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Airbus demos aerial refueling with H225M helicopter and C295W

Jan 17, 2017 (UPI)

Airbus Defense and Space conducted an air-to-air refueling demonstration using an H225 Caracal helicopter and two C295 medium transports. The demonstration invo...

Italy taps Leonardo for new jet trainer and helicopters

Jan 17, 2017 (UPI)

Leonardo is to deliver new jet trainer aircraft to the Italian air force and also develop and deliver a new helicopter to the Italian army. The two contracts wi...

Taiwan begins F-16 upgrade program

Jan 17, 2017 (UPI)

A $3.4 billion Taiwanese program to upgrade its F-16A/B Fighting Falcons got underway this week with the first four aircraft flown to a plant in Taichung. The r...

Eurofighter signs support deals for Typhoon fighters

Jan 13, 2017 (UPI)

Eurofighter Jagdflugzeug GmbH has signed two contracts for the support of Typhoon fighters flown by four NATO countries. The two deals were signed with NETMA, t...

Lockheed Martin CEO finalizing F-35 deal with Trump

Jan 13, 2017 (UPI)

Lockheed Martin CEO Marillyn Hewson met with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump to discuss ongoing negotiations for the next batch of F-35 aircraft. The F-35 pro...

NASA research is key to future of air transportation

Jan 13, 2017 (SPX)

In the future, aircraft will consume half as much fuel compared to today, generate one-fourth the emissions they do now, fly so quietly that airport neighbors w...

CAE USA to assist Army helicopter pilot training

Jan 12, 2017 (UPI)

CAE USA is to provide support services for U.S. Army helicopter flight training instructors under a contract with a potential value of $450 million. The support...

Navy accepts its 50th P-8A Poseidon

Jan 12, 2017 (UPI)

The U.S. Navy has accepted its 50th P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol and reconnaissance and anti-submarine aircraft from Boeing. The plane, which will be part of a...

Spain govt accepts responsibility for 2003 military plane crash

Jan 11, 2017 (AFP)

Spain's defence ministry took political responsibility for the first time on Wednesday for a 2003 air accident which killed 62 Spanish soldiers as they were ret...

GKN Aerospace continues Gripen's engine support program

Jan 11, 2017 (UPI)

The Swedish Defense Materiel Administration has granted a contract extension to GKN Aerospace for support services for engines on Gripen fighters. The contract ...

DARPA awards Sikorsky Phase 3 contract for ALIAS program

Jan 11, 2017 (UPI)

Lockheed Martin subsidiary Sikorsky has received a Phase 3 contract for the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Project Agency's cockpit automation program. The prog...

U.S. Marines move first F-35B squadron to Japan

Jan 11, 2017 (UPI)

The U.S. Marines have relocated the first operational F-35B Lightning II squadron from a base in Arizona to Japan. The relocation makes the Marine Corps Air Sta...

Birds circling trash threaten Beirut flights: minister

Jan 11, 2017 (AFP)

Flights in and out of Lebanon's Beirut airport are at risk because of the large number of birds flying over a nearby garbage dump, the country's transport minis...

US Marines send F-35 stealth fighter squadron to Japan

Jan 10, 2017 (AFP)

The US Marine Corps said Tuesday it has sent a squadron of F-35B fighters to Japan, marking the first operational overseas deployment for the controversial jet ...

Russian Defense Ministry discusses aircraft modernization plans

Jan 10, 2017 (UPI)

Russian defense officials discussed modernization efforts for the country's Tu-160 bomber and several spacecraft during a recent teleconference. The meeting was...

Leonardo Helicopters wins U.K. military support deal

Jan 09, 2017 (UPI)

Leonardo Helicopters is to support 62 Wildcat aircraft of the British military under an agreement with the Ministry of Defense signed Monday. The five-year Wild...

U.S. Air Force upgrades A-10C search capability

Jan 09, 2017 (UPI)

U.S. Air Force personnel have installed new lightweight airborne recovery systems on select A-10 Thunderbolt II fighter aircraft. Technicians at the Davis Month...

Vanilla aircraft proves to be anything but plain

Jan 06, 2017 (SPX)

A DARPA-backed small business effort broke boundaries for long-endurance flight this month by launching a uniquely designed, combustion-powered unmanned aircraf...

MH370: No suspicions of crew, passengers, says French probe

Jan 06, 2017 (AFP)

A French background check of passengers and crew aboard Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, which mysteriously disappeared in 2014, has found no cause for suspicion...

Dassault, Babcock France partner for training contract

Jan 05, 2017 (UPI)

Babcock France and Dassault Aviation have partnered to provide and maintain pilot training and related services to the French air force. The two are forming a j...