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Extreme conditions await MH370 recovery if wreckage found

Feb 21, 2018 (AFP)

The disappearance of the Boeing 777 carrying 239 passengers and crew almost four years ago is one of aviation's greatest mysteries, with an Australian-led hunt ...

US fighter jet drops fuel tanks in Japan accident

Feb 20, 2018 (AFP)

The incident, which caused no injuries, is the latest in a string of accidents involving the US military that have prompted concern from Japanese officials and ...

Bell to support Marine Corps' Viper helicopters

Feb 19, 2018 (UPI)

The deal, announced Friday by the Department of Defense, is valued at more than $37.6 million under a firm-fixed-price modification to a previous award. The con...

Indonesia inks $1.1 bn deal with Russia to buy 11 jets

Feb 17, 2018 (AFP)

The contract, signed by both countries' representatives in Jakarta on Wednesday, is worth a total $1.14 billion, Indonesia defence ministry spokesman Totok Sugi...

Israel to receive F-35 air vehicle deliveries

Feb 16, 2018 (UPI)

The deal, announced Friday by the Department of Defense, is valued at $13.9 million, the Pentagon said in a press release. The agreement between the Navy and Lo...

Boeing receives $219M contract for work on F/A-18 fuel tanks

Feb 15, 2018 (UPI)

The design, development, testing and integration of the fuel tanks will take place through July 2022 in El Segundo, Calif., St. Louis, Patuxent River, Md., and ...

ASES awarded $18.5M contract for T-1A trainers' avionics

Feb 15, 2018 (UPI)

The contract, announced Wednesday by the Department of Defense, is for upgrades to the full fleet, which includes 178 aircraft, 16 operational flight trainers a...

AAI contracted by Air Force to repair aircraft measurement systems

Feb 14, 2018 (UPI)

The deal, announced Tuesday by the Department of Defense, is valued at more than $10.8 million under the terms of a firm-fixed-price contract. The agreement bet...

Chinese woman follows handbag into X-ray scanner

Feb 14, 2018 (AFP)

A video showing the woman's silhouette as she passed through the X-ray machine at a railway station Sunday has gone viral on the Chinese internet. In the video,...

Navy updates Sikorsky contract for CH-53K aircraft

Feb 14, 2018 (UPI)

The deal, announced Tuesday by the Department of Defense, is valued at $126.5 million and is a modification to a previous award under the terms of a fixed-price...

Air Force makes way for the B-21 Raider to replace B-1B, B-2 bombers

Feb 13, 2018 (UPI)

Air Force officials on Monday made public their bomber fleet plans during a Pentagon press briefing for the service's 2019 fiscal year budget request. "As part ...

Boeing to upgrade Japanese AWACS aircraft

Feb 13, 2018 (UPI)

The deal, announced Monday by the Department of Defense, is valued at more than $60.9 million under a hybrid fixed-price-incentive-firm, firm-fixed-price, cost-...

Malaysia says no mystery over 'missing' MH370 search ship

Feb 08, 2018 (AFP)

The Seabed Constructor, hired in January for a fresh search for the missing plane, turned off its location transponder for three days without explanation early ...

Lockheed Martin picks BAE Systems to modernize UAE's F-16 fleet

Feb 08, 2018 (UPI)

BAE Systems' Digital Light Engine technology will replace the fleet's analog system of cathode ray tube images with digital projectors, the company said in a re...

Typhoon development hits milestone for U.K. air force with weapon test

Feb 07, 2018 (UPI)

The prediction by the Royal Air Force stems from weapons upgrades to the Typhoon, a twin-engine jet fighter assigned to the 41(R) Squadron, a Test and Evaluatio...

Boeing, Embraer near deal on commercial air business: source

Feb 06, 2018 (AFP)

The deal is designed to address the main roadblock to a merger between the two aerospace companies: Brazilian government opposition. Boeing would hold 80 to 90 ...

Rheinmetall, Sikorsky team up on heavy lift helicopter for Germany

Feb 06, 2018 (UPI)

Rheinmetall and Sikorsky, the latter owned by Lockheed Martin, signed a strategic teaming agreement to deliver the German air force its next generation of heavy...

Lockheed awarded $119M for support of Air Force F-35s

Feb 06, 2018 (UPI)

The deal, announced Monday by the Department of Defense, is valued more than $119 million and is a modification on a previous award classified under a firm-fixe...

Senior officials to testify on physiological episodes in aircraft

Feb 06, 2018 (UPI)

The House Armed Forces subcommittee on tactical air and land forces will hear from Lt. Gen. Mark Nowland, the deputy chief of staff of operations for the Air Fo...

Lockheed contracted for design, development on Israeli F-35 program

Feb 05, 2018 (UPI)

The deal, announced Friday by the Department of Defense, is valued at more than $147.9 million on a modification on a previous award under the terms of a cost-p...