Second SpaceShipTwo spaceplane unveiled
Virgin Galactic owned by Virgin Group and Abu Dhabi’s Aabar Investments PJS, unveiled its newly completed SpaceShipTwo spaceplane, during a ceremony attended by Sir Richard Branson, Virgin Galactic’s...
View ArticleRaytheon-Finmeccanica to offer M-346 for USAF T-X trainer jet program
Raytheon has teamed with Italian Finmeccanica to offer latter's M-346 advanced trainer jet derived trainer to meet U.S. Air Force's requirement for a next generation pilot training aircraft. The T-100...
View ArticleUpdated: Tara Air Twin Otter crashes in Nepal
A Twin Otter 400 series turboprop commuter aircraft operated by Nepalese Tara Air, went missing today after taking off from Pokhara Airport at 7:30 pm local time. It was flying from Pokhara to Jomsom...
View ArticleBoeing officially launches 737 BCF freighter conversion program
Boeing today officially launched the Next-Generation 737-800 Boeing Converted Freighter (BCF) with orders and commitments for up to 55 conversions from seven customers. Boeing Copyright The freighter...
View ArticleAirbus's Spanish facility delivers first A350-1000 horizontal tail plane
Airbus has reached another A350 XWB program milestone with start-up of A350-1000 horizontal tail plane deliveries from the company’s Getafe, Spain facility. The initial A350-1000 horizontal tail plane...
View ArticleGulfstream begin testing G600 iron bird
Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. today announced that the Gulfstream G600 iron bird recently completed its "first flight," demonstrating the company's continued commitment to research and development and...
View ArticleEmbraer rolls out first E190-E2 single aisle jet
Embraer today rolled out the first E190-E2 single aisle passenger jet prototype, during a ceremony held at their headquarters in São José dos Campos, São Paulo, Brazil. The E190-E2 is the first member...
View ArticleUSAF reveals B-21 sixth generation bomber rendering
U.S. Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James revealed the first rendering of America's next generation stealth bomber designated the B-21, at the Air Force Association’s Air Warfare Symposium Feb. 26 in...
View ArticlePhoto report: Embraer E190-E2 roll out
The E190-E2 is the first E2 jet – Embraer´s second generation of the E-Jets family of commercial aircraft. The family also include the E175-E2 and E195-E2 and caters to the 70 to 130 seat segment....
View ArticleEngine fire suspected for RMAF C-235 ditching
Engine failure has been suspected to be the cause of ditching by a Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) C-235 tactical transport plane on Friday morning, local time. The crew successfully ditched the...
View ArticleSolar Impulse 2 flies after battery repair
The Solar Impulse 2 solar powered aircraft successfully completed its first maintenance flight on Friday, 26th of February, after undergoing maintenance repairs on its damaged batteries brought about...
View ArticleItaly operationlise first AW101 Caesar SAR helicopters
Italian Air Force operationalised first batch of their advanced search and rescue helicopter, the AgustaWestland AW101 helicopter designated the HH-101A “CAESAR”, during an official ceremony at Cervia...
View ArticleSpain selects MQ-9 Reaper surveillance drone
Spain has selected the General Atomics Predator® B/MQ-9 Reaper® Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) RPA system to support the nation's airborne surveillance and reconnaissance requirements. The Spanish...
View ArticleBritish Airways 777 involved in Las Vegas engine fire incident repaired
The damaged British Airways Boeing 777 aircraft involved in the engine fire incident at McCarran International Airport, Las Vegas on September 8, 2015 has been repaired. The aircraft has arrived in...
View ArticleNASA selects Lockheed to design supersonic airliner
NASA has selected Lockheed Martin to complete preliminary design of a low boom supersonic passenger aircraft, which will be quieter and more affordable than the retired Anglo-French Concorde...
View ArticleBombardier launches cargo conversion of Q300 turboprop
Bombardier and Canadian regional airline Air Inuit Ltd. announced today that they are working together on a passenger-to-freighter conversion for the Q300 turboprop aircraft. The freighter will...
View ArticleUS and Russian astronauts return safely after one year mission aboard ISS
NASA astronaut and Expedition 46 Commander Scott Kelly and his Russian counterpart Mikhail Kornienko returned to Earth Tuesday after a historic 340-day mission aboard the International Space Station....
View ArticleSikorsky launches upgrade to S-76 helicopter
Sikorsky has launched an upgrade program for its S-76C+™ helicopter operators that increases performance of the medium weight commercial utility rotorcraft, at the 2016 Helicopter International...
View ArticleMoU signed for development of EMS variant of AW609 tiltrotor
Finmeccanica announced that it has signed a MoU with Era Group Inc. for the development of the Emergency Medical Service (EMS) variant of the AgustaWestland AW609 commercial TiltRotor aircraft at the...
View ArticleFirst US assembled Airbus A321 rolled out
Airbus rolled out the first U.S. assembled A321 passenger jet from its manufacturing facility in Mobile, Alabama, after completing its painting in JetBlue livery. The aircraft's first flight and...
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