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State Department approves $500M sale of 2 Gulfstream 550 jets to Italy

Dec 15, 2020 (UPI)

According to the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, Italy's government requested two aircraft and supporting equipment including four Multifunctional Informat...

Marine Corps, Air Force test data sharing on F-22, F-35

Dec 15, 2020 (UPI)

According to the Air Force, the test was the latest demonstration of the network architecture underpinning its Advanced Battle Management System. Fifth-generati...

Lockheed Martin Flies Real-Time, Mission Enabling Kubernetes Onboard U-2

Dec 15, 2020 (SPX)

"The U-2 Kubernetes demonstration from mid-November not only advances the deployment pipeline for in-flight software upgrades but also operationally extends the...

NASA's Supersonic X-59 Assembly Team Marks Wing Milestone

Dec 15, 2020 (SPX)

They are the kind of moments that prompt you to reflect on your work so far, bask in the glow of your accomplishment, and be inspired to continue toward the end...

Lockheed nets $900M for first industry-based F-16 depot in U.S.

Dec 14, 2020 (UPI)

The 10-year contract was awarded to Lockheed Martin, which will use its Greenville, S.C., site to provide depot-level maintenance and modernization of the plane...

B-1B bomber carries, launches missile externally for first time, Air Force says

Dec 14, 2020 (UPI)

The "external weapon release demonstration" at Holloman Air Force Base, N.M., on Dec. 4 followed a similar test in November. That demonstration included an iner...

Hill AFB demonstrates quick launch of F-35As

Dec 11, 2020 (UPI)

A base exercise last week involved interception of two civilian aircraft over the Utah Test and Training Range of the base in a quick-alert action. It was the f...

DARPA Gremlins Project Completes Third Flight Test Deployment

Dec 11, 2020 (SPX)

Nine attempts were made at mechanical engagement of the GAVs to the docking bullet extended from a C-130 aircraft, but relative movement was more dynamic than e...

Beating the heat: Oxidation in novel coating material for aircraft gas turbine engines

Dec 10, 2020 (SPX)

Unfortunately, existing coating layers cannot fully prevent this oxidization to SiO2 because oxygen can permeate through microscopic cracks in these layers or b...

United Airlines aims to offset emissions by 2050 via carbon capture

Dec 10, 2020 (AFP)

United said it plans to invest several million dollars in a company that specializes in such technology, 1PointFive, which was created by Occidental Petroleum C...

Chuck Yeager, first pilot to break sound barrier, dies aged 97

Dec 08, 2020 (AFP)

"It is w/ profound sorrow, I must tell you that my life love General Chuck Yeager passed just before 9pm ET," Victoria Yeager tweeted on her husband's account. ...

Aviation legend Chuck Yeager dies age 97

Dec 08, 2020 (AFP)

"It is w/ profound sorrow, I must tell you that my life love General Chuck Yeager passed just before 9pm ET," Victoria Yeager tweeted on her husband's account. ...

Chinese investors sue Ukraine for $3.5 bn over engine maker

Dec 07, 2020 (AFP)

Chinese investors hold a 75 percent stake of Motor Sich, a large producer of aircraft and helicopter engines that is based in central Ukraine. Shares of Motor S...

Balloon firm plans test to later take tourists to edge of space

Dec 07, 2020 (UPI)

Arizona-based Space Perspective has announced plans to launch the balloon from Kennedy Space Center's former space shuttle landing strip, sending it on an hour'...

The Airbus Zephyr, Solar High Altitude Platform Station (HAPS) concludes a successful new test flight campaign in Arizona, USA

Dec 07, 2020 (SPX)

The 2020 flight campaign succeeded despite global slowdowns due to the Covid19 pandemic. It focused on aircraft agility, control and operations to build upon pr...

U.S. B-52, joined by NATO fighter planes, completes Barents Sea exercise

Dec 04, 2020 (UPI)

The mission emphasized integration exercises over the remote Arctic sea between the bomber from the 5th Bomb Wing of Minot Air Force Base, N.D., and F-16 fighte...

Low flight hour causing more military crashes: report

Dec 03, 2020 (UPI)

The report, released Thursday, said pilots are spending more time on assignments away from the cockpit and that the lack of flight hours is "increasing risk." M...

Scientists solve big limitation of stratospheric balloon payloads

Dec 03, 2020 (SPX)

Earth's atmosphere blocks most of this light, and space missions are an ideal but prohibitively expensive way to explore it. So scientists are turning to huge s...

CH-53K King Stallion helicopter simulator is ready for training

Dec 02, 2020 (UPI)

The suite of portable training devices was declared "Ready for Training" at Marine Corps Air Station New River in North Carolina. "These training devices will p...

NASA Centers Collaborate to Advance Quiet Supersonic Technology During Pandemic

Nov 25, 2020 (SPX)

Using their available labs, Kennedy Space Center in Florida is building tools in collaboration with Armstrong Flight Research Center in California, which NASA w...