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Better Together: Joint Flight a Success
Oct 23, 2012 (SPX)
The first C-5M Super Galaxy production joint acceptance flight with Lockheed Martin and the Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) occurred Oct. 17, here at ...
Edwards F-35A Completes First AIM-120 AMRAAM Internal Weapons Release
Oct 23, 2012 (SPX)
An F-35A test aircraft, flown by U.S. Air Force Maj. Matthew Phillips, completed the first aerial weapons release of an AIM-120 AMRAAM (Advanced Medium-Range Ai...
NASA Seeks Student Experiments For 2013 High-Altitude Scientific Balloon Flight
Oct 22, 2012 (SPX)
NASA is accepting applications from graduate and undergraduate university students to fly experiments to the edge of space on a scientific balloon next year. Th...
Embraer delivers Super Tucano aircraft to Mauritania
Oct 22, 2012 (AFP)
Brazil's top planemaker Embraer said Monday it has delivered an undisclosed number of its A-29 Super Tucano light attack aircraft to the Mauritanian Air Force. ...
Second UK F-35 And Marine Corps F-35B Delivered To Eglin
Oct 22, 2012 (SPX)
The second United Kingdom Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II takes off from Naval Air Station Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base Friday for delivery to Eglin Air Forc...
Embraer expands in African aviation market
Oct 22, 2012 (UPI)
Brazilian aircraft maker Embraer is expanding to Africa's defense procurement horizon, seen to be a potentially lucrative business growth area with the rise of ...
Raytheon-led team graduates first Afghan Air Force pilots on Warfighter FOCUS program contract
Oct 22, 2012 (SPX)
The first 10 Afghan Air Force (AAF) students graduated as commercial-level rotary-wing pilots on a contract led by Raytheon to provide training for up to 80 Afg...
Outside View: AA restructuring
Oct 18, 2012 (UPI)
It's been nearly one year since American Airlines announced reluctantly that it could no longer avoid the inevitable. Like the many airlines before it, American...
Lockheed Martin Completes F-35 Full Mission Simulator Installation at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma
Oct 18, 2012 (SPX)
Lockheed Martin marked the completion of the first F-35 Lightning II Full Mission Simulators (FMS) at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Ariz. The air station will...
F-35A Completes First In-Flight Weapons Release
Oct 18, 2012 (SPX)
An F-35A conventional takeoff and landing (CTOL) aircraft completed the first in-flight weapons release of a 2,000 pound GBU-31 BLU-109 Joint Direct Attack Muni...
Boeing Starting Production of KC-46 Tanker Refueling Boom
Oct 17, 2012 (SPX)
Boeing this week begins assembling the first refueling boom for the U.S. Air Force's next-generation aerial refueling tanker aircraft in the KC-46 Boom Assembly...
Quickstep moves on Hercules order
Oct 11, 2012 (UPI)
Australian composite manufacturer Quickstep said it firmed up its order with Lockheed Martin for 24 sets of carbon-fiber wing flaps for the C-130J Hercules tran...
Boeing: Boeing Receives $2 Billion C-17 Aircraft Sustainment Contract
Oct 11, 2012 (SPX)
Boeing will continue assuring the worldwide availability of C-17 aircraft, which provide vital military and humanitarian airlift capability, through a $2 billio...
Chile deploys Israel's RecceLite system
Oct 10, 2012 (UPI)
Chile's air force command has deployed the Israeli-made RecceLite reconnaissance system but the government of President Sebastian Pinera has yet to formally ann...
Two flights grounded in China after phone threats: airline
Oct 09, 2012 (AFP)
Two planes were grounded at Chinese airports on Tuesday after anonymous threatening phone calls were received, an airline said, a day after a hoax threat forced...
Lockheed Martin Announces New Solution to Reduce Airport Congestion and Improve Overall Airspace Efficiency
Oct 05, 2012 (SPX)
Lockheed Martin has announced the availability of The Logic Suite, a comprehensive set of decision support tools that helps connect more passengers to their fli...
JAL to extend Japan-China flight cuts amid row
Oct 05, 2012 (AFP)
Japan Airlines said Friday it would extend temporary cuts in its service between Japan and China because it sees no upturn in demand as a territorial row betwee...
New Brazilian facility for Eurocopter
Oct 05, 2012 (UPI)
Eurocopter is deepening its footprint in Latin America with its Brazilian subsidiary opening a new manufacturing facility and center of excellence. The facility...
Boeing Forecasts Air Cargo Growth Driven by Globalization and Trade
Oct 05, 2012 (SPX)
Boeing reports that the global air cargo market will expand at a 5.2 percent annual rate over the next 20 years. According to the Boeing World Air Cargo Forecas...
GE calls for jet engine checks after China incident
Oct 05, 2012 (AFP)
General Electric has recommended new inspections of its GEnx engines, used on Boeing 747 and 787 aircraft, following the failure of an engine in China in Septem...
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