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NASA's experimental supersonic aircraft now known as X-59 QueSST
Jun 28, 2018 (SPX)
The U.S. Air Force, which is the government entity responsible for assigning X-number designations and the popular name associated with the aircraft, officially...
Boeing awarded $1.5B contract for Super Hornet aircraft for Kuwait
Jun 28, 2018 (UPI)
The deal, announced Wednesday by the Department of Defense, comes under the terms of a fixed-price-incentive-firm contract. Work will be performed primarily in ...
NASA technologies significantly reduce aircraft noise
Jun 28, 2018 (SPX)
The Acoustic Research Measurement (ARM) flights, which concluded in May, at NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center in California, tested technology to address ...
Cherokee Nation Aerospace contracted for F-16 upgrades
Jun 27, 2018 (UPI)
The deal, announced Tuesday by the Department of Defense, is a firm, fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for F-16 Systems Program Offi...
Navy awards contract for F-35 support outside U.S.
Jun 26, 2018 (UPI)
The facilities will be located outside of the continental United States and will house work that will also repair and overhaul F-35s under the terms of the $73....
UK lawmakers approve expanding London's Heathrow airport
Jun 25, 2018 (AFP)
Lawmakers, by a wide margin of 296 votes, backed expansion proposals agreed earlier this month by Prime Minister Theresa May's government, overcoming vehement o...
Lockheed wins more than $1 billion for F-16 production
Jun 25, 2018 (UPI)
The deal, announced Friday by the Department of Defense, is valued at more than $1.124 billion under the terms of a fixed-price-incentive-firm contract that ena...
Replacements, improvements on the way for Air Force Huey bases
Jun 21, 2018 (UPI)
The Air Force announced the plan in a press release Wednesday, with the result of a competition between manufacturers -- in the form of a contract award -- expe...
Turkey gets first F-35 delivery from US
Jun 21, 2018 (AFP)
American defense giant Lockheed Martin officially transferred possession of the first plane, designed to evade even the most advanced radars, to Turkish officia...
Air Force resumes B-1 bomber flight operations after safety concerns
Jun 20, 2018 (UPI)
Air Force Global Strike Command issued the order after the emergency landing of a B-1B in Midland, Texas. None of the crew involved in that May 1 flight were in...
V-22 Ospreys to receive ballistic protection panels
Jun 19, 2018 (UPI)
The contract award, from Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division and announced on Monday, is valued at more than $20.4 million under the terms of a fixed-pri...
French fighter jets go quiet for school exams
Jun 19, 2018 (AFP)
France's cutting-edge Rafale military planes will be flying on adjusted schedules this week in a bid to minimise disruption for the students, the commander of a...
Pentagon awards Lockheed contract for F-35 spares, support
Jun 18, 2018 (UPI)
The award, announced Friday by the Pentagon, is worth more than $503.2 million and enables the delivery of "air vehicle initial spares, to include F-35 Lightnin...
Manager of China aircraft carrier builder under graft probe
Jun 17, 2018 (AFP)
Sun Bo is being probed for "suspicion of serious breach of the party discipline and the law", Communist Party watchdog the Central Commission for Discipline Ins...
Boeing, others assessing impact of US-China tariffs
Jun 15, 2018 (AFP)
"We are assessing the impact these tariffs and any reciprocal action could have on our supply chain and commercial business," said Boeing spokesman Charles Bick...
Boeing awarded $1.5B for Hornet, Growler upgrades
Jun 15, 2018 (UPI)
The contract, from the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division and valued at more than $1.5 billion, is an indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract f...
Evaluating the noise of future aircraft
Jun 15, 2018 (SPX)
To address the expected noise levels of future aircraft, NASA's Commercial Supersonic Technology project is already developing technologies focused on reducing ...
UK jet expert held over 'Chinese plot for military secrets'
Jun 14, 2018 (AFP)
Bryn Jones, 73, a former Rolls-Royce chief combustion technologist, was arrested after the security services received intelligence that classified information m...
Raytheon to build video sensors for F-35
Jun 14, 2018 (UPI)
The Distributed Aperture System, which Raytheon will deliver to Lockheed, collects high resolution, real-time imagery from six infrared cameras mounted around t...
Sale of Apache helicopters, equipment to India gains approval
Jun 13, 2018 (UPI)
The proposed $930 million deal for six AH-64E Apache helicopters would include 14 T700-GE-701D engines, four AN/APG-78 fire control radars, four radar electroni...
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