The U.S. Air Force awarded Northrop Grumman Corporation a $43 million contract to retrofit the E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (Joint STARS) aircraft, trainers and laboratories. The contract has options for an additional three years to complete retrofit of the entire fleet. The contract replaces computers in both the operator work stations (OWS) […]

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(Reuters) – US Airways and American Airlines will offer to give up some take-off and landing slots at Reagan National Airport near Washington, D.C. as part of a deal to get the U.S. Justice Department to allow them to merge, Dow Jones reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the process. In a complaint aimed […]

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(Reuters) – The Lockheed Martin Corp F-35 fighter jet dropped a 500-pound bomb this week, hitting a tank at Edwards Air Force Base in California and marking the first time the new warplane has fired a weapon, the Pentagon said Wednesday. An F-35 B-model jet released the laser-guided Guided Bomb Unit-12 (GBU-12) Paveway II bomb […]

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A major new Development Contract which will pave the way for continuous capability enhancements of the Eurofighter Typhoon has been signed by Eurofighter Jagdflugzeug GmbH and the NATO Eurofighter and Tornado Management Agency (NETMA). The package (known as Evolution Package 2) will be delivered by the end of 2015. The Contract signing was announced on […]

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Each kilogram less weight carried on board an aircraft helps to save fuel and reduce CO2 emissions. That's why airberlin is putting a pilot scheme into practice, as part of its eco-efficiency programme, in the course of which all the objects which are not permanently attached to an A330 are removed and weighed. The objective […]

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Boeing delivered the 12th production P-8A Poseidon on schedule on Oct. 25, enhancing the long-range maritime patrol capabilities of the U.S. Navy. The P-8A departed Boeing Field in Seattle for Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Fla., where it joined the other Poseidon aircraft being used to train Navy crews. The aircraft is the sixth from the […]

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The European turboprop manufacturer ATR has obtained certification to start operations of the new ATR 72-600 in Japan. This certification, granted by the JCAB (Japanese Civil Aviation Bureau), marks the last step before the introduction of the first ATRs that will fly in the colors of a Japanese airline. The first ATR 72-600s will arrive […]

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A Czech Republic delegation headed by the Deputy Minister of Defence Mr. Libor Karásek has confirmed the acceptance of four Airbus Military C295 transport aircraft. The Czech Republic delegation visited different Airbus Military facilities in Spain, including the C295 final assembly line (FAL). The photograph shows the Czech Deputy Minister of Defence Mr. Libor Karásek, […]

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