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Swedish fighter jet crashes after bird collision, pilot survives
Aug 21, 2018 (AFP)
"It was a bird collision and the pilot had to eject," Johan Lundgren, spokesman at the Swedish Armed Forces told AFP. The pilot was on a training mission in a J...
Boeing receives $217 million for F/A-18 spare parts
Aug 20, 2018 (UPI)
The order includes a five-year option. The work has an expected completion date of December 2022. Fiscal 2018 through fiscal 2023 Navy working capital funds wil...
Leonardo to deliver NH90 transport helicopters to Qatar
Aug 20, 2018 (UPI)
The order is part of a backlog production contract. Leonardo is the primary contractor for the Qatar NH90 program, which is valued at more than $3.4 billion. Le...
Sikorsky Aircraft receives contract for MH-60 naval helicopters
Aug 17, 2018 (UPI)
The order provides engineering necessary for fatigue analysis to define the expected service life of the MH-60 Sierra Multi-Mission Helicopter. Work will be per...
Chinese plane slides off Manila airport runway in heavy rain
Aug 17, 2018 (AFP)
The Xiamen Airlines aircraft, carrying 157 passengers and eight crew, landed on its second attempt before skidding onto the grass and ripping off its left engin...
BAE wins contract for airborne countermeasure systems
Aug 17, 2018 (UPI)
Funding for the deal comes from the Navy and Marine Corps fiscal 2018 ammunition procurement funds; Air Force fiscal 2018 aircraft procurement funds; Navy and M...
Chinese MH370 relatives ask to meet Malaysia PM
Aug 16, 2018 (AFP)
The plane disappeared in March 2014 with 239 people -- mostly from China -- on board, while en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. Amid a heavy police presence,...
L3 awarded contract modification for F-16A/B Block 20 Training Center
Aug 16, 2018 (UPI)
Work will be performed in Arlington, Texas, and is expected to be completed by October 2024. The modification includes foreign military sales to Taiwan. Foreign...
Boeing tapped to upgrade F/A-18s for Blue Angels
Aug 14, 2018 (UPI)
This order, announced Monday by the Department of Defense, is for retrofitting, kits and documentation to convert nine F/A-18E and two F/A-18F fighters into a B...
Two US Ospreys make emergency landings in Japan
Aug 14, 2018 (AFP)
One of the two MV-22 Ospreys landed at Amami Airport in southwestern Kagoshima prefecture Tuesday afternoon, according to the Kyodo and Jiji news agencies. The ...
CFM International receives contract for P-8 Poseidon engines and parts
Aug 14, 2018 (UPI)
Work will be performed in Villaroche, France; Durham, North Carolina; Singapore and Bromont, Canada. The work is expected to be completed by Sep. 2019. Navy fis...
Lockheed awarded $302M for F-35 equipment
Aug 13, 2018 (UPI)
The contract, announced Friday by the Department of Defense, covers equipment for low-rate initial production Lot 12 aircraft of the Air Force, Marine Corps, Na...
Boeing contracted for KC-46 Pegasus risk reduction study
Aug 08, 2018 (UPI)
The contract, announced Tuesday by the Department of Defense, provides for a study of risk reduction "with regard to the development and integration of new capa...
Triumph receives contract for C-130J parts fabrication
Aug 08, 2018 (UPI)
Triumph Fabrications will provide 108 types of parts for the C-130J program, the company announced on Wednesday. This includes sheet metal made from aluminum, s...
Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific narrows losses in first half
Aug 08, 2018 (AFP)
The airline posted a net loss of HK$263 million ($33.5 million), compared with a HK$2 billion loss for the same period in 2017. That fell short of some analysts...
Air Force completes initial proposal for light attack aircraft: Wilson
Aug 07, 2018 (UPI)
The final request for proposal release is expected by December, the Air Force said in a release Monday. Officials still need to finalize equipment and determine...
Lockheed contracted for C-130J long-term sustainment
Aug 06, 2018 (UPI)
The work, announced Wednesday by the Department of Defense, comes under a cost-plus-incentive-fee modification issued by the Air Force Life Cycle Management Cen...
State Department approves Black Hawk helicopter sale for Latvia
Aug 06, 2018 (UPI)
The helicopters will be in standard U.S. configuration, and will be accompanied by ten T700-GE-701D engines -- including eight installed and two spare -- and te...
Boeing contracted for T-45 backup oxygen systems
Aug 06, 2018 (UPI)
The order, announced Monday by the Department of Defense, provides for engineering and other support services for the development and production of Automatic Ba...
NATO to revamp Albanian air base: PM
Aug 05, 2018 (AFP)
"NATO will invest more than 50 million euros ($58 million) for the first phase of the project alone, to modernise air base in Kucova," some 80 kilometres (50 mi...
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