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Greek Air Force pilot killed in training flight

Dec 27, 2023 (UPI)

Commander Sotirios Maggotsios said in a statement that a T-2E Buckeye aircraft was performing a training flight when it crashed on its return about a half-nauti...

New military-run airline takes off in Mexico

Dec 26, 2023 (AFP)

The launch of Mexicana de Aviacion comes after the government announced in August that it was buying the brand of the carrier that went bankrupt 13 years ago. I...

Dutch prepare delivery of F-16 jets to Ukraine

Dec 22, 2023 (AFP)

With US approval, Denmark and the Netherlands announced in August they would provide up to 61 jets, once Ukrainian pilots had been trained up. Approval is requi...

China and Nicaragua sign loan for international airport

Dec 22, 2023 (AFP)

The deal follows a phone call this week between Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Nicaraguan counterpart Daniel Ortega. China and Nicaragua reestablished dip...

NASA flies drones autonomously for Air Taxi Research

Dec 22, 2023 (SPX)

"Flying the vehicles beyond visual line of sight, where neither the vehicle nor the airspace is monitored using direct human observation, demonstrates years of ...

Boeing delivers first plane to Chinese airline since 2019

Dec 22, 2023 (AFP)

Boeing said on Thursday that the 787 Dreamliner plane was being delivered to Juneyao Airlines. The jet departed from Everett, Washington, and landed at Shanghai...

Rep. James Comer asks Pentagon for details on grounded Osprey aircraft

Dec 21, 2023 (UPI)

In a letter to the Pentagon, Comer, R-Ky., wrote that the committee "remains concerned about the safety and performance issues surrounding the Osprey program" a...

Spain orders 16 Airbus military aircraft

Dec 21, 2023 (AFP)

Airbus said the C295 planes will be fully designed and made in Spain and strengthen the armed forces' anti-submarine, surveillance, reconnaissance and search an...

Taiwan detects another Chinese balloon crossing median line

Dec 19, 2023 (AFP)

Chinese balloons became a politically fraught topic in February when the United States shot down what it called a spy balloon over its territory, with Beijing s...

French hybrid electric plane picks up US order

Dec 19, 2023 (AFP)

The deal, which includes an option for a further 100 aircraft, takes to nearly 500 the number of the 19-seater Electric Regional Aircraft (ERA). The aircraft, w...

Inventor of air conditioning helped chill NASA wind tunnels

Dec 15, 2023 (SPX)

NACA engineers were experts in wind tunnel design, but simulating 30,000-foot altitudes to test full-sized engines in the new facility posed several unique chal...

NASA Awards Turbofan Engine Core Technology Demonstration Contract

Dec 15, 2023 (SPX)

HyTEC is an integral part of NASA's Advanced Air Vehicles program, established to expedite the development of small core technologies for turbofan engines. The ...

German army orders 62 Airbus military helicopters

Dec 14, 2023 (AFP)

A German defence ministry spokeswoman confirmed the order was signed on Wednesday after being approved by the parliament's budget committee. The amount of the t...

Japan, UK, Italy sign joint fighter jet treaty

Dec 14, 2023 (AFP)

"This combat air aircraft, due to take to the skies by 2035, aims to harness next-generation technologies and become one of the world's most advanced, interoper...

Britain, Japan, Italy sign $32B treaty to develop next-generation fighter jet

Dec 14, 2023 (UPI)

The defense ministers of the three countries inked the treaty in Tokyo committing their joint Global Combat Air Program to deliver one of the most "advanced, in...

China shows off homegrown C919 jet in Hong Kong

Dec 13, 2023 (AFP)

The C919 made its maiden commercial flight in May and is key to Beijing's decades-long ambitions to compete with European and US rivals in the air and cut down ...

U.S. pilot ejects as F-16 crashes off South Korean coast

Dec 11, 2023 (UPI)

South Korean maritime forces rescued the pilot after Air Force officials said that it appeared the fighter jet experienced an inflight emergency over the Yellow...

NASA and Moog advance quiet flight technology in air taxi noise tests

Dec 11, 2023 (SPX)

Central to this endeavor is the development of vertiports - specialized airports for vertical takeoff and landing vehicles. NASA's role involves providing vital...

US F-16 fighter jet crashes in S. Korea during training exercise: Yonhap

Dec 11, 2023 (AFP)

"The jet crashed into the waters after taking off from an air base in Gunsan, 178 kilometers south of Seoul," the agency reported, referring to waters in the Ye...

Erdogan links Sweden's NATO bid to F-16 sale

Dec 08, 2023 (AFP)

Sweden and Finland dropped decades of military non-alignment and sought the nuclear protection afforded by the US-led defence organisation in response to Russia...