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Leonardo chooses U.S. location to build T-100 plane

Mar 30, 2017 (UPI)

Leonardo will build its T-100 aircraft in the United States if the company wins the U.S. Air Force's T-X trainer replacement competition. In an announcement on ...

General Electric to install Hornet engines for U.S. Navy

Mar 30, 2017 (UPI)

The U.S. Navy awarded General Electric with a $114.8 million contract to install new engines on the branch's F/A-18 and EA-18G aircraft. Under the contract, Gen...

Northrop Grumman to upgrade French Hawkeye aircraft

Mar 30, 2017 (UPI)

Northrop Grumman has been contracted by the U.S. Navy to upgrade navigation systems for E-2C Hawkeye aircraft operated by the government of France. The contract...

Airbus military plane clients maintain delay penalties: source

Mar 30, 2017 (AFP)

The representatives of seven countries buying Airbus's troubled A400M military plane told the aviation giant Thursday they would maintain penalties over deliver...

Boeing gets $59 million contract mod for KC-46 production

Mar 28, 2017 (UPI)

Boeing has received a $59 million contract modification to continue its production for the U.S. Air Force's KC-46 tanker aircraft. Under the modification, the c...

Simulator for F-35 naval test pilots ready to use

Mar 28, 2017 (UPI)

An F-35 flight simulator from BAE Systems is ready for use by pilots in preparation for flight trials on Britain's new Queen Elizabeth-Class aircraft carrier. B...

Saab to perform operational support for Swedish Gripens

Mar 28, 2017 (UPI)

Saab received a $42 million contract from the Swedish government to perform operational and developmental support for the Gripen fighter throughout 2017. In add...

Harris touts reduced costs for F-35 components

Mar 28, 2017 (UPI)

Harris Corporation says it has reduced by 64 percent the cost of its avionics ship sets for F-35 fighters and boasts a 99.8 percent production accuracy rate. "B...

China Southern, American Airlines announce tie-up

Mar 28, 2017 (AFP)

American Airlines on Tuesday confirmed it will purchase $200 million in China Southern Airlines stock, the first step in a planned "long-term relationship" betw...

Serbia to receive MiG-29 fighters from Russia

Mar 28, 2017 (UPI)

Serbia is to soon receive six Mikoyan MiG-29 jets from Russia as a gift, Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said. Vucic made the comment after a meeting wi...

Pakistan orders additional AW139 helicopters

Mar 28, 2017 (UPI)

Leonardo of Italy reports that Pakistan has signed a new order for additional AgustaWestland AW139 twin-engine helicopters. The aircraft will be used for utilit...

South Korea looks to Southeast Asia to sell training aircraft

Mar 27, 2017 (UPI)

The capabilities of a South Korea-developed advanced training aircraft were demonstrated in Malaysia last week. The T-50B trainer was being promoted at the Lang...

United Air bars girls with leggings, ignites Twitter storm

Mar 27, 2017 (AFP)

United Airlines found itself at the center of a social media storm after it barred two girls from boarding a flight in Denver on Sunday because they were wearin...

Northrop Grumman gets contract mod for E-2D production

Mar 27, 2017 (UPI)

Northrop Grumman received a $32.7 million contract modification to continue full-rate production for the U.S. Navy's Lot 5 E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft. The m...

Raytheon tapped for Super Hornet, Growler radar upgrades

Mar 24, 2017 (UPI)

Raytheon received a $17.8 million contract to upgrade radars used on F/A-18 and EA-18G aircraft operated by the U.S. Navy and the Australian air force. The AN/A...

Belarus to get Russian Mi-8 helicopters in April

Mar 24, 2017 (UPI)

Russian Helicopters, a subsidiary of Russia's state-owned Rostec, is preparing to deliver a second batch of Mi-8 aircraft to Belarus in April. In a statement an...

KC-46 tanker modernization program facing delays: GAO

Mar 24, 2017 (UPI)

The U.S. Air Force's KC-46 tanker modernization program could be facing additional delays, according to a report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office. I...

Saab receives Gripen technology simulator

Mar 23, 2017 (UPI)

Saab received a Combat Electromagnetic Environment Simulator at its facility in Sweden, allowing the company to perform new testing with its Gripen fighter. The...

U.S. Navy orders 126 helmet systems for MH-60 aircraft

Mar 23, 2017 (UPI)

The U.S. Navy placed a $49.8 million order with Elbit Systems for the delivery of 126 helmet display tracker systems associated with MH-60 aircraft. According t...

U.S. Air Force buys additional Boeing QF-16 targets

Mar 23, 2017 (UPI)

Boeing received a $24.6 million contract modification to supply 18 QF-16 full-scale aerial targets to the U.S. Air Force. QF-16 full-scale aerial targets, or FS...