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U.S. Air Force announces next locations for new C-130J cargo planes
Nov 25, 2020 (UPI)
Louisville Air National Guard Base in Kentucky, McLaughlin ANGB in West Virginia and Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base in Texas are set to start receiving ei...
Research initiative pioneers sustainable flight
Nov 25, 2020 (SPX)
The purely growth-driven strategies that have characterised the aviation industry for decades cannot carry on into the future. The ZEMA Group believes that sust...
B-1B Lancer bomber can carry hypersonic weapon externally, test shows
Nov 25, 2020 (UPI)
The "external captive carry" test was conducted last week by the 412th Test Wing's 419th Flight Test Squadron at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., the Air Force s...
U.S. B-52s participate in back-to-back exercises led by Colombia, Ecuador
Nov 24, 2020 (UPI)
According to the Air Force, on Nov. 8 the aircraft participated in Brother's Shield, which was led by the Colombian air force, and in UNITAS LXI, led this year ...
June crash of F-15C attributed to pilot's spatial disorientation
Nov 23, 2020 (UPI)
The tactical fighter plane crashed into the North Sea during a training exercise, near the Royal Air Force Lakenheath base, killing the pilot, 1st Lt. Kenneth A...
China maintains ban on Boeing 737 MAX flights
Nov 20, 2020 (AFP)
Boeing's best-selling aircraft was grounded worldwide early last year following two crashes that killed 346 passengers. It has since faced lengthy tests and app...
Five countries to collaborate on NATO's next helicopters
Nov 20, 2020 (UPI)
A letter of intent for the Next-Generation Rotorcraft Capability, involving the construction of medium multi-role helicopters, was signed by representatives of ...
Fantasy to Reality: NASA Pushes Electric Flight Envelope
Nov 20, 2020 (SPX)
To that end, NASA's work in Electrified Aircraft Propulsion (EAP) is focused on the use of electric motors and generators to help power a plane's flight. While ...
Lockheed, U.S. government offer to sell 40 F-35As to Swiss air force
Nov 19, 2020 (UPI)
According to Lockheed Martin, the offering also includes an industrial package that would provide Swiss industry with work opportunities in all regions of the c...
Safran to equip eFlyer with ENGINeUS electric smart motors
Nov 18, 2020 (SPX)
Bye Aerospace is FAA-certifying the two-seat, all-electric eFlyer 2 for the professional flight training mission and the four-seat eFlyer 4 for air-taxi and adv...
Indian navy receives first of four P-8Is under 2016 deal with Boeing
Nov 18, 2020 (UPI)
The plane is the first delivered under an option contract, signed in 2016, for four additional aircraft, the remaining three of which are expected to arrive in ...
Taiwan grounds all F16 jets after one goes missing
Nov 18, 2020 (AFP)
The decision removes around 150 planes from Taiwan's skies, leaving the democratic island relying on an even more limited fleet to warn off Chinese jets that ha...
US senators seek to stop sale of advanced jets to UAE
Nov 18, 2020 (AFP)
Even if the three can persuade a majority in Congress to oppose the $23 billion package, lawmakers would face an uphill climb to override a veto by outgoing Pre...
Anytime, Anywhere: Keeping LITENING ready
Nov 17, 2020 (SPX)
They are LITENING advanced targeting pods, used by aviators worldwide to carry out targeting, surveillance, intelligence, search and rescue, and humanitarian re...
Air Force, Navy, Marines participate in joint exercise over Indo-Pacific
Nov 17, 2020 (UPI)
According to the Air Force, a B-1B assigned to the 34th Bomb Squadron at Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota integrated with the 9th Expeditionary Bomb Squ...
USAF F-16s move from Germany to UAE
Nov 16, 2020 (UPI)
Planes of the 480th Fighter Squadron, 52nd Fighter Wing, deployed at Spangdahlem Air Base, arrived last week at Al Dhafra Air Base, UAE, the command said. Altho...
NASA's using augmented reality to transform air traffic management
Nov 13, 2020 (SPX)
NASA is using the same technologies to make useful information about all kinds of vehicles in our skies, like drones, more widely available to those who need it...
U.S. Navy to buy TH-73A helicopters in $171M deal
Nov 13, 2020 (UPI)
The deal, revealed on Thursday, is a contract modification for production and delivery of 36 TH-73A aircraft in support of the Navy's Advanced Helicopter Traini...
Senate raises concern about potential $24B sale of F-35s, Reapers to UAE
Nov 13, 2020 (UPI)
This week the State Department approved three weapons deals, of $10.4 billion for 50 F-35A Joint Strike Fighter Conventional Take-Off and Landing aircraft, $10 ...
Boeing lifts China plane demand outlook as economy picks up
Nov 12, 2020 (AFP)
The world aviation industry has been shattered by the virus, but China has largely brought it under control and while international flights are limited, the cou...
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