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Hong Kong airport to resume limited transit services
May 26, 2020 (AFP)
Hong Kong's airport is one of the world's busiest but arrivals and flights have collapsed in the wake of the global pandemic. "Transit services at the airport, ...
Russia begins building first stealth bomber
May 26, 2020 (AFP)
Quoting defence industry sources, TASS said the state-controlled United Aircraft Corporation was overseeing the project. It said material was being shipped for ...
UAVenture Capital spins off FreeFall Aerospace to form FreeFall 5G
May 25, 2020 (SPX)
FreeFall Aerospace was one of UAVC's first investments in 2018 and has rapidly developed antenna systems designed to revolutionize communication both in space a...
Senators call for investigation of KC-46 problems
May 22, 2020 (UPI)
In a letter, Sens. James Lankford, R-Okla., Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., and Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., demanded "periodic assessments" of the progress made by builder B...
Boeing receives $27.7 million for Poseidon upgrades
May 22, 2020 (UPI)
The contract, announced on Thursday, calls for upgrades to Poseidon aircraft of the U.S. Navy and the militaries of Britain and Australia. The majority of the w...
Air Force removes minimum height requirement for pilots
May 21, 2020 (UPI)
According to the service, the change -- which took effect May 13 -- is part of an effort to encourage a more diverse pool of applicants to pursue careers in avi...
Making Future Vertical Lift Open, Safe and Secure
May 20, 2020 (SPX)
The heart of this family of aircraft will be the digital backbone, which includes the future attack reconnaissance aircraft (FARA) and the future long-range ass...
Lockheed Martin Announces Proactive Measures To Mitigate COVID-19 Impacts To F-35 Production
May 20, 2020 (SPX)
Lockheed Martin and the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) has agreed to a temporary alternate work schedule for F-35 productio...
China becomes large shareholder in Norwegian Air Shuttle
May 20, 2020 (AFP)
Already faced with a substantial debt burden, the low-cost airline ended up in dire financial straits when the new coronavirus pandemic paralysed global air tra...
F-35A crashes at Eglin AFB, Fla., with pilot safely ejecting
May 20, 2020 (UPI)
The crash came Tuesday evening during a routine night training exercise by the U.S. Air Force 43rd Fighter Squadron, which is based at Eglin, officials said in ...
BAE wins $26.7M contract for countermeasures system on KC-130J planes
May 18, 2020 (UPI)
The contract calls for the installation of the Navy's Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasures system, or LAIRCM, the aircraft. The system is a defensive warning...
Navy receives its 100th P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft
May 15, 2020 (UPI)
The plane is a modified version of Boeing's 737-800ERX, developed for the U.S. Navy, and is also in use by the India's Navy, the Royal Australian Air Force Brit...
Pilot ejects safely as F-22 Raptor crashes in Florida
May 15, 2020 (UPI)
The crash occurred about 12 miles northeast of Eglin's main base, on the test and training range, while the plane was on a routine training flight. It was not p...
Planned Florida factory eyes building supersonic commercial jets
May 14, 2020 (UPI)
Reno, Nev.-based Aerion Corp., backed by an undisclosed amount of investment from Boeing, plans to build a $300 million corporate headquarters and factory next ...
GAO audit: Lack of parts slowing F-35 production
May 13, 2020 (UPI)
A $1.5 billion increase in 2019 in the F-35's Block 4 costs, which pushed the update's cost over $12.1 billion, but that "the cost estimate did not fully adhere...
Lockheed awarded $904.8M to make MH-60Rs for U.S., India
May 13, 2020 (UPI)
Under the contract, Lockheed will produce and delivery three MH-60Rs to the U.S. Navy and 21 MH-60Rs to the government of India. The MH-60R Seahawk is a multi-m...
Officials at Tyndall AFB complete environmental assessment for rebuild effort
May 12, 2020 (UPI)
According to the Air Force, the PEA is one of two major National Environmental Policy Act actions required before reconstruction can begin at the installation. ...
US bombers, Danish, Polish fighters join for task force mission over Warsaw
May 12, 2020 (UPI)
The aircraft integrated with Danish and Polish F-16s, as well as Polish MiG-29s, to jointly overfly Warsaw, Latvia and Lithuania, according to the Air Force. Th...
Virgin Group to sell shares of space venture to aid travel business
May 12, 2020 (UPI)
The Virgin Group said it's notified U.S. regulators of the plan, which has been influenced by sagging demand in the leisure, retail and travel industries. Brans...
Japan receives its first V-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft
May 11, 2020 (UPI)
The aircraft, delivered Friday, are the first of five Ospreys the JGSD ordered in 2015 at a cost of $332 million, with 12 more planned purchases -- part of the ...
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