All articles by Stephen Trimble – Page 170
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New C-17 deal launches 12-nation airlift consortium
Boeing has secured a new order for two C-17s to an international consortium comprised of 10 NATO members and Finland and Sweden. The long-awaited deal was...
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Boeing 3Q deliveries drop to 3-year low
Boeing commercial aircraft deliveries for the third quarter dropped to a three-year low as a labour strike sharply curtailed activity in September.
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USA moves on F-35 sale to Israel
The US government notified Congress about a possible major export deal to Israel for the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter ...
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UAL refinances aircraft, sells assets to raise $275 million
United Airlines parent UAL Corp re-financed aircraft deals and agreed to sell "certain assets" to bolster its cash position with $275 million by year-end. The...
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Sun Country pilots to discuss wage deferral plan
Sun Country Airlines' pilots union will meet Thursday to discuss its response to management's wage deferral plan. The Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA),...
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NewsA400M reveals new cracks between Airbus and customers, suppliers
Airbus Military 's revelation of further delays to the A400M's first flight obscures the timing of future deliveries...
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Manufacturing ramp-up begins for Embraer Phenom family
Embraer aims to take the business aviation sector by storm just as it did with regional aircraft. But does the Brazilian airframer have the range to match its aspirations?
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NewsBoeing 787 beats high pressure test
Boeing has completed the first of three major tests for the 787 static airframe before the programme can be cleared for first flight. Static tests...
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US fighter, airlifter production future muddled by spending bills
The US Congress has passed defence spending bills for fiscal year 2009 that encourage more Boeing F/A-18 production, but slash Lockheed Martin F-35 orders...
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Leaked Rand analysis questions USAF fighter strategy, sparks inadvertent F-35 crisis
A leaked briefing about a recent Taiwan Straits war game has developed rapidly into an international crisis for the F-35 Joint...
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War game argues that USAF fleet could be outmatched by Chinese
Rand's 90-slide briefing presented in August argues that the US Air Force's fifth-generation fighter fleet could be outmatched by hordes of lesser-skilled...
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EADS announces new A400M first flight delay
EADS has confirmed the A400M first flight is postponed beyond the end of this year, but the impact on the delivery schedule remains unclear.
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NewsUS Congress passes $487.7 defence spending bill, slashes aircraft
The US Congress today passed defence spending bills slashing funds for the Lockheed Martin F-35 and Lockheed/AugstaWestland VH-71 presidential helicopter, and also left the Lockheed F-22 and Boeing C-17 production lines still in a state of programmatic purgatory.
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First operational VH-71 flies but budget remains uncertain
First operational VH-71 flies but budget remains uncertain
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NewsF-35 programme officials bash critics, suspect hidden agenda
Lockheed Martin and the US Department of Defense are attacking the motivation behind a recent barrage of criticism aimed at the basic combat abilities of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.
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NewsPICTURE: Lockheed Martin unveils wider, larger C-130XL to fight A400M
Lockheed Martin has unveiled the first public image of a widened version of the C-130 that could be offered for sale to the US Air Force within five years. Dubbed the C-130XL, the project remains under study by Lockheed's Aeronautics division in Marietta, Georgia, the site of C-130 production dating ...
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Northrop nears first flight of Global Hawk upgrade
Northrop Grumman will perform the first flight of the US Air Force's Block 30 Global Hawk UAV in late September ...
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UAS pilot gap becomes top priority for USAF
Addressing a critical shortage of pilots to operate unmanned air systems has moved to the top of the modernisation priorities for the US Air Force's newly...