| Latest Feature Stories No article today in this section Latest Press Releases Boeing, Airbus Seek to Outdo Each Other at Paris Air Show
Aviation giants Airbus and Boeing look to beef up their order books at the world's biggest air show amid growing competition from new entrants. But in Paris, the star performer is likely to be the F-3... No Root Cause Found, But F-35As to Resume Flight Ops at Luke AFB
LUKE AFB, Ariz. --- The 56th Fighter Wing will resume local F-35A Lightning II flight operations Wednesday June 21, 2017, following an 11-day pause after five physiological events occurred during flig... France Advances Rafale’s Latest F3-R Standard
According to the multiyear program of the Armed Forces Ministry, the F3-R standard of the Rafale will be qualified in 2018 by the Directorate General of Armaments (DGA), and will enter operational ser... Still in Development, F-35 Gets Mission System Upgrade
PARIS -- Lockheed Martin has selected Harris Corporation to upgrade mission system avionics for the F-35 Lightning II as part of the Technology Refresh #3 (TR3) program, significantly boosting the air... F-35 Makes Its First Appearance at Paris Air Show
RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany --- U.S. military equipment and personnel will take part in this year’s International Paris Air Show, which starts today and runs through June 25 in Le Bourget, France, acco... Boeing, Tata Team to Offer F-16 Block 70 to India
PARIS --- Lockheed Martin and Tata Advanced Systems Limited (TASL) signed a landmark agreement affirming the companies’ intent to join hands to produce the F-16 Block 70 in India. The F-16 Block 70 is... Airbus HC Reveals Racer High-Speed Demonstrator
MARIGNANE, France --- Airbus Helicopters has unveiled today at the Paris air show the aerodynamic configuration of the high-speed demonstrator it is developing as part of the Clean Sky 2 European rese... France Continues to Upgrade Air Defense Network
On 19 May 2017, the Directorate General of Armaments (DGA) announced the qualification of the Ground Master 406 radar (GM406, family of radars GM400) which has just been fitted to the Nice Mont-Agel s... MiG Expects MiG-35 Export Orders “In a Few Years”
LE BOURGET, France --- MiG Corporation is taking part in the international exhibition SIAE-2017 (Le Salon International de l'Aéronautique et de l'Espace), which began this Monday in France and will ta... Boeing Launches 737 MAX 10 At Paris Air Show
LE BOURGET, France --- Boeing announced the launch of the 737 MAX 10 as the newest member of the 737 MAX family today at the 2017 Paris Air Show. The 737 MAX 10 will have the lowest seat-mile cost of ... Airbus Wins Two Orders for 112 A320neo
GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS), the commercial aircraft leasing and financing arm of General Electric has signed a firm order for 100 A320neo Family aircraft at the 52nd International Paris Air ... Boeing Wins Orders for 223 Aircraft on Show’s First Day
LE BOURGET, France --- Boeing and the Lion Air Group today announced a commitment for 50 737 MAX 10 airplanes at the 2017 Paris Air Show. The announcement, valued at approximately $6.24 billion at lis... More Orders Raise Boeing’s Take to $26Bn On Day One
LE BOURGET, France --- Boeing and Kuwait-based ALAFCO Aviation Lease and Finance Company (ALAFCO) announced a commitment for 20 737 MAX 8s at the 2017 Paris Airshow, valued at $2.2 billion at current ... MBDA Introduces the SmartGlider Family of Weapons
LE BOURGET, France --- MBDA presents the new SmartGlider family of guided weapons, optimised to counter anti-access strategies and other emerging battlespace threats. Planned to become available f... Leonardo to Maintain Avionics for German, Spanish Typhoons
-- The new 5-year contracts will see Leonardo directly involved in the maintenance of German and Spanish Eurofighter Typhoon avionics -- Leonardo already provides availability-based support for Ital... Boeing Says It’s Cutting Repair Costs for USAF F-15s
ST. LOUIS --- Boeing will deliver greater efficiency and cost savings to the U.S. Air Force, in maintaining the fleet of 450 F-15 fighter jets. The company recently received a $371 million, five-ye... Boeing Wins Three-Year Contract to Support Indian Navy P-8Is
NEW DELHI --- Boeing received a three-year contract earlier this month to continue support of the Indian Navy’s fleet of P-8I maritime patrol aircraft. In addition to field and logistics service re... Two Chinese Airlines Sign LOIs for 13 ATR-42s Turboprops
LE BOURGET, France ---ATR, the world's leading manufacturer of turboprop aircraft, and Shaanxi Tianju Investment Group (Tianju) have signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) for the purchase of 10 ATR 42-600s ... Lessor LCI Orders Nine Leonardo Helicopters
ROME --- Leonardo and Lease Corporation International (LCI), the aviation division of the Libra Group, have today announced an order for an additional nine helicopters. The order is valued at over US$... Airbus Flies VSR700 Optionally-Piloted Helicopter
PARIS --- Airbus Helicopters recently started autonomous flight trials of a VSR700 Optionally Piloted Vehicle (OPV) demonstrator, paving the way for a first flight of the actual VSR700 prototype in 20... Small Diameter Bomb II Completes High-Speed Wind Tunnel Testing
