-foot balloon floated to a record-breaking sustainable altitude of 159,000 feet on Aug. 17, allowing the payload and three ride-along experi...
Rockwell Collins to provide engineering, technical data for E-2D Hawkeye
Aug 31, 2018 (UPI)
The contract modification, announced Thursday by the Department of Defense, also provides for the production of one Simulated Maintenance Trainer Device, upgrad...
Beijing's massive new airport 'on time' for 2019 launch
Aug 31, 2018 (AFP)
Aimed at easing the passenger load of Beijing's other two airports, Daxing International Airport is scheduled to become operational in June 2019, said Li Jianhu...
Air Force awards contract to M1 for T-38 maintenance
Aug 30, 2018 (UPI)
M1 Support Services, out of Denton, Texas, will specifically conduct intermediate and organizational maintenance on aircraft for Air Combat Command, Air Force M...
Raytheon lands contract for CH-53, V-22 infrared systems
Aug 30, 2018 (UPI)
Raytheon will work on the technology -- which was invented in 1963 by an engineer at Texas Instruments, a current Raytheon company -- in Texas, California and F...
Air Force, Army conduct joint personnel, supply drop exercise
Aug 29, 2018 (UPI)
Airmen of the 62nd Airlift Wing participated in a joint exercise with the 82nd Airborne Division, practicing parachute drops of personnel and equipment from two...
United Technologies contracted for F-35 engine production tooling
Aug 28, 2018 (UPI)
The contract, announced Monday by the Department of Defense, provides for engineering services on the F-135 engine, including tooling unique components and mach...
Text Text, Bang Bang? Uber, NASA, US Army Working on Flying Taxis, AI Airspace
Aug 28, 2018 (Sputnik)
On August 9, the US Army Research Laboratory (ARL) and transportation company Uber Elevate - Uber's flying car division - christened their partnership at the Un...
Largest US aircraft in history: civil usage or military purposes?
Aug 28, 2018 (Sputnik)
On August, 20 US-based company Stratolaunch published a statement scheduling the first test flight in fall 2018 of the largest plane in terms of wingspan in the...
F-35C tests integration with USS Abraham Lincoln
Aug 28, 2018 (UPI)
The F-35C naval variant has been doing testing since 2014, but this is the first time it has flown with an operational wing, the Navy announced on Tuesday. It p...
Boeing receives contract for F-15 Eagle targeting pods
Aug 27, 2018 (UPI)
The contract, announced Friday by the Department of Defense, provides for engineering, manufacturing, and development, production, integration, testing and depl...
Pilot killed in Iran F-5 fighter jet crash
Aug 26, 2018 (AFP)
The jet, a training aircraft, crashed as it attempted to land in Dezful in the southwestern Khuzestan province, the official IRNA news agency said. Its pilot wa...
Bell contracted for AH-1Z attack helicopters for Marine Corps
Aug 24, 2018 (UPI)
The deal, announced Thursday by the Department of Defense, is in support of the Marine Corps H-1 upgrade program. It includes long lead material and components ...
Pentagon announces flight tests of new decoy plane
Aug 23, 2018 (AFP)
Known by its acronym MALD-X, the Miniature Air Launch Decoy confuses enemy air defenses by duplicating friendly aircraft flight profiles and radar signatures, a...
Metal with memory: F-18 wing fold
Aug 23, 2018 (SPX)
The 300-pound wing section was removed from an F/A-18 at NASA Armstrong in Edwards, California, enabling the team to prove a full wing section could be folded u...
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