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Japan receives its first F-35 joint strike fighter
Dec 02, 2016 (UPI)
Japan's Air Self-Defense Force received its first Lockheed Martin F-35A Joint Strike Fighter at Luke Air Force Base. The delivery marks a milestone for Lockheed...
Sikorsky to provide H-60 technical and logistics services
Dec 02, 2016 (UPI)
The U.S. Army has awarded Lockheed Martin subsidiary Sikorsky a $93.8 million contract to perform technical and logistics services for H-60 weapon systems. The ...
Textron to provide A2PATS for F-35 electronic warfare testing
Dec 01, 2016 (UPI)
Textron has been selected to supply its Advanced Architecture Phase Amplitude and Time Simulator to support electronic warfare testing for the F-35. Under the c...
U.S. Air Force C-130 flies with Rolls-Royce T56 engine upgrade
Dec 01, 2016 (UPI)
The first U.S. Air Force C-130 aircraft equipped with a Rolls-Royce T56 series 3.5 engine upgrade completed its first flight. After the flight concluded, Rolls-...
Lockheed Martin begins T-50A flight operations
Dec 01, 2016 (UPI)
Lockheed Martin has begun conducting flight operations with its T-50A training aircraft to test its capabilities. The operations followed an initial flight test...
Blues skies thinking to improve aircraft safety
Nov 30, 2016 (SPX)
Nervous flyers and crew alike would prefer jet airliners not to vibrate so much at take off. Research published in the International Journal of Aerodynamics poi...
U.S. Air Force finalizing C-17 drag reduction tests
Nov 30, 2016 (UPI)
The U.S. Air Force is nearing the completion of its drag reduction tests for the C-17 Globemaster III aircraft. In a statement announcing the final three phases...
NASA Launches Antarctica Scientific Balloon Campaign
Nov 30, 2016 (SPX)
Cosmic rays and the chemicals and atoms that make up the interstellar space between stars are the focus of this year's NASA Antarctica Long Duration Balloon Fli...
Textron introduces new aircraft survivability equipment
Nov 30, 2016 (UPI)
Textron Systems has introduced the newest member of its Aircraft Survivability Equipment product line. The Integrated Tester for Aircraft Survivability Systems,...
Kratos announces final pre-production BQM-177A milestone
Nov 29, 2016 (UPI)
Kratos Defense & Security has cleared the final development milestone for its BQM-177A Subsonic Aerial Target. The achievement allows the project to enter low-r...
Israel confirms December arrival for first F-35 jets
Nov 29, 2016 (AFP)
Israel will receive its initial two F-35s on December 12 and will be the first country to operate a squadron of the futuristic warplanes outside the US, an offi...
Kuwait to buy 28 F-18 warplanes: official
Nov 28, 2016 (AFP)
Kuwait will buy 28 Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornets to replace a fleet of earlier versions of the US fighter jets, a top official said Monday. The value of the deal ...
Bolivia may purchase Brazilian Super Tucanos
Nov 28, 2016 (UPI)
Defense officials in Bolivia are exploring a potential procurement opportunity for Embraer A029 Super Tucano light attack aircraft from Brazil. If the governmen...
Israel orders more F-35 warplanes from US
Nov 27, 2016 (AFP)
Israel will order 17 more US-made F-35 warplanes to take its fleet of stealthy Joint Strike Fighters to 50 over the next few years, the premier's office said Su...
Aviation enhancements, better biosensors could result from new sensor technology
Nov 25, 2016 (SPX)
Piezoelectric sensors measure changes in pressure, acceleration, temperature, strain or force and are used in a vast array of devices important to everyday life...
Chinese travel site Ctrip buys Skyscanner for $1.7 bn
Nov 24, 2016 (AFP)
China's largest online travel agency Ctrip will buy British flight search app Skyscanner for $1.7 billion, the companies said, as it steps up its overseas ambit...
Bell-Boeing team receives $267M modification for MV-22 support
Nov 23, 2016 (UPI)
The Bell-Boeing Joint Project Office has received a $267.2 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy for additional logistics support for MV-22 Osprey ti...
Airbus delivers final EC135 T2+ helicopters to Australia
Nov 23, 2016 (UPI)
Airbus delivered 6 additional EC135 T2+ training helicopters to the Australian Defense Force in Germany, completing the initial order for 15 of the aircraft. Th...
Canada to order 18 Boeing Super Hornet fighter jets
Nov 22, 2016 (AFP)
Canada plans to order 18 Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jets while seeking offers to update the rest of its aging combat fleet, Defense Minister Harjit Sajj...
Elbit delivers military aircraft for Affinity Flying Training Services
Nov 22, 2016 (UPI)
Elbit Systems has delivered its first military training aircraft for Affinity Flying Training Services, its joint venture with U.S.-based manufacturer KBR. The ...
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