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Ukraine plans to deliver world's largest jet to China
Sep 07, 2016 (AFP)
Ukraine said on Wednesday it may deliver the world's largest jet -- originally developed for the Soviet Union's abandoned space shuttle programme -- to China wi...
Lockheed gets $8.2 million order for presidential helicopter work
Sep 07, 2016 (UPI)
Lockheed Martin Logistics Services has been awarded a $8.2 million U.S. Navy delivery order for avionics work supporting the VH-92A Presidential Helicopter Prog...
US to give Philippines military planes: govt
Sep 07, 2016 (AFP)
The United States is giving the Philippines two used military aircraft, the coast guard said Wednesday, to help Manila expand sea patrols in the face of territo...
Altitude data to blame for mystery F-18 crash in Switzerland
Sep 06, 2016 (AFP)
A Swiss F/A-18 warplane smashed into the Alps after flight controllers told the pilot to fly far below a safe altitude, investigators probing the mystery incide...
Sierra Nevada receives $7.8 million F/A-18 support order
Sep 06, 2016 (UPI)
Sierra Nevada Corp. has received a $7.8 million U.S. Navy delivery order for work related to the F/A-18 Hornet. The ceiling-priced delivery order under a previo...
PKL Services gets $495 million Saudi F-15 support contract
Sep 02, 2016 (UPI)
PKL Services has been awarded a $495 million U.S. Air Force contract for work on the Royal Saudi Air Force's F-15 fleet. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quan...
Boeing receives $52 million for F/A-18 aircraft doors
Sep 01, 2016 (UPI)
Boeing has been awarded a maximum $52 million delivery order for work on the F/A-18 Super Hornet aircraft. The firm-fixed-price delivery order against a five-ye...
Sikorsky to produce 24 Black Hawk helicopters for Taiwan
Sep 01, 2016 (UPI)
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. has received a $135 million U.S. Army contract modification covering a foreign military sale of UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters to Taiwan....
More Su-34 bombers delivered to Russian Air Force
Aug 31, 2016 (UPI)
Russia's Ministry of Defense has received additional Su-34 bombers from Sukhoi, a subsidiary of United Aircraft Corp. The Su-34, designated by NATO as the Fullb...
Sikorksy gets $158 million Black Hawk contract modification
Aug 31, 2016 (UPI)
Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation has been awarded a $158 million U.S. Army contract modification for Black Hawk helicopters. The modification exercises an option f...
First satellite-based wildlife monitoring tool for airports
Aug 31, 2016 (ESA)
Wildlife habitats close to airports pose a serious risk to safety at takeoff and landing. Thanks to ESA, a new service lets airports use satellites to identify ...
U.S. Air Force conducts F-35 weapons tests
Aug 30, 2016 (UPI)
The U.S. Air Force recently completed a monthlong weapons firing test surge for the F-35 Lightning II aircraft, the service announced Monday. The tests involved...
Cubic Gobal Defense to support Navy and Marine pilot training
Aug 30, 2016 (UPI)
Cubic Global Defense is to support U.S. Navy and Marine Corps aviation training under a Naval Air Warfare Center, Training Systems Division task order. The five...
Maiden flight for first Japanese F-35
Aug 29, 2016 (UPI)
The first F-35 Lightning II fighter built for Japan has performed its maiden flight with a Lockheed Martin test pilot at the controls. The aircraft, designated ...
China's H-6K bomber to be showcased at first public event
Aug 29, 2016 (UPI)
China's H-6K medium and long range bomber will be open to the public for the first time this week, the official People's Liberation Army Daily reported. The bom...
Wheels up for China's new aero-engine group
Aug 29, 2016 (AFP)
China officially launched a new multi-billion dollar jet engine conglomerate with almost 100,000 employees at the weekend, as Beijing seeks to become an aerospa...
Afghan air force gets more MD-530 helicopters
Aug 26, 2016 (UPI)
The U.S. Air Force this week has delivered the final four of 27 MD-530 Cayuse Warrior helicopters to the Afghan air force in the capital city of Kabul. The heli...
Australia to study drift of MH370 debris
Aug 24, 2016 (AFP)
Replicas of a large piece of debris from missing Malaysia Airlines jet MH370 will be set adrift and tracked by satellite in the hope of helping find the plane's...
Lockheed Martin gets max $10B contract for Air Force C-130J production
Aug 22, 2016 (UPI)
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics has received U.S. Air Force contract worth a maximum $10 billion for the C-130J Super Hercules production program. The indefinite-de...
United Kingdom orders additional Zephyr
Aug 19, 2016 (SPX)
The United Kingdom's Ministry of Defence has announced its intention to exercise an option for the manufacture and operation of a third Airbus Zephyr S High Alt...
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