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Ukraine given parts, not whole aircraft, by allies: Pentagon

Apr 20, 2022 (AFP)

Pentagon spokesman John Kirby retracted his statement from Tuesday that Ukraine had received fighter jets from an unnamed ally, after weeks of speculation that ...

NASA's X-59 arrives back in California following critical ground tests

Apr 19, 2022 (SPX)

Ground tests on the X-59 were done to ensure the aircraft's ability to withstand the loads and stresses of supersonic flight - or flight at speeds faster than M...

Northrop Grumman UH-60V OpenLift Ready for All-Weather Operations

Apr 19, 2022 (SPX)

"Achieving IFR airworthiness is a major milestone for the UH-60V with OpenLift.," said Lindsay McEwen, vice president, navigation, targeting and survivability, ...

China Eastern resumes Boeing 737-800 flights after crash

Apr 17, 2022 (AFP)

Flight MU5843, operating the 800 variant of the 737, departed the southwestern city of Kunming at 9:58 am local time (0158 GMT) and landed in Chengdu at 11:03 a...

Romania suspends use of Soviet-era fighter jets

Apr 15, 2022 (AFP)

The announcement came one day after the Romanian military reported that a MiG-21 jet experienced a problem with its landing gear. "The measure was taken because...

Space balloon company offers first look at luxury cabins

Apr 12, 2022 (AFP)

Space Perspective on Tuesday revealed illustrations of its swish cabins, which it hopes to start launching from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida from late 20...

Wreckage of world's largest plane testament to Kyiv's defence

Apr 08, 2022 (AFP)

The Antonov An-225 Mriya -- a cargo-lift plane with an 88 metre (290 feet) wingspan that is the largest wingspan of any aircraft in operational service -- has b...

Hydrogen fuel cell technology key to Germany's energy future

Apr 07, 2022 (SPX)

The project opens up a technological perspective for future regional aircraft with 40 seats. The Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action presen...

Hong Kong leader defends Covid flight ban policy

Apr 07, 2022 (AFP)

The city's airport was previously one of the world's busiest but has been largely cut off throughout the pandemic as Hong Kong hews to China's strict zero-Covid...

US approves sale of eight F-16 combat aircraft to Bulgaria

Apr 04, 2022 (AFP)

"The proposed sale will improve Bulgaria's capability to meet current and future threats by enabling the Bulgarian Air Force to deploy modern fighter aircraft r...

US helping China with cockpit recorder of jetliner that crashed

Apr 02, 2022 (AFP)

The China Eastern jetliner was flying between the cities of Kunming and Guangzhou on March 21 when it nosedived into a mountainside, disintegrating on impact an...

Algeria fighter jet crash kills pilot

Mar 29, 2022 (AFP)

The MiG-29 went down "because of a technical fault, directly after taking off from Bousfer airbase" in the province of Oran, it said late Monday. The pilot and ...

Cathay plans world's longest passenger flight, avoids Russian airspace

Mar 29, 2022 (AFP)

The flight path will cover "just under 9,000 nautical miles" (10,357 miles) -- or 16,668 kilometres -- in 16 to 17 hours, Cathay said in a statement to AFP. It ...

NASA Awards Balloon Operations Follow-On Contract

Mar 28, 2022 (SPX)

The NASA Balloon Operations Contract II provides cost-plus-fixed-fee core requirements and indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, cost-plus-fixed-fee task ord...

Canada to buy 88 F-35 fighter jets from Lockheed Martin

Mar 28, 2022 (AFP)

The F-35 "has proven to be a mature, capable and interoperable aircraft and that is why we are moving to the finalization phase of this procurement," Defense Mi...

Advanced Air Mobility looks ahead to automation

Mar 28, 2022 (SPX)

Advanced Air Mobility, or AAM, aircraft intend to apply that same idea with new software algorithms and hardware such as sensors and radars. Technology like thi...

Second black box of crashed China Eastern plane recovered

Mar 27, 2022 (AFP)

The Boeing 737-800 was flying between the cities of Kunming and Guangzhou on Monday when it nosedived into a mountainside, disintegrating on impact and killing ...

Hong Kong halves flight suspensions triggered by Covid cases

Mar 27, 2022 (AFP)

Once a global logistics and transportation hub, Hong Kong has imposed some of the world's harshest travel restrictions under its zero-Covid policy. One of these...

Second black box of crashed China Eastern plane recovered: state media

Mar 27, 2022 (AFP)

The jet was flying between the cities of Kunming and Guangzhou on Monday when it nosedived into a mountainside with 132 people on board, all of whom were killed...

All 132 on crashed China Eastern plane confirmed dead

Mar 26, 2022 (AFP)

Dozens of victims' relatives have been waiting for days as rescue teams combed heavily forested slopes for plane debris and signs of survivors from Monday's dis...