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Rostec sells minority stake in Russian Helicopters

Mar 07, 2017 (UPI)

The Russian Direct Investment Fund and unidentified Arab investors are buying a 12 percent stake in Russian Helicopters, a Rostec subsidiary. Rostec, a state-ow...

Rheinmetall making ammunition for U.S. Air Force F-35s

Mar 06, 2017 (UPI)

Germany's Rheinmetall on Monday announced it will provide the U.S. Air Force with ammunition for F-35 fighters starting in December. The order from the U.S. Air...

Boeing to provide additional support for Saudi F-15s

Mar 06, 2017 (UPI)

Boeing received a $46 million contract modification from the U.S. Air Force to perform interim contractor support for Saudi Arabia's recently purchased F-15s. I...

Airbus, Australian air force redesign KC-30A refueling method

Mar 03, 2017 (UPI)

Airbus and the Australian air force will cooperate to develop more advanced capabilities for the KC-30A tanker aircraft. Under the agreement, the two entities s...

KAI picks Triumph Group for KF-X airframe component

Mar 03, 2017 (UPI)

Korea Aerospace Industries has selected Triumph Group to provide Airframe Mounted Accessory Drives for its developing KF-X fighter project. The KF-X program is ...

Boeing, Leonardo offer MH-139 for U.S. Air Force tender

Mar 02, 2017 (UPI)

Boeing and its industry partner Leonardo have jointly entered the MH-139 helicopter into the U.S. Air Force's competition to replace its legacy Huey rotorcraft....

Lockheed Martin gets $1 billion F-35 support contract

Mar 01, 2017 (UPI)

Lockheed Martin has secured a $1 billion contract from the U.S. government and other customers to provide various support services for the F-35 aircraft. The co...

Charles Woodburn to take over as BAE Systems CEO

Feb 28, 2017 (UPI)

BAE Systems chief operating officer Charles Woodburn will assume the role as CEO of the company when Ian King steps down from the position in July. Ian King ros...

Australia receives its first Boeing EA-18G Growler

Feb 28, 2017 (UPI)

The first of 12 EA-18G electronic warfare aircraft has been received by Australia, making the country the first non-U.S. customer to operate the Boeing fighter....

Aerojet Rocketdyne to buy Coleman Aerospace from L3

Feb 28, 2017 (UPI)

Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings will purchase Coleman Aerospace for $15 million in a move company leaders say will expand their missile target vehicle business. Col...

U.S. Air Force equips decoy flight vehicles with anti-jam capabilities

Feb 28, 2017 (UPI)

Raytheon and the U.S. Air Force have finished upgrading and validating Miniature Air Launched Decoy-Jammers used by B-52 and F-16 aircraft. The work consisted o...

Flight tests of air traffic tool complete

Feb 28, 2017 (SPX)

Members of a NASA-led research team pose in front of a trio of aircraft, which on February 22 concluded racking up enough air miles to circle the planet four ti...

Transfer of technology deal between Saab and HAL

Feb 28, 2017 (UPI)

Saab's South African subsidiary has signed an agreement to transfer technology to Hindustan Aeronautics Limited's Avionics Division. The technology transfer bet...

U.S. Navy orders 12 new fighter aircraft from Boeing

Feb 28, 2017 (UPI)

Boeing received a $678.6 million contract to provide seven Lot 40 EA-18G Growlers and five F/A-18E Super Hornet fighters for the U.S. Navy. In addition to the a...

Russia's future stealth bomber would replace Tu-22, Tu-95 and Tu-160 planes

Feb 28, 2017 (Sputnik)

Developers of the Russian new-generation strategic bomber, known as the Advanced Long-Range Aviation Complex (PAK DA), have defended the preliminary design of t...

NASA-funded balloon recovered a year after flight over Antarctica

Feb 27, 2017 (SPX)

For 12 days in January 2016, a football-field-sized balloon with a telescope hanging beneath it floated 24 miles above the Antarctic continent, riding the spira...

NASA wind tunnel tests Lockheed Martin X-Plane concept

Feb 27, 2017 (SPX)

Supersonic passenger airplanes are another step closer to reality as NASA and Lockheed Martin begin the first high-speed wind tunnel tests for the Quiet Superso...

Liquid hydrogen may be way forward for sustainable air travel

Feb 24, 2017 (SPX)

Transport makes up around 20 percent of our energy use around the world - and that figure is set to grow, according to the International Energy Agency. With sus...

Sikorsky, Polish affiliate prepare for M28 demonstration

Feb 24, 2017 (UPI)

Lockheed Martin subsidiary Sikorsky and its Polish affiliate PZL Mielec are finalizing a planned tour with the M28 short takeoff and landing aircraft. The promo...

Madrid invites Airbus CEO to debrief on military plane woes

Feb 24, 2017 (AFP)

Spain has invited the head of Airbus to travel to Madrid next month to brief defence officials about its troubled A400M military transport plane, the defence mi...