All news – Page 2203

  • Dutch NH90 thumb
    News

    Dutch maritime NH90s suffer corrosion

    2014-03-19T15:30:46Z

    The Dutch air force has experienced higher than expected corrosion during the first maritime deployments with its NH90 helicopters.

  • Eurofighter Typhoon Taurus - Airbus Defence & Spac
    News

    Exports remain key target for 2014, MBDA says

    2014-03-19T15:05:29Z

    ​MBDA says it faces “a year of opportunity but also a year of challenges”, after reporting increased sales worth €4 billion ($5.5 billion) in 2013.

  • News

    Comair has options for eight more 737 Max jets: chief

    2014-03-19T14:51:11Z

    South African carrier Comair has “floating options” for a further eight Boeing 737-800 Max 8 twinjets on top of its order for eight of the type, says chief executive Erik Venter.

  • MAS 777-200
    News

    MH370 course deviation detail still unclear

    2014-03-19T14:34:00Z

    ​Investigating authorities have yet to detail the missing Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777’s track following its loss of contact, and indicate whether any evidence supports the course being amended via the flight-management system.

  • News

    Israeli air force strikes Syrian targets

    2014-03-19T10:32:51Z

    ​After many so-called "Phantom attacks" conducted inside Syria in recent months that have been attributed to Israel, the nation's air force performed a wide-scale attack on Syrian targets over the night of 18 March.

  • MAS 777-200
    News

    MH370 investigators rule out Maldives sighting

    2014-03-19T09:43:00Z

    ​Investigators examining the disappearance of a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 have ruled out a reported sighting of an unidentified aircraft over the Maldives.

  • MAS 777-200
    News

    MH370: Maldives police examine 'low-flying jet' lead

    2014-03-19T09:01:00Z

    ​Maldives law enforcement authorities are to examine reports that a large low-flying aircraft was sighted over the Indian Ocean state hours after the Malaysian Airlines Boeing 777 disappearance.

  • AW101 VIP - AgustaWestland
    News

    New Delhi lashes out at Italian AW101 bank guarantee ruling

    2014-03-19T04:02:22Z

    ​India plans to appeal an Italian court order that blocks it from claiming bank guarantees held in Italy related to a cancelled deal for AgustaWestland AW101 helicopters configured for VVIP use.

  • News

    New Delhi eyes local production of PC-7 basic trainer

    2014-03-19T01:00:58Z

    India’s defence ministry has issued a request for information for the procurement of an additional 106 Swiss Pilatus PC-7 MK II Basic Trainer Aircraft (BTA).

  • News

    DARPA selects four bidders for high-speed VTOL X-Plane

    2014-03-18T23:53:36Z

    Four companies – Aurora Flight Sciences, Boeing, Karem Aircraft and Sikorsky – will compete to build a high-speed, vertical take-off and landing X-plane with improved hover efficiency, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) announced on 18 March.

  • U-2S - Lockheed Martin
    News

    USAF justifies fleet cuts, confirms budget would ground all U-2s in FY16

    2014-03-18T21:58:15Z

    The US Air Force is defending its plan to retire its Lockheed U-2 high-altitude reconnaissance and Fairchild Republic A-10 close-air support aircraft.

  • News

    Delta inks lease deal for 24 aircraft

    2014-03-18T19:51:12Z

    Delta Air Lines has closed a sale and leaseback deal for about 24 narrowbody aircraft, as it works to expand the number of leased aircraft in its fleet.

  • MiG-21 - Croatian defence ministry
    News

    Croatia nears receipt of delayed MiG-21s from Ukraine

    2014-03-18T15:14:28Z

    Croatia's defence ministry says the current turmoil in Ukraine “has nothing to do” with a roughly five-month delay in returning its Mikoyan MiG-21bisD fighters and UMD-model trainers that are being overhauled in Odessa, instead citing “technical problems”.

  • go! CRJ200
    News

    Mesa to shut down go! operations

    2014-03-18T14:03:13Z

    ​Mesa Air Group will shut down its go! Airlines subsidiary on 1 April, as it prepares to expand its feeder operations for American Airlines and United Airlines.

  • C-130H tanker - Swedish air force
    News

    Swedish air force studies airlift, trainer renewal options

    2014-03-18T13:52:29Z

    ​Sweden is beginning to study its options for fielding modern fleets of tactical transports and advanced trainers within the next decade, says air force chief of staff Maj Gen Micael Bydén.

  • MAS 777-200
    News

    Deliberate action remains focus of MH370 inquiry

    2014-03-18T11:59:00Z

    ​Malaysia's acting transport minister has sought to allay concerns over the known sequence of events surrounding the missing Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777, insisting that the focus remains on deliberate action.

  • TBM 900
    News

    Daher-Socata launches TBM 900. First deliveries planned for 20 March

    2014-03-18T11:56:45Z

    French airframer Daher-Socata has turned up the heat in the single-engined turboprop market with the unveiling of its TBM 900. First deliveries of the high-speed aircraft – the latest evolution of the 25-year-old TBM design – will be made to three customers in the USA and Europe on 20 March.

  • Analysis

    ANALYSIS: Can airlines take share and profits?

    2014-03-18T11:55:49Z

    One of the most striking things about IATA’s robust industry profit outlooks over the last couple of years has been the way the extra capacity that airlines have added has been soaked up without derailing profitability.

  • News

    India could buy more unmanned Harops

    2014-03-18T11:22:26Z

    India's air force is evaluating the purchase of additional Israel Aerospace Industries Harop loitering munitions, as deliveries continue under a previous order placed in 2012.

  • 18 March southern search area
    News

    Australian search for MH370 gets underway in Indian Ocean

    2014-03-18T07:29:28Z

    The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has issued details about the Indian Ocean search area for the Malaysia Airlines 777-200ER that disappeared under mysterious circumstances on Saturday 8 March.