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CAE expands C-130 training facility in Florida

Mar 08, 2016 (UPI)

CAE USA has announced the expansion of its C-130 training center in Florida with the addition of a new C-130H/L-382 full-mission simulator. The new CAE simulato...

NASA balloon team aiming to break flight duration record

Mar 07, 2016 (SPX)

After years of tests and development, NASA's Balloon Program team is on the cusp of expanding the envelope in high-altitude, heavy-lift ballooning with its supe...

Chinese MH370 relatives file suit in Beijing

Mar 07, 2016 (AFP)

Relatives of a dozen Chinese passengers aboard missing flight MH370 filed suits against Malaysia Airlines, Boeing, Rolls Royce and others Monday, a day before t...

Two years on, MH370 kin want search extended

Mar 06, 2016 (AFP)

Families devastated by the loss of flight MH370 vowed Sunday never to quit fighting for answers in the aviation mystery and said the huge search for the Malaysi...

DARPA Announces VTOL X-Plane Phase 2 Design

Mar 04, 2016 (SPX)

For decades, aircraft designers seeking to improve vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) capabilities have endured a substantial set of interrelated challenges. D...

Second KC-46A tanker in first test flight

Mar 04, 2016 (UPI)

Boeing's second KC-46A tanker/refueler has performed its first test flight, with test pilots conducting checks on engines, flight controls and environmental sys...

Finland receives new helo from Airbus Helicopters

Mar 03, 2016 (UPI)

Airbus Helicopters has announced the delivery of the first of two H215 heavy-lift utility aircraft to Finland's Border Guard. The helicopter arrived in Finland ...

Learn how to fly a plane from expert-pilot brainwave patterns

Mar 03, 2016 (SPX)

Dr. Matthew Phillips and his team of investigators from HRL's Information and System Sciences Laboratory used transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) in ...

China revs up new aero-engine group

Mar 03, 2016 (AFP)

Aerospace giant Aviation Industry Corp. of China (AVIC) on Thursday announced the leadership for a new Chinese jet engine conglomerate that could one day compet...

Malaysia, Australia move to retrieve suspected aircraft debris

Mar 03, 2016 (AFP)

Australian and Malaysian officials were moving to retrieve and examine suspected aircraft wreckage found on the east African coast to determine whether it came ...

Post-sanctions Iran invites Boeing for talks: minister

Mar 03, 2016 (AFP)

Iran has invited US plane manufacturer Boeing for talks on modernising its fleet, Transport Minister Abbas Akhoundi said Thursday, weeks after Tehran's nuclear ...

Sustainment deal for Iraqi planes approved

Mar 02, 2016 (UPI)

Iraq is seeking a five-year sustainment package from the United States for its fleet of Beechcraft King Air 350 aircraft, the U.S. military reports. The propose...

Lockheed integrating JASSM capability onto Polish planes

Mar 02, 2016 (UPI)

Lockheed Martin is to support integration of Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missiles onto additional Polish Air Force F-16C/D aircraft. The award from the U.S. A...

Antonov transports to be built in Saudi Arabia

Mar 02, 2016 (UPI)

Antonov, the Ukrainian aircraft manufacture, is to open a facility in Saudi Arabia with Taqnia Aeronautics and produce AN-132 multi-purpose transport planes. Th...

Mozambique debris likely same model plane as MH370: Malaysia

Mar 02, 2016 (AFP)

Suspected aircraft debris has been found on the coast of Mozambique, and Malaysia's transport minister said Wednesday there was a "high possibility" it came fro...

Airbus starts work on new China facility

Mar 02, 2016 (AFP)

Europe's largest aircraft manufacturer Airbus started construction Wednesday on a new facility to deliver wide-body planes in China, as it faces off against bit...

Fresh rally against French airport plans

Mar 01, 2016 (AFP)

Thousands of demonstrators, some arriving by bicycle, some driving tractors, rallied Saturday to protest at a controversial airport development near the western...

Kuwait MPs approve extra $500 mln for Eurofighter jets

Mar 01, 2016 (AFP)

Kuwait's parliament on Tuesday approved a bill allowing the government of the oil-rich Gulf state to spend an additional $500 million on buying Eurofighter "Typ...

BAE Systems developing new EW capability

Mar 01, 2016 (UPI)

BAE Systems is to develop an ultra-wideband sensor for the U.S. Navy for rapid detection, identification and location of RF signal emitters over all threat band...

NASA Begins Work to Build a Quieter Supersonic Passenger Jet

Mar 01, 2016 (SPX)

The return of supersonic passenger air travel is one step closer to reality with NASA's award of a contract for the preliminary design of a "low boom" flight de...