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The view from inside supersonic combustion

Mar 16, 2018 (SPX)

But in supersonic engines achieving the right flow speed, producing the right ratio of evaporated fuel and causing ignition at the right time is more complex. W...

Navy awards Lockheed $481M for F-35 spare parts

Mar 16, 2018 (UPI)

The new cost-plus-fixed fee delivery order, announced Thursday by the Department of Defense, amends a previously issued basic ordering agreement for the F-35 fo...

Senegal helicopter crash toll rises to 8

Mar 15, 2018 (AFP)

The helicopter was carrying 20 people, including four crew, when it plummeted into a mangrove forest in the southern coastal area of Missirah on Wednesday night...

Hong Kong carrier Cathay Pacific sees annual loss, outlook upbeat

Mar 14, 2018 (AFP)

The firm's report was its worst since 2008 during the global financial crisis, as lower-cost Chinese airlines ate into market share while it took a major hit fr...

Lockheed awarded $1.5B contract for work on F-35 air systems

Mar 14, 2018 (UPI)

The contract, announced Tuesday by the Pentagon, is for long lead material and parts for low rate initial production for the Air Force, Marine Corps, Navy, non-...

Leonardo to build 28 helicopters for Qatari military

Mar 14, 2018 (UPI)

In a $3.71 billion deal, Leonardo will be the prime contractor to construct 28 MH90 helicopters, a versatile, twin-engine multirole military aircraft in use by ...

Evading in-flight lightning strikes

Mar 12, 2018 (SPX)

To avoid lightning strikes, flights are typically rerouted around stormy regions of the sky. Now, MIT engineers are proposing a new way to reduce a plane's ligh...

Army taps Airbus for 35 UH-72A Lakota helicopters

Mar 09, 2018 (UPI)

The deal, announced Thursday by the Department of Defense, is valued at more than $273.2 million under the terms of a firm-fixed-price contract. The agreement b...

BAE Systems inks Saudi deal for 48 Typhoon jets

Mar 09, 2018 (AFP)

The lucrative deal was unveiled on the third and final day of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's visit to Britain. BAE Systems added in a statement that t...

F-35Bs get first operational deployment with Marine Expeditionary Unit

Mar 07, 2018 (UPI)

A detachment of the aircraft deployed with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit landed Monday on the USS Wasp, an amphibious assault ship, according to the U.S. M...

MH370 hunt likely to end mid-June: official

Mar 03, 2018 (AFP)

The Malaysia Airlines jet disappeared on March 8, 2014 with 239 people -- mostly from China -- on board, en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. No sign of the p...

Boeing receives $73.2M to service F/A-18 jets

Mar 01, 2018 (UPI)

The work to extend the life of the planes from 6,000 to 9,000 hours will be performed in St. Louis and El Segundo, Calif., the Defense Department announced on W...

Lockheed awarded $155M on two contracts for F-35 work

Mar 01, 2018 (UPI)

The Department of Defense announced on Wednesday that it has awarded a $148.7 million contract for logistics services for all branches of the U.S. military and ...

Lockheed awarded $158M for support of U.S., foreign F-35 programs

Feb 28, 2018 (UPI)

The deal, announced Tuesday by the Department of Defense, is valued at more than $158.2 million under the terms of a cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order, which m...

Trump, Boeing finalize cheaper deal for new Air Force One

Feb 27, 2018 (UPI)

The deal is about $1.4 billion less than original estimates, which will cover two planes and all related upgrades specific to Air Force One. Trump held a meetin...

Air Force awards contract for jet fighter training programs

Feb 27, 2018 (UPI)

The deal, announced Monday by the Department of Defense, is valued at more than $8.4 million under the terms of a firm-fixed-price modification to a previous aw...

France to block Chinese group taking control of Toulouse airport

Feb 26, 2018 (AFP)

Casil Europe, a holding company created by China's state-owned Shandong Hi-Speed Group and the Hong Kong-based Friedmann Pacific Asset Management, bought 49.99 ...

Canada to accept bid from Boeing for new fighter jets

Feb 23, 2018 (AFP)

The announcement came a month after the US International Trade Commission rejected a complaint filed by Boeing against its Canadian rival Bombardier, demanding ...

United Technologies Aerospace Systems awarded $2.5B for spare parts

Feb 22, 2018 (UPI)

The deal, announced Wednesday by the Department of Defense, derives from the aviation sector of the Defense Logistics Agency and taps United Technologies Aerosp...

Air Force replaces T-38C with T-X for pilot training

Feb 22, 2018 (UPI)

The Air Force said they expect to award the contract for the new trainer sometime in 2018. Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph in Texas has been selected to be the ...