All articles by Stephen Trimble – Page 106
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NewsJapan swoops for F-35, shoots down Typhoon, F/A-18E/F
Japan has selected the Lockheed Martin F-35A joint strike fighter (JSF) for its F-X contract, which purchases 42 aircraft to replace an ageing fleet of McDonnell...
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South Africa back in play for Airbus Military A400M after refund
Airbus Military has cleared a key hurdle to pursuing further business with South Africa by refunding pre-delivery payments on an order of eight A400Ms cancelled...
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NewsIN FOCUS: Moving many of aviation history's most precious artefacts to new home at Udvar-Hazy
The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum is moving a massive collection of artefacts to a new complex at the Udvar-Hazy Center, near Dulles airport
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NewsIN FOCUS: F-35 concurrency reaches turning point
What started as a seemingly isolated and quickly resolved issue - a single bulkhead that buckled during fatigue testing in November 2010 - has mushroomed into a suddenly public crisis of confidence within the Lockheed Martin F-35 programme.
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NewsPICTURES: Lockheed rolls out last F-22A from Marietta plant
Lockheed Martin has rolled out the last F-22A Raptor on order by the US Air Force, to close a nearly 15-year-old final assembly line that produced a total of 187 operational fighters.
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NewsMBDA acquires US munitions factory from Northrop Grumman
The American subsidiary of European munitions maker MBDA has acquired Northrop Grumman's Viper Strike business as the first step in a broader push to expand deeper into the US defence market.
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NewsIraq requests possible F-16 follow-on deal
Iraq could buy a second batch of 18 Lockheed Martin F-16IQs and a package of engines, sensors and weapons worth an estimated $2.3 billion, according to the US arms export agency
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NewsSpecial DoD review recommends curtailing early F-35 production
A special review by the US Department of Defense has identified 13 ongoing or likely future design problems with the Lockheed Martin F-35 ...
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NewsBombardier: 787-like modification costs unaffordable for CSeries
Bombardier has designed the CSeries production schedule in a way that should reduce the cost of an extended delay to entry into service.
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CSeries first-flight timing rests on aircraft systems maturity
First flight of the Bombardier CSeries airliner will depend upon establishing the maturity of dozens of aircraft systems close to entering the final phase...
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NewsF-22 oxygen system malfunctioned moments before crash
A US Air Force report has said the regular oxygen system stopped working before a fatal Lockheed Martin F-22 crash in Alaska last November.
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NewsLockheed unveils new, cheaper variant of C-130
Lockheed Martin will develop a cheaper variant of the C-130J Super Hercules that removes several features from the tactical airlifter's basic design. The...
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NewsCSeries first flight timing rests on aircraft systems maturity
First flight of the Bombardier CSeries airliner will depend upon establishing the maturity of dozens of aircraft systems close to entering the final phase...
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IN FOCUS: USAF committed to replace AMRAAM and HARM with new missile
With hot competition from Russia and China, the US Air Force is working on a next-generation weapon. But the programme will be expensive, especially in a time of cuts
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NewsGE, Rolls-Royce power down F136 engine fight
General Electric and Rolls-Royce have abandoned an almost six-year campaign to save the F136 alternate engine for the Lockheed Martin F-35 from termination. Both...
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NewsLockheed Martin stands by F-35 concurrency plan
Lockheed Martin is standing by the concurrency strategy and the quality of the F-35 structural design, despite a new critique by the head of the programme's...
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Airbus, EU submit package of WTO compliance actions
Airbus and the European Union said on 1 December that they have complied with World Trade Organization (WTO) rulings banning unfair subsidies and called...
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Bombardier re-affirms CSeries schedule, welcomes Embraer re-engining decision
Bombardier's top executive on 1 December reaffirmed the late-2013 delivery target for the CSeries narrowbody airliner, but acknowledged some suppliers are...
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NewsNew long-range bomb on target for flight testing
Raytheon has cleared the GBU-53/B small diameter bomb (SDB) increment II to enter the most critical phase of flight testing. The US government has...
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F-22 oxygen report delayed for months
The US Air Force has extended by several months a self-imposed deadline for releasing a scientific analysis of the oxygen problems blamed for two groundings of the Lockheed Martin F-22A Raptor.