Blue Orgin successfully achieve controlled rocket landing
Blue Origin Photo Jeff Bezo's Blue Origin successfully carried out controlled landing of an expended rocket back to earth on November 23, marking a milestone in the more than 100 years of expendable...
View ArticleKaman receive order for K-MAX firefighters from China
Kaman has received orders for two manned K-MAX® heavy-lift utility helicopters from Lectern Aviation Supplies Co., Ltd. of China. The fire fighting helicopters will be delivered to China Department of...
View ArticleMaiden flight for Burt Rutan's SkiGull seaplane
photo antenna films The SkiGull seaplane designed by legendary American aircraft designer Burt Rutan flew for first time on Tuesday from the Coeur d’Alene airport in northern Idaho. The maiden flight...
View ArticleDassualt delivers Falcon 2000LX Medevac aircraft
Dassault Aviation has delivered a fully outfitted Falcon 2000LX Medevac aircraft to the Beijing Red Cross Emergency Medical Center (999). The widebody twinjet is the first fixed wing aircraft in...
View ArticleEngine stalling due to excessive ingestion of dust caused MV-22 crash in Bellows
Stalling of engine compressor due to excessive ingestion of dust particle while hovering for landing caused the fatal Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft crash on May 17, 2015, according to...
View ArticleVideo: S-400 air defence system deployed in Syria
Russia has operationalised a battery of S-400 Triumf anti-aircraft weapon system in its Syrian airbase in Latakia. The move comes following downing of a Russian Su-24 bomber aircraft by Turkish F-16s...
View ArticleElbit awarded Swiss Hermes 900 UAS contract
Israeli Elbit Systems has been awarded an approximately $200 million contract from the Swiss Federal Department of Defense, Civil Protection and Sport (DDPS), for the supply of Hermes 900 HFE (Heavy...
View ArticleTrent 7000 engine for A330neo begin testing
Rolls Royce has completed first run of its Trent 7000 demonstrator engine successfully on a test bed from its Derby, UK facility. The demonstrator will be used to prove key technical features of the...
View ArticleBarak-8/LRSAM test fired from ship
File Photo The advanced Barak-8 air defense missile was successfully test fired from an Israeli Navy ship on Thursday, bringing the much needed system closer to induction. Co-developed with India, the...
View ArticleDassault debuts FalconEye CVS at NBAA 2015
© Dassault Aviation Dassault Aviation introduced its proprietary Combined Vision System (CVS) at NBAA's Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (BACE) which was held in Las Vegas, Nevada, from...
View ArticleCOMAC delivers first ARJ21 to Chengdu Airlines
Commercial Aircraft Corp of China (COMAC) delivered the first ARJ21-700 regional passenger aircraft to launch customer Chengdu Airlines on Sunday, a major breakthrough for Chinese aviation industry....
View ArticleCS100 complete first phase of route proving trials
The route-proving CS100 aircraft bearing Canadian registration markings C-FFCO completed flights to over 30 city pairs across North America, concluding the first phase of the route proving activities....
View ArticleLast C-17 airlifter departs Boeing's Long Beach facility
The last C-17 Globemaster III military airlifter departed Boeing’s plant in Long Beach, California on Sunday, Nov. 29, marking the official end of its production. The 279th airlifter flew over a crowd...
View ArticleAirbus C295W completes Antartica debut
An Airbus C295W aircraft belonging to the Mexican Navy (SEMAR) and operated by a mixed crew from Airbus Defence and Space and SEMAR flew from Río Gallegos Airport in Argentina to the Marambio Base,...
View ArticleArctic modified Mi-8 delivered to Russian armed forces
Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant of Russian Helicopters has delivered the first Mi-8AMTSh-VA helicopter modified to operate in very low temperature conditions, to Russian Defence Ministry’s Arctic groupings....
View ArticleIncorrect crew response caused AirAsia A320 Crash
The incorrect crew response to a faulty rudder control system caused the AirAsia Airbus A320 passenger jet to stall and eventually crash into Java Sea on 28 December 2014, investigation by the...
View ArticleBAE delivers APKWS for Jordanian C-235 gunship
U.S. Navy and industry partner BAE recently shipped 110 Advanced Precision Kill Weapons System (APKWS) guided rocket units to Jordan for integration on its CN-235 light gunship aircraft. Jordan is the...
View ArticleMaiden flight for TAM's A350
TAM Airlines’ first A350 XWB has successfully taken off from Toulouse International Airport in France. The aircraft now progresses to the final production phase which includes further ground checks...
View ArticleANZ 777 perfrom first 330 minute ETOPS flight
An Air New Zealand Boeing 777 aircraft flew a 330-minute extended operations (ETOPS) flight on Tuesday, marking the first commercial flight to achieve the industry first. The 777-200ER (Extended...
View ArticleAustralian SAR aircraft to get ViDAR system
Prime contractor Cobham Aviation Services has selected Sentient Vision’s Kestrel Maritime ViDAR (Visual Detection and Ranging) system to equip Australian Maritime Safety Authority’s (AMSA) new...
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