Lockheed Martin has received an $87 million contract to upgrade 17 F-16A/Bs being transferred to the Jordanian air force. Modifications, to be performed between mid-2006 and mid-2009 by Turkish Aerospace Industries, include Falcon Up and Falcon Star structural upgrades and theF-16A/B Mid-Life Update. The fighters are joining 16F-16A/Bs delivered in 1997-8.
Source: Flight International
Wisk Aero has shared new images of the first full-scale prototype of its autonomous Gen6 air taxi.
A trio of leading US air taxi companies moved forward this week on plans to certificate, manufacture and commercialise a new class of electric aircraft.
Airbus has enhanced operational documentation to provide greater clarity on engine-relight procedures after severe hail extinguished both powerplants on a LATAM A320 two years ago. Such was the storm’s intensity that it “significantly exceeded” engine design and certification criteria, according to the airframer, with water and ice content twice the ...
