| Latest Feature Stories Corrupted Oversight: The FAA, Boeing, and the 737 Max
In the months since the second deadly crash of a Boeing 737 Max passenger jet in less than a year, a nightmare scenario of failed oversight has come into focus. The Federal Aviation Administration’s (... Latest Press Releases WTO Finds for US in Airbus Subsidies Dispute, Allows $7.5 Bn in Retaliatory Tariffs
WASHINGTON, D.C. –-- The United States has won the largest arbitration award in World Trade Organization (WTO) history in its dispute with the European Union over illegal subsidies to Airbus. This fol... Pratt & Whitney Wins $5.7 Bn for F135 Production
EAST HARTFORD, Conn. ---- Pratt & Whitney, a division of United Technologies Corp., today announced that it has been awarded a production contract for the 12th and 13th lots of F135 propulsion systems... FAA Orders Urgent Inspections on Some Boeing 737s for Cracks
The Federal Aviation Administration is ordering airlines to inspect key structural components on more than 1,900 Boeing airplanes to look for cracks that could endanger the aircraft. Southwest, Uni... North Korea Tests Submarine Launched Missile
North Korea appears to have test-fired a submarine-launched ballistic missile, or SLBM, from an offshore platform for the first time in three years, with it crashing down in Japan's Exclusive Economic... Bell to Offer 360 Invictus for US Army FARA Competition
FORT WORTH, Texas --- Bell Textron Inc. has announced a new rotorcraft, Bell 360 Invictus, as the company’s entrant for the U.S. Army’s Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) Competitive Prototy... New USAF Program Office to Seek Faster Aircraft Development
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio --- Dr. Will Roper, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics, officially stood up the Program Executive Office for Advanced Aircraft du... Air Greenland Orders Two Airbus H225s to Support SAR Bid
GREENLAND --- Air Greenland has ordered two Airbus H225 heavy helicopters to support its bid to win its home country’s search and rescue (SAR) contract. Under the terms of a firm contract assisted ... USAF Upgrading Missile Warning Radars
HANSCOM AFB, Mass. --- Program Executive Office Digital is upgrading the five radars that serve as the United States’ first warning of sudden missile attack. Upgraded Early Warning Radars arrayed t... Diehl Delivers IRIS-T SLS to Swedish Air Defence Regiment
The IRIS-T SLS firing units from Diehl Defence were handed over by the Swedish procurement agency FMV to the Air Defence Regiment in Halmstad in August 2019. The highly agile IRIS-T guided missiles... US Prepares $39M Javelin Missiles for Ukraine
WASHINGTON --- Congressional and State Department officials on Tuesday preliminarily approved a $39-million sale of shoulder-launched Javelin anti-tank missiles to Ukraine to help the country battle R... HMS Prince of Wales Hits Top Speed at Sea
Britain's newest aircraft carrier has hit top speed as she tested her engines to the max in the North Sea. HMS Prince of Wales thundered through the sea at 25 knots as her diesel generators and gas... Denel Confirms A-Darter Qualification and Certification
Denel Dynamics has successfully completed the missile qualification and certification for it’s leading 5th generation Imaging Infrared (IIR) Short Range Air-to-Air Missile (SRAAM) System in September ... US Navy Tests Minehunting Mission Package on Vessel of Opportunity
PANAMA CITY, Fla. --- As the lead engineering activity for Mine Countermeasure (MCM) Mission Packages (MP), the Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) provided equipment, personn... USAF Test-Launches Minuteman III ICBM
BARKSDALE AFB, La. --- A team of Air Force Global Strike Command Airmen from the 341st Missile Wing at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Montana, launched an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic m... Turkish Navy Takes Delivery of Fourth and Final Ada-class Corvette
The Turkish Navy took delivery of its fourth and final Ada-class (MILGEM, or “National Ship”) anti-submarine warfare (ASW) corvette in a ceremony presided over by Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdog... USAF Scientists Discover Unique Stretchable Conductor
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio --- The Air Force Research Laboratory has developed liquid metal systems which autonomously change structure so that they become better conductors in response to strain. ... Rostec Updates its Development Strategy Until 2025
Rostec State Corporation is updating the development strategy until 2025 in connection with the incorporation of the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC). Be reminded that the decree on the transfer of 9... New Russian Engine Certified in India
Based on the results of successful validation, the General Directorate of Civil Aviation of India issued the St. Petersburg-based UEC-Klimov enterprise of the United Engine Corporation of the State Co... Airbus Helicopters and EASA Team for Next-Gen VTOL Platforms
MARIGNANE --- Airbus Helicopters and EASA have signed a joint Memorandum of Cooperation aiming to bring together their respective experiences and know-how to bring the next generation of VTOL platform... Mobility Guardian Builds an Efficient Five Eyes Force
The Royal Australian Air Force’s biggest airlifters and key personnel have returned home after dominating air mobility goals over Washington for Exercise Mobility Guardian in the United States. Mo... US, Singapore Navies Test Missiles in Ex. Pacific Griffin
SANTA RITA, Guam --- Live fire from ships and aircraft participating in exercise Pacific Griffin 2019 sank the decommissioned ex-USS Ford (FFG 54) Oct. 1 in waters approximately 170 nautical miles off... US Navy to Commission Littoral Combat Ship Cincinnati
The Navy will commission its newest Independence-variant littoral combat ship (LCS), the future USS Cincinnati (LCS 20), during a 10 a.m. CDT ceremony Saturday, Oct. 5, on west pier in Gulfport, Missi... US Navy to Christen Submarine Oregon
The Navy will christen its newest attack submarine, the future USS Oregon (SSN 793), during a 10 a.m. EDT ceremony Saturday, Oct. 5, 2019, at General Dynamics Electric Boat in Groton, Connecticut. ... Germany Tests New Sensor System to Increase Safety
The companies Diehl and HENSOLDT carried out flight tests in July and August together with the Deutschen Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR) on a new sensor system to increase air safety. The ide... | 