FORT WORTH, Texas --- Raytheon Company and the U.S. Air Force completed a series of rigorous, high-speed wind tunnel tests for Small Diameter Bomb II, moving the weapon one step closer to integration ... Thales Expands Its Range of Air-Launched, Laser-Guided Weapons
PARIS AIR SHOW --- To meet the needs of Air Forces, Thales, in coordination with the French defence procurement agency (DGA), has developed the capabilities of the BAT-120, a combat proven weapon syst... Elbit Unveils New Tactical Loitering Munition
The system delivers high reliability to dismounted soldiers allowing them to engage and abort missions up to two seconds to impact At the 2017 Paris Air Show in Le Bourget Elbit Systems launched Sk... Textron Unveils Upgraded Shadow M2 Tactical UAV
PARIS AIR SHOW --- Textron Systems Unmanned Systems announced today the introduction of the NIGHTWARDEN Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System (TUAS) at the 2017 Paris Air Show. Building upon Textron S... Small Diameter Bomb II Completes Wind Tunnel Testing
FORT WORTH, Texas --- Raytheon Company and the U.S. Air Force completed a series of rigorous, high-speed wind tunnel tests for Small Diameter Bomb II, moving the weapon one step closer to integration ... Thales Unveils Future Ground Application of Its Multifunction Radar
On the first day of the Paris Air Show, Thales is unveiling its Ground Fire family: a range of latest-generation multifunction ground radar. The radar system, which is fully digital, will carry out ai... Safran Engine for South Korea’s LCH/LAH Makes First Ground Run
Safran announces the first ground run of the Arriel 2L2 engine at its Bordes facility, beginning of June. The Arriel family was selected in 2016 to power the new Korean civil and military helicopters,... Kuwait Selects Thales for Caracal Flight Simulators
Thales has been selected by Airbus Helicopters to provide the Kuwait forces with flight and mission training solutions for the pilots and crews of its Caracal helicopters. Key Points -- Thales wil... France Unveils Revolutionary Micro Done Engine
PARIS --- As part of the RAPID * system funded by the Ministry of Armed Forces, SilMach, an innovative French SME specializing in Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS), has developed, with the suppo... Rolls-Royce Wins New Marine Corps Support Contract
Rolls-Royce has been awarded a new contract to provide engineering and logistics support for US Marine Corps KC-130J aircraft, bringing the company’s total of Department of Defense aftermarket contrac... Harris Wins $255M Contract for SOCOM Backpack Radios
ROCHESTER --- The U.S. Special Operations Command has awarded Harris Corporation a six-year, $255 million ceiling, single-award indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract H92222-17-D-0021... Philippine Airlines Orders 7 More Bombardier Q400s
TRONOTO --- Bombardier Commercial Aircraft announced today, from the International Paris Air Show, that it has signed an agreement with Philippine Airlines, Inc. for the exercise of its seven Q400 air... Lockheed Martin Receives Contract for Sniper ATP, LANTIRN Sustainment
ORLANDO, Fla. --- Lockheed Martin received an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) Foreign Military Sales (FMS) contract from the U.S. Air Force to provide sustainment support for Sniper Ad... CFM Wins Over $8Bn Engine Orders at Paris Air Show
LE BOURGET, France --- ICBC Leasing, a subsidiary of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), today signed an agreement with CFM International to purchase the advanced LEAP-1A engine to power 4... GEnx to Power China Eastern’s Boeing 787s
LE BOURGET, France -- China Eastern selected GE’s GEnx-1B engines to power its 15 new Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft. The engine order is valued at more than $860 million (USD) at list price. Delive... Cobham Delivers Inhalation Sensor for Pilot Oxygen System
LE BOURGET, Paris --- Cobham has delivered the first Inhalation Gas Sensor to the US Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine in support of the Aircrew Mounted Physiologic Sensing System (AMPSS 2.6) pro... FI Predicts $4.15 Trillion Large Jetliner Market Over 15 Years
PARIS AIR SHOW --- Forecast International projects that a total of 26,210 large commercial jetliners will be produced in the 15-year period from 2017 through 2031. The value of this production is esti... European Air Transport Training 2017 takes off
BEJA --- Today marks the start of the sixth European Air Transport Training (EATT2017). Hosted by Portugal, several hundred military personnel from Portugal, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland, ... Spirit Starts Assembly of Fifth CH-53K Fuselage
WICHITA, Kan. --- Spirit AeroSystems today announced it has started assembly of the fifth System Demonstration Test Article (SDTA) CH-53K King Stallion heavy-lift helicopter for the U.S. Marine Corps ... Safran First to Win EASA Certification for 3D-Printed APU Part
LE BOURGET --- Safran Power Units has crossed a new milestone in the field of additive manufacturing by obtaining the first certification from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) for an auxilia... Pratt’s F-22 Fighter Engine Logs 500,000 Flight Hours
PARIS AIR SHOW --- Pratt & Whitney today announced that its F119 engine, which powers Lockheed Martin's F-22 Raptor, has surpassed 500,000 engine flight hours. This marks a major milestone for the... | 
