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Boeing gets $45M contract for KC-46 training system
Jul 13, 2016 (UPI)
Boeing has been awarded a $45 million U.S. Air Force contract to develop, produce and sustain a KC-46 Pegasus maintenance training system. The company will prov...
How a NASA Engineer Created the Modern Airplane Wing
Jul 13, 2016 (SPX)
Once dubbed "the man who could see air," NASA engineer Richard T. Whitcomb used a combination of visualization and intuition to revolutionize modern aviation - ...
Lessor to buy 30 Chinese planes 'for Indonesian airline'
Jul 12, 2016 (AFP)
An aircraft leasing company will buy 30 of China's homegrown regional jets for an Indonesian airline to use, a statement said, just two weeks after the ARJ21 ma...
U.K. announces $2.3 billion Apache helicopter deal
Jul 11, 2016 (UPI)
The U.K. Ministry of Defense on Monday announced a $2.3 billion deal to buy 50 AH-64E Apache helicopters from Boeing for the army. The new Apaches, already in s...
Boeing sees 20yr demand beating targets as inks China deal
Jul 11, 2016 (AFP)
Boeing on Monday boosted its 20-year forecast for the global aircraft market, lifted by demand from budget carriers and emerging markets, as it revealed a new m...
Lockheed Martin gets $559 million for Lot 10 F-35s
Jul 08, 2016 (UPI)
Lockheed Martin has received a $559 million U.S. Navy contract for low rate initial production of Lot 10 F-35 Lightning II fighters. The cost-plus-incentive-fee...
Lockheed gets $500M Canadian C130-J support contract
Jul 08, 2016 (UPI)
Lockheed Martin has received a 5-year, $500 million contract extension to provide support services for Canada's C-130J aircraft, the company announced Friday. T...
Bell Boeing gets $73 million Osprey contract
Jul 08, 2016 (UPI)
Bell Boeing Joint Project Office has received a $73 million U.S. Navy contract for the manufacture and delivery of one CV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft. The job...
Lockheed gets $93 million for F-35 electronic components
Jul 07, 2016 (UPI)
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics has received a $93 million U.S. Navy contract modification for Lot 14 and Lot 15 F-35 Lightning II aircraft production. The work wil...
China firm declares success in $1.5 bn Swiss offer
Jul 07, 2016 (AFP)
Chinese conglomerate HNA on Thursday declared Thursday its $1.5 billion offer for a Swiss airline catering company had been successful, after it lowered the min...
Lockheed gets C-130J contract modification
Jul 06, 2016 (UPI)
Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $20 million U.S. Air Force contract modification for engineering change proposals on the C-130J Super Hercules. The work will...
Seven killed in Turkey military chopper crash: army
Jul 05, 2016 (AFP)
Seven people, including children, were killed and eight others injured when a Turkish military helicopter crashed Tuesday, apparently in fog, in the northeaster...
China firm's $1.5 bn offer for Swiss caterer misses first mark
Jul 04, 2016 (AFP)
A $1.5 billion Chinese offer for Swiss airline catering firm gategroup has just failed to meet the minimum acceptance level by the first deadline, the two compa...
Air Force awards two $1 billion contracts for next-gen engine
Jul 01, 2016 (UPI)
GE Aviation and Pratt & Whitney have each received U.S. Air Force contracts to develop the service's next generation of propulsion systems. GE Aviation received...
Lockheed receives $323 million F-35 contract
Jul 01, 2016 (UPI)
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co. has been awarded a $323 million U.S. Navy contract for a laboratory to provide an integrated reprogramming capability to build...
Hindustan Aeronautics hands over first Tejas jets
Jul 01, 2016 (UPI)
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited handed over the first two Tejas jets to India's air force Friday, the country's Aeronautical Development Agency announced. The jet...
First British F-35 completes transatlantic crossing
Jul 01, 2016 (UPI)
The first of Britain's next-generation stealth fighters touched down in the U.K. for the first time, the Royal Air Force announced Thursday. The F-35B Lightning...
Air Force debuts Pave Hawk replacement helicopter
Jun 29, 2016 (UPI)
The U.S. Air Force introduced its first fully built HH-60G Pave Hawk Operational Replacement helicopter during a ceremony Tuesday in Hunstville, Ala. The Pave H...
Made in China plane makes first commercial flight
Jun 28, 2016 (AFP)
China's homegrown regional jet made its first commercial flight Tuesday, operator Chengdu Airlines said, after years of delays raised questions about the countr...
Taiwan cabin crew end strike after China Airlines concessions
Jun 24, 2016 (AFP)
Taiwan's first ever strike by cabin crew, which left 20,000 passengers without flights, ended Friday after China Airlines bowed to almost all of staff's demands...
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