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Families of Malaysia Airlines plane crash victims call for new search
Nov 27, 2023 (AFP)
The MH370 jet vanished on March 8, 2014, carrying 239 people -- mostly from China -- en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. More than 40 families have filed law...
Israeli strikes put Damascus airport out of service again: monitor
Nov 26, 2023 (AFP)
"Israeli warplanes on Sunday afternoon carried out a new raid targeting Damascus international airport... putting it out of service again," said the Britain-bas...
Philippines, Australia launch joint air and sea patrols
Nov 25, 2023 (AFP)
The "maritime cooperative activity" comes days after the United States held a similar exercise with the Philippines in the South China Sea, which Beijing claims...
Navy aircraft with 9 crew members crashes into water off Hawaii
Nov 21, 2023 (UPI)
All crew members managed to escape the P-8A Poseidon aircraft, after the crash water landing around 1:57 p.m. The plane was seen sitting upright in Kaneohe Bay ...
X-59 gets a Patriotic makeover
Nov 21, 2023 (SPX)
The X-59's new paint scheme is not just a cosmetic upgrade but also plays a crucial role in the aircraft's functionality. According to the press release, the pa...
Japan PM voices 'serious concerns' to Xi on Chinese military activity, Russia collaboration
Nov 17, 2023 (AFP)
"I... expressed our serious concerns over China's increasing military activity near Japan, including its collaboration with Russia," Kishida said after meeting ...
Cambodia opens Chinese-funded airport to serve Angkor temple tourists
Nov 16, 2023 (AFP)
Phnom Penh became one of Beijing's strongest regional allies under former strongman leader Hun Sen, with the Southeast Asian nation receiving huge sums of Chine...
NASA C-130 makes first-ever flight to Antarctica for GUSTO balloon mission
Nov 16, 2023 (SPX)
The C-130 crew, which has now completed half of the 26,400-nautical-mile round-trip journey, first stopped at Fort Cavazos, Texas, on Oct. 17, to load the GUSTO...
NATO to modernise surveillance jets in face of Russia threat
Nov 15, 2023 (AFP)
"The production of the six new Boeing E-7A Wedgetail aircraft is set to begin in the coming years, with the first aircraft expected to be ready for operational ...
Next-Gen Propulsion: Key to U.S. Air Dominance and Tactical Air Warfare
Nov 14, 2023 (SPX)
Central to the NGAD's success is the Next Generation Adaptive Propulsion (NGAP) program, which is redefining the propulsion technology landscape. As the heart o...
Netherlands shelves plan to cut Schiphol flights
Nov 14, 2023 (AFP)
The proposals to trim the number of Schiphol flights from 500,000 to 460,000 from next year faced too many legal headwinds, Infrastructure Minister Mark Harbers...
Advancing Technology for Aeronautics
Nov 08, 2023 (SPX)
NASA's public prize competitions, challenges, and crowdsourcing activities illuminate what is on the horizon for air and aviation on Earth. These research and d...
First F-16 jets sent to Romania to train Ukrainian pilots: Dutch
Nov 07, 2023 (AFP)
The United States in August approved the transfer of Dutch and Danish US-made warplanes to Ukraine to strengthen Kyiv's Soviet-era air force in its war against ...
AFRL announces Airlift Challenge, AI-Based Planning Competition
Nov 06, 2023 (SPX)
The online event, which is open to the public through challenge.gov, seeks to advance state-of-the-art planning algorithms for executing airlift operations. The...
China blasts 'malicious' Canada air patrol after latest intercept
Nov 04, 2023 (AFP)
Canada's Defence Minister Bill Blair said Friday that a Chinese fighter jet twice flew close to a Canadian Cyclone helicopter over the Paracel Islands on Octobe...
NASA completes key step in aviation safety research
Nov 03, 2023 (SPX)
The project recently completed Technical Challenge 1 (TC-1), Terminal Area Risk Management, the first step towards achieving what is known as an In-Time Aviatio...
Canada slams China over second 'unsafe' aircraft intercept in two weeks
Nov 03, 2023 (AFP)
Blair said at a news conference that a Chinese fighter jet on October 29 twice flew close to a Canadian Cyclone helicopter near the Paracel Islands, in the Sout...
French jets join NATO drills in Romania to bolster defence
Oct 27, 2023 (AFP)
Following Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, NATO has stepped up its efforts to boost the alliance's southeastern flank defences by sending addition...
Officials: Chinese fighter jet came dangerously close to colliding with U.S. B-52
Oct 26, 2023 (UPI)
The U.S. Indo-Pacific Command said the U.S. aircraft was lawfully conducting routine operations in international airspace when a People's Republic of China J-11...
France says talking to Saudi about Rafale fighter sale
Oct 23, 2023 (AFP)
Sebastien Lecornu told reporters there were "discussions" between Rafale maker Dassault Aviation and Saudi Arabia about a potential sale but gave no details. We...
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