Boeing to Provide Engineering Support to US Navy’s P-8A Test Aircraft...
Boeing has won a $13.5 million contract for supplies and engineering services in support of government flight operations on the P-8A flight test aircraft and the Naval Air Station System Integration Laboratory
L-3 Communications To Support US Navy’s T-45 Trainers
L-3 Communications Vertex Aerospace has won a $180.4 million modification contract to support United States Navys T-45 land-based training jet aircraft
Russian MC-21 Airliner Lands in Istanbul After First International Flight
The Russian MC-21 airliner will be displayed for the first time outside Russia at the Teknofest Istanbul Aerospace and Technology Festival (TIATF) to begin tomorrow in the Turkish capital in which it arrived today marking its first international flight. The aircraft flew from Zhukovsky airfield outside Moscow earlier and arrived in...
Turkey Mulls Buying Firefighter Planes from Russia - Turkey News
Turkey is contemplating buying Beriev Be-200 firefighter planes and a senior official has reportedly flown to Moscow on September 9 in order to examine the aircraft, Turkish media have reported. “I am going to Russia on Monday to look into Russian firefighters planes
Russian Man Stole GE Aviation secrets to Develop Large Aircraft engine :...
A Russian man has been accused of stealing jet engine technology from America's GE Aviation to help Russia's Aviadvigatel, part of state-owned UEC, design jet engine gearboxes for a large aircraft. The US Justice Department announced on Thursday that it arrested the Russian man Alexander Yuryevich Korshunov, 57, and a former...
DynCorp to Support Over 350 Beechcraft Aircraft of US Navy
DynCorp International has won a $88.7 million modification contract to provide organizational, intermediate and depot-level maintenance and logistics support to over 300 Beechcraft aircraft belonging to the US Navy
Brazil Gets First of 28 Ordered Embraer KC-390 Aircraft
Brazilian Air Force (FAB) has formally received the first of its 28 ordered Embraer KC-390 multi-mission aircraft, set to replace Brazil's ageing fleet of C-130 Hercules planes. The KC-390 was developed as a joint project between the FAB and Embraer after Brazil sealed a deal for 28 Embraer aircraft and initial logistical support in 2014
Singapore-based Clermont Acquires Israeli Electric Aircraft Developer, Eviation
Singapore-based Clermont Group acquired 70% equity stake in Israeli electric aircraft development company Eviation. Eviation is striving to become the first-to-market manufacturer of an all-electric propulsion aircraft, named Alice
Irkut Corp Starts Preparations for Mass Production of MC-21 Airliner
Irkut Corp of Russia has started tooling, raw material sourcing and other preparations for the mass-production of the MC-21-300 passenger aircraft even as the airliner is undergoing its final set of certification tests. Ravil Hakimiv, General Director of Irkut together other company executives said during a press conference at MAKS 2019 event in Moscow that all the main confirmation tests to prove the main characteristics of the aircraft had been completed
Russian Firm To Cancel Boeing MAX Order, Demands $225M as Compensation
The order book of Boeing for MAX aircraft could shrink by 35 jets as Russia's Avia Capital Services is looking to cancel the order in addition to suing the US plane maker for $225 million compensation. The Moscow-based company has filed a lawsuit in the US claiming over $225 million from Boeing
Russia’s MC-21 Airliner to Debut at MAKS-2019
Irkut Corporation will present MC-21-300 new generation passenger aircraft for the first time at Moscow International Aviation and Space Salon MAKS-2019. The aircraft participating the MAKS flying display is the FTV-1, which has performed maiden flight
Brazilian C-130 Hercules Planes To Douse Amazon Fire
Two Brazilian C-130 Hercules military planes have been sent to the Amazon state of Rondonia to put out the massive fire raging in the worlds largest tropical rain forest from over two weeks. The warplanes have been sent to dump thousands of gallons of water on the burning forests
India, Pakistan Agree To Immediate Ceasefire After U.S.-Brokered Talks
Leonardo Sets Up New Division for Aerostructures
Pakistan Launches “Operation Bunyan Marsoos” after Alleged Indian Missile Raids on Military...
Indra Unveils 'Valero' Air-Ground Launched Weapon
The Future of Combat: Miniaturized Laser Weapons Set to Replace Bullets and Missiles
Lasers may soon replace bullets, and drones could disable enemy UAVs with beams of light instead of missiles
Four-legged Robots Vs. Military Dogs
Four legged robots that resemble dogs are increasingly being seen in war zones and exercises for functions such as reconnaissance...
Lockheed Martin Faces Billions in F-35 Cuts Under U.S. Policy Shift
Americas policy of controlling F-35 usage, spares, and maintenance—combined with President Donald Trumps threats of trade wars with Europe, halted...
Russian Su-57 and Chinese J-20 as Alternatives to the American F-35 Stealth Fighter
As the Russian Su-57 stealth fighter jet enters serial production, the debate over how it stacks up against the American...
