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Poland to buy Black Hawks after dropping Airbus choppers
Oct 10, 2016 (AFP)
Poland said Monday it would buy Black Hawk helicopters from US defence giant Lockheed Martin, days after it blamed French aeronautics giant Airbus for the break...
Poland blames Airbus for grounding chopper talks
Oct 08, 2016 (AFP)
Poland on Saturday blamed French aeronautics giant Airbus for the breakdown in talks over a multi-billion euro contract for military helicopters that has trigge...
German air force grounds Tornado jets 'over loose screws'
Oct 07, 2016 (AFP)
The German military on Friday said it had grounded nearly half its fleet of Tornado reconnaissance jets, used in the fight against the Islamic State group, beca...
China's HNA in $10 bn aircraft leasing expansion deal
Oct 07, 2016 (AFP)
China's HNA conglomerate will buy the aircraft leasing business of US-based CIT Group Inc. for $10 billion, the latest acquisition in the privately held Chinese...
Mauritius wing debris from missing MH370: Australia
Oct 07, 2016 (AFP)
A piece of wing debris found in Mauritius is from MH370, Australian authorities said Friday as they cautioned the discovery shed no new light on the missing pas...
Chinese group lands Albanian airport
Oct 07, 2016 (AFP)
Chinese financial giant Everbright has bought the Albanian capital's main air hub, Tirana International Airport, its management said Friday. The airport had sin...
State Dept. approves sale of Cessna AC-208 aircraft to Iraq
Oct 07, 2016 (UPI)
The U.S. State Department has approved a proposed $65 million sale of Cessna AC-208 aircraft to the government of Iraq. announced Friday. The deal would involve...
Airline industry agrees to cap carbon emissions
Oct 06, 2016 (AFP)
The airline industry agreed Thursday on a framework for reducing its carbon footprint at a UN meeting in Montreal, the first time a commercial sector has volunt...
Airbus demonstrates C295W aerial refueling capability
Oct 06, 2016 (UPI)
Airbus Defence and Space successfully demonstrated the C295W medium transport as an aerial tanker, the company announced Wednesday. Equipped with a palletized a...
France orders new gear for special-ops parachutists
Oct 05, 2016 (UPI)
The French military has contracted Zodiac Aerosafety Systems to supply air drop systems for special mission skydivers. The new system will consist of a parachut...
Lockheed Martin upgrading Apache helicopter targeting sensor
Oct 04, 2016 (UPI)
Lockheed Martin is to upgrade a target acquisition and vision sensor aboard U.S. Army AH-64E Apache helicopters, the company announced. The upgrade to the Moder...
Sikorsky to provide 8 Black Hawks to Saudi Arabia
Oct 03, 2016 (UPI)
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., a subsidiary of Lockheed Martin, has been awarded a $91 million contract modification to provide Saudi Arabia with eight UH-60M Black H...
Northrop gets $70 million to support B-2 communication system
Oct 03, 2016 (UPI)
Northrop Grumman Systems Corp. has received a $70 million U.S. Air Force delivery order to support the B-2 Spirit stealth bomber's satellite communication syste...
Russia summons Dutch ambassador over MH17 probe findings
Oct 03, 2016 (AFP)
Moscow on Monday summoned the Dutch ambassador to complain over the findings of a criminal probe into the downing of Malaysia Airlines MH17 that said the missil...
NASA launches back-to-back scientific balloons
Sep 30, 2016 (SPX)
Surging to take advantage of near-perfect launch conditions, NASA's Scientific Balloon Team launched two balloons within 24 hours Sept. 27-28 from the Agency's ...
EU 'cautiously optimistic' on global pact to curb aviation emissions
Sep 30, 2016 (AFP)
Negotiations for a freeze, or even a reduction, in greenhouse gas emissions from civil aviation are making progress, Europe's transport commissioner said Friday...
NASA, China to collaborate on Air Traffic Management Research
Sep 30, 2016 (SPX)
NASA and the Chinese Aeronautical Establishment (CAE) have signed a memorandum of understanding to cooperate on aeronautics research that will advance air trans...
Mexico receives upgraded Panther helo from Airbus
Sep 29, 2016 (UPI)
Airbus Helicopters reports it has delivered the first of ten AS565 MBe multirole helicopters ordered by the Mexican navy. The aircraft will be operated by Mexic...
Inquiry says MH17 shot down by missile brought into Ukraine from Russia
Sep 28, 2016 (AFP)
The missile that downed flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine was transported from Russia, a criminal inquiry revealed Wednesday, as it announced that about 100 peop...
Boeing rolls out first P-8A Poseidon for Australia
Sep 28, 2016 (UPI)
The first of 12 P-8A Poseidon aircraft for the Royal Australian Air Force has been unveiled by Boeing at a rollout ceremony in Seattle, Wash. The maritime patro...
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