Boeing, EVA Air finalize order for five 777 Freighters
Boeing and Taiwanese EVA Air have finalized an order for five 777 Freighters, valued at more than $1.5 billion at list prices. Boeing first announced EVA Air's intent to order the five 777 Freighters...
View ArticlePilot's incapacitation caused fatal USAF F-15C crash in Virginia
Pilot's incapacitation and subsequent inability to recover from a rapid descent caused the fatal crash of an F-15C Eagle in the George Washington National Forest near Deerfield, Va., on Aug. 27, 2014,...
View ArticleNorthrop demonstrates Open Mission Systems Architecture across manned and...
Northrop Grumman demonstrated in recent test flights that the U.S. Air Force's Open Mission Systems (OMS) architecture standards can be successfully integrated across multiple systems and platforms....
View ArticleEurofighter prepares for Storm Shadow flight trials
Eurofighter Image A series of ground-based tests have been completed at Finmeccanica-Alenia Aermacchi in Turin-Caselle and at BAE Systems in Warton, Lancashire, in readiness for Eurofighter Typhoon’s...
View ArticleNASA developing engine diagnostic technologies under VIPR program
(NASA AFRC photo by Tom Tschida) Damages due to sucking foreign objects into aircraft engines during flight and on ground continue to pose a serious threat to safety of commercial airliners and...
View ArticleIcon delivers first A5 amphibian twin seater aircraft
Icon aircraft delivered the first customer Icon A5 Light Sport amphibian aircraft at the EAA AirVenture Oshkosh in Wisconsin. Icon Aircraft CEO and Founder Kirk Hawkins handed the keys to EAA Young...
View ArticleEurofighter clocks 300,000 flight hours
Eurofighter Typhoon has clocked more than 300,000 flying hours since the entry-into-service in August 20003 with German Air Force. Eurofighter Jagdflugzeug GmbH confirmed the milestone adding that,...
View ArticleBoeing forecast strong demand for commercial airline pilots and technicians
Boeing released a new forecast showing continued strong demand for commercial airline pilots and maintenance technicians as the world's airlines add 38,000 airplanes to the global fleet over the next...
View ArticleSecond Rivet Joint to join RAF fleet early
In a boost to UK’s intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition, and reconnaissance (ISTAR) capability, Defence Secretary Michael Fallon has confirmed that the second RC-135 Rivet Joint signals...
View ArticleTerrafugia unveil improved TF-X VTOL flying car
Flying car maker Terrafugia, premiered the Outer Mold Line for the TF-X™, four-seat, vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) hybrid electric aircraft concept at EAA’s AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wisconsin,...
View ArticleRaytheon develops composite airframe for MALD air-launched decoy
Raytheon Image Raytheon in partnership with Fokker and Dallara, has developed a lower-cost carbon fiber airframe for the U.S. Air Force's Miniature Air Launched Decoy (MALD) by applying robotics and...
View ArticleCSeries clocks 2000 flight test hours
CS300 arrive in Belfast, UK The Bombardier CSeries has clocked 2000 flight hours, a milestone for the Canadian single aisle airplane program, since flight test began in 2013 September. Of this, more...
View ArticleIndia tests High Thrust cryogenic rocket engine
India’s first indigenously designed and developed High Thrust cryogenic rocket engine generating a nominal thrust of 19 tonnes was successfully endurance hot tested for a duration of 800 seconds on...
View ArticleRAF Typhoons and IAF Flankers train together
RAF Tornado, Typhoon and Indian Su-30 MKI during Indra Dhanush I The fourth edition of the bilateral Indra Dhanush air exercise between Indian Air Force and Royal Air Force has begun at RAF Coningsby,...
View ArticleLockheed U-2 demonstrate open mission system flights
Lockheed Martin Photo Lockheed Martin successfully integrated and flight tested seven Open Mission Systems (OMS) payloads in a span of less than three months into a U-2 Dragon Lady, marking the...
View ArticleF-35A gun undergo ground testing
Courtesy photo/Darin Russell The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Integrated Test Force is in the process of testing the F-35A Lightning II’s newest munitions asset, a four-barrel Gatling gun that fires 25...
View ArticleBoeing finalize agreement with Japanese suppliers for 777X
Boeing and key Japanese partners signed a formal agreement for significant work on Boeing’s new 777X airplane. The agreement finalizes last year’s announcement by Boeing, Japan Aircraft Industries...
View ArticleCFM delivers first production LEAP engine to power COMAC C919 airliner
In a special ceremony here, CFM International and Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, Ltd. (COMAC) celebrated delivery of the first CFM LEAP-1C engine to the aircraft manufacturer. This engine...
View ArticleAW169 achieve EASA Type Certification
AgustaWestland's new generation light-intermediate twin-engine helicopter AW169, has been issued with type certification by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) on 15 July 2015. The AW169 is...
View ArticleVideo: Royal Navy ship flies 3D printed uav
A 3D printed aircraft was successfully launched off the front of a Royal Navy warship and landed safely on a Dorset beach. HMS Mersey provided the perfect platform for the University of Southampton to...
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