All United States articles – Page 109
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Boeing's 100th P-8 enters final assembly
The hundredth Boeing P-8 entered final assembly in Renton, Washington in March.
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JPO to hand F-35 management to services
The Department of Defence plans to eventually divide management of the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II programme between two offices: one managed by the US Navy and Marine Corps, and another led by the US Air Force. The Joint Programme Office, which currently handles the fighter programme, will ultimately be ...
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AAS-equipped P-8A could replace E-8C
The US Navy's P-8A Poseidon could pick up a new mission if the US Air Force is allowed to follow through on plans to cancel a replacement for the Northrop Grumman E-8C JSTARS.
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Lockheed's MQ-25 reuses USN fighter engines, landing gear
New details of Lockheed Martin’s bid for the MQ-25 Stingray contract reveal a flying wing unmanned tanker with several key components re-used from aircraft already on board the US Navy’s aircraft carriers.
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INTERVIEW: Taking command of an aircraft carrier
Capt Douglas Verissimo, is commanding officer for aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson
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MRO industry wary as OEMs make services inroads: survey
Airlines and maintenance providers have grown increasingly wary of efforts by large OEMs to significantly expand their aviation services divisions and to capture huge swaths of the MRO industry, according to a 2018 survey produced by consultancy Oliver Wyman.
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KBRA eyes downgrade for Elix 2017 turboprop deal
Large numbers of aircraft coming off lease and late payments have led Kroll Bond Rating Agency to put on Elix's 2017 securitisation PROP 2017-1 on watch downgrade.
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Bombardier’s 2018 goal in reach as CSeries deliveries accelerate
Bombardier in the last several weeks significantly picked up the pace of CSeries deliveries, handing four aircraft to customers in March and putting the company on a trajectory that makes it 2018 delivery goal within reach.
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Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornet production line busy until 2025
Boeing said its F/A-18 Super Hornet production line has work until 2025 thanks to purchases of dozens of aircraft by the US Navy and the Kuwaiti Air Force – a change in fortunes for a platform that was supposed to be obsolete by now.
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Boeing receives first Super Hornet for service life modification
The first F/A-18 Super Hornet scheduled to undergo service life modification arrived at Boeing’s St. Louis, Missouri facilities on 5 April.
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Phantom Works selects Rolls-Royce turbofan to power MQ-25 bid
Boeing’s MQ-25 unmanned aerial vehicle prototype is powered by a Rolls-Royce AE 3007N turbofan, Boeing disclosed on 5 April.
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Boeing tankers refuel each other in KC-46 milestone test
Boeing announced that its KC-46 Pegasus aerial tanker programme completed its fuel on-load testing, part of its overall Supplemental Type Certificate, by successfully transferring 146,000 pounds of fuel from one KC-46 to another KC-46 during flight.
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Trump unveils tariff plan on Chinese aircraft imports
Aircraft, jet engines and helicopters made in China are among 1,300 product categories that will face a 25% tariff if imported into the USA, the Trump Administration proposed on 3 April.
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UPDATED: Airbus to resume Pratt-powered A320neo deliveries in April
Update: On 4 April Airbus corrected previous information given to FlightGlobal. The company now says deliveries of PW-powered A320neos will resume in April, as the company's CEO Tom Enders said in February.
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Boeing awarded contract to deliver 28 Super Hornets to Kuwait
Boeing was awarded a contract worth up to $1.17 billion to produce and deliver 22 F/A-18E and 6 F/A-18F Super Hornets for the government of Kuwait by 2022, the US Defence Department announced on 30 March.
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US Navy remotely lands F/A-18 Super Hornet on carrier deck
Naval officers aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln demonstrated for the first time the ability to remotely take control of an aircraft and land it on an aircraft carrier’s deck.
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Boeing Defense reorganizes by adding two new divisions and eliminating another
Boeing plans to launch two new divisions within its Defense, Space & Security business starting next week – a Commercial Derivative Aircraft division, and a Missile and Weapon Systems division – as part of an ongoing reorganization effort by the business unit’s chief executive, Leanne Caret.
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Boeing suffers "limited" malware intrusion
A malware attack struck Boeing computers on 28 March, but the company insists the impact is contained.
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South Korean delegation presses for F-35 MRO&U contracts
A member of a South Korean governmental delegation pressed the US Department of Defense to grant maintenance, repair, overhaul and upgrade contracts for the F-35A Lighting II to Korean companies during a speech at a rollout ceremony for the jet fighter in Fort Worth, Texas on 28 March.
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Great Lakes lays off staff and puts aircraft up for sale
Great Lakes Airlines has started laying off staff and is seeking to sell assets including Beechcraft and Embraer turboprops, moves that follow the company’s decision to halt operations several days ago.