Cathay Pacific A350 enters final assembly
Assembly of the first A350-900 for Cathay Pacific Airways is progressing well at Airbus’ A350 XWB Final Assembly Line (FAL) in Toulouse, France. Following the fuselage section joining phase, the...
View ArticleE-Fan readies for English Channel crossing
Airbus Group’s all-electric E-Fan technology demonstrator aircraft is being readied for its Channel crossing this Friday, 10 July. The aircraft will soon be on its way from France's Aquitaine region...
View ArticleBoeing donates third 787 flight test airplane to Japan
ZA001 arrives in Nagoya Boeing, airline customers, industry partners and community leaders joined together today to celebrate Boeing's donation of the first 787-8 Dreamliner flight test airplane to...
View ArticleUSAF B-52 Bomber demonstrate strategic reach
U.S. Air Force Image Two B-52 Stratofortresses assigned to the 2nd Bomb Wing at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, returned July 2 from a 44-hour, nonstop mission to Australia. The mission, which...
View ArticleKAI sign LAH/LCH helicopter development contracts
Airbus Helicopter H155 Korea Aerospace Industries, Ltd. (KAI) has signed, on 25th June, contracts for the development of Light Armed Helicopter (LAH) with the Defense Acquisition Program...
View ArticleAirbus Helicopters unveil Bluecopter demonstrator program
© Airbus Helicopters Airbus Helicopters today unveiled its Bluecopter demonstrator program, aimed to validate leading-edge next generation technologies for a quieter and more fuel efficient rotorcraft...
View ArticleHAROP Loitering Munition demonstrated to potential customer
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) recently completed a series of flight demonstrations of its HAROP Loitering Munitions in Israel for a foreign customer. HAROP with loitering capability, can carry...
View ArticleF-16 collide with Cessna C-150
A U.S Air Force F-16C fighter based at Shaw Air Force Base near Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina, collided with a private Cessna C-150 single engined turboprop aircraft at 11:30 a.m.today. The...
View ArticleHeron UAV flies with NATO STANAG 7085 data link
IAI Photo Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) and Thales have conducted, in Israel, risk reduction flight tests for the integration of Thales and Elisra’s NATO STANAG 7085 data link on board the Heron...
View ArticleJapanese P-1 maritime patrol aircraft to debut at RIAT 2015
Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) Kawasaki P-1 maritime patrol aircraft will make its international debut at the Royal International Air Tattoo (RIAT) 2015, being held from July 17-19 at...
View ArticleCSeries complete minimum speed flight test
The Bombardier C Series CS100 aircraft performed the crucial “Velocity Minimum Unstick Testing”, one of the most fascinating flight tests in the certification schedule – direct from Salina, Kansas....
View ArticleElbit EFVS to improve ATR-600s low visibility operation
Elbit Systems Ltd. and the Franco-Italian regional turboprop aircraft manufacturer ATR has signed an agreement for integrating ClearVision Enhanced Flight Vision System (EFVS) with the SKYLENS...
View ArticleAscent Aerospace awarded Airbus Beluga XL assembly line integration contract
Ascent Aerospace announced today that its Ascent Integration & Automation Group has been awarded a contract by Airbus for the Beluga XL Final Assembly Station. The Beluga XL is an A330 heavily...
View ArticleVideo: B-52 drops the last M117 bomb
Airmen from the U.S. Air Force 20th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron -- with the help of 36th Munitions Squadron Airmen -- dropped the final M117 air-dropped general purpose bomb with the Pacific Air...
View Article"Green" ATR-72 begin flight test
ATR Photo The “green” ATR 72 turboprop airliner prototype made its first flight, as a part of the “Clean Sky Joint Technology Initiative (CS JTI)” test campaign. CS JTI is a measure adopted by the...
View ArticleFinland inducts last NH90 helicopter
Finnish armed forces inducted its 20th and the final NH90 military transport helicopter, during a ceremony held at Patria’s local assembly facility in Halli, Finland. The very first flight of a...
View ArticleE-Fan crosses English Channel
E-Fan 1.0 touches down at France’s Calais-Dunkerque Airport with pilot and designer Didier Esteyne at the controls Airbus Group’s E-Fan technology demonstrator today became the world’s first...
View ArticleDebris of crashed Indian Coast Guard Dornier 228 maritime surveillance...
Debris of the Indian Coast Guard's crashed Dornier 228 surveilance aircraft, which went missing on June 8, 2015 after a routine maritime surveillance sortie along the Tamil Nadu coast, has been...
View ArticleIndian Air Force inducts Akash SAM system
© Aviation Analysis Wing History was created at Air Force Station Gwalior on today, when Indian Defense Minister Shri Manohar Parrikar formally handed over to the Indian Air Force (IAF) the...
View ArticlePSLV orbits British satellites
In its 13th flight, conducted from Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) SHAR, Sriharikota today night (July 10, 2015), Indian Space Research Organisation's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle PSLV-C28...
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