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Uber lays out vision for flying commuter transit

Oct 28, 2016 (AFP)

Uber on Thursday laid out a vision for on-demand aircraft that can whisk commuters to home or work in a fraction of the time it would take on the road. The ride...

Record-shattering birds stay in air for 10 months: study

Oct 27, 2016 (AFP)

A small, dark-feathered bird known as the common swift flies for 10 months on end without ever landing, the longest time spent aloft of any known bird, scientis...

Joint Strike Fighter an instrument of Power Projection, not just another fighter

Oct 26, 2016 (SPX)

America's F-35 has earned the unfair sobriquet as the nation's "worst fighter jet ever." However, this singular vision of Lockheed Martin's Joint Strike "Fighte...

Britain backs Heathrow airport expansion despite splits

Oct 25, 2016 (AFP)

The British government approved a new third runway at London's Heathrow airport on Tuesday, a long-awaited decision that has stoked divisions and follows decade...

Death sentence for Heathrow demolition village

Oct 25, 2016 (AFP)

In the village of Harmondsworth, the British government's decision Tuesday to back expanding London Heathrow Airport with a new third runway was welcomed like a...

Inmarsat Aviation and SITAONAIR to invest in future of aviation cockpit communications

Oct 25, 2016 (SPX)

Inmarsat has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to appoint SITAONAIR as a distribution partner for its next generation SwiftBroadband-Safety aviation se...

U.K. Typhoon enhancements enter operational evaluation phase

Oct 24, 2016 (UPI)

Upgrades to the U.K. Eurofighter Typhoon, set to replace the Tornado jet by the end of 2018, have entered the operational evaluation, BAE Systems said. The firs...

Lockheed Martin receives two F-22 Raptor contract modifications

Oct 21, 2016 (UPI)

Lockheed Martin Aeronautics has been awarded two contract modifications for about $28 million for work in support of the U.S. Air Force's F-22 Raptor aircraft. ...

Textron's Scorpion jet completes first weapons exercise

Oct 20, 2016 (UPI)

Textron AirLand's Scorpion jet has successfully completed its first weapons exercise, the company announced Thursday. The exercise demonstrated the Scorpion's c...

It's Electric! NASA Glenn Engineers Test Next Revolution Aircraft

Oct 20, 2016 (SPX)

Electric cars are nothing new, they're more efficient, produce less noise and emit less carbon into the atmosphere; which is exactly why engineers from NASA Gle...

MH370 hunters to probe underwater objects: Australia

Oct 19, 2016 (AFP)

Investigators will deploy an underwater vehicle to take a closer look at objects found during a sonar survey of the southern Indian Ocean in the hunt for MH370,...

Poland opens 'talks' on new military choppers after Airbus row

Oct 18, 2016 (AFP)

Poland said Tuesday it had invited aeronautics rivals Airbus, Lockheed Martin and Leonardo-Finmeccanica to talks on the purchase of military helicopters valued ...

US claims trade victory over China over business jet tax

Oct 18, 2016 (AFP)

President Barack Obama's administration said Tuesday it has scored another trade victory over China, after Beijing ended a disputed tax policy that favored Chin...

Terma, BAE continue noise-reduction effort for pilot helmets

Oct 17, 2016 (UPI)

Terma A/S and BAE Systems are to continue and intensify development of noise-reduction technology for military pilot helmets. The decision comes after a design ...

Boeing Australia tapped for P-8A sustainment services

Oct 17, 2016 (UPI)

Boeing Australia is to provide sustainment support for P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft flown by the Royal Australian Air Force. Australia's Department of...

Sikorsky delivers 1,000th U.S. Army H-60M Black Hawk

Oct 14, 2016 (UPI)

Sikorsky delivered the 1,000th H-60M Black Hawk helicopter to the U.S. Army Thursday, the Lockheed Martin subsidiary announced. The company delivered the first ...

Peru receives Russian radios as part of helicopter deal

Oct 12, 2016 (UPI)

Russia has delivered R-312AT helicopter radio systems to the Peru Ministry of Defense as part of an offset deal connected to the purchase of Mi-171Sh aircraft. ...

L-3 unit begins KC-10 tanker support

Oct 12, 2016 (UPI)

L-3 Communications' Vertex Aerospace division has started contractor logistics support for the U.S. Air Force KC-10 tanker fleet. The support, awarded in a cont...

Poland plans new tender for helicopters after Airbus row

Oct 12, 2016 (AFP)

Poland said Wednesday it would launch a new tender process for military helicopters after talks to buy Airbus aircraft collapsed in acrimony. The announcement c...

NASA Takes Next Step in Green Aviation X-planes Plans

Oct 12, 2016 (SPX)

At the 39th meeting of the International Civil Aviation Organization, 191 countries reached a global climate deal to reduce carbon emissions from aviation. At t...