All United States articles – Page 150
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Rutan's SkiGull completes first flight
Burt Rutan pledged to continue designing new aircraft after completing the first flight of the homebuilt SkiGull amphibian, his 47th design to fly.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Bell Helicopter pushing V-22 for USAF search-and-rescue
In March 2011, during Operation "Odyssey Dawn", two US Marine Corps Bell Boeing MV-22s were instrumental in the rescue of a Boeing F-15E pilot who had ejected from his aircraft deep within hostile territory in Libya after the Strike Eagle succumbed to mechanical failure.
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Era closes as last Boeing C-17 departs Long Beach
Boeing officially marked the end of aircraft production at a 74-year-old plant in Long Beach, California, on 29 November, flying the last C-17 out of the factory complex on Lakewood, Boulevard.
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Fatal MV-22 crash in Hawaii linked to excessive debris ingestion
The fatal Bell-Boeing MV-22 crash in Hawaii on May 17 could prompt the US Marine Corps to adopt an improved engine filtration system being developed for the CV-22 operated by the air force.
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USAF denies seeking more F-16 or F-15 combat jets
The US Air Force has denied any plans to purchase another tranche of Lockheed Martin F-16 or Boeing F-15 combat jets following reports it could seek bids for up to 72 new aircraft.
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Northrop, Raytheon ready for USAF's JSTARs radar competition
Raytheon and Northrop Grumman have raised their hands to participate in a radar engineering project tied to the US air force’s approximately $9 billion acquisition of “JSTARS” business jets for wide-area airborne surveillance and battle management.
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Historic touchdown for Blue Origin’s New Shepard space vehicle
Commercial spaceflight start-up Blue Origin has achieved a historic first by vertically landing and recovering the launcher stage of the New Shepard suborbital system after delivering a payload to space.
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Vintage Boeing B-52 gets new long-range Lockheed cruise missile
The Boeing B-52H is the vintage bomber that just won’t quit, and now the Cold War-era “Stratofortress” is being outfitted with one of America’s newest and longest-range conventional cruise missile.
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US special forces seek tube-launched glide bombs
The US air force has expressed interest in rapidly acquiring lightweight glide bombs capable of striking fast-moving targets from the common launch tubes of special operations aircraft.
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Lockheed-built X-56A crashes at USAF test range
One of two Lockheed Martin X-56A unmanned testbed aircraft built to trial new flutter-suppression technology for high-aspect-ratio wings has crashed at the Rogers Dry Lakebed test range in California, the US air force has disclosed.
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Calls for Pentagon to raise combat-coded bomber count to 160
Air power advocates in Washington have called for the Pentagon to consider building to a force of 150 to 160 mission-ready heavy bombers before the Boeing B-1 and B-52 retire in 2045.
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US government authorises Global Hawk sale to Japan
The US government has approved a potential $1.2 billion sale of three Block 30-model Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned air vehicles to Japan.
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Opinion
OPINION: Textron Aviation's bold advance is good news for Wichita
Long before Textron Aviation there was Travel Air. Travel Air launched in 1925 when Clyde Cessna and Walter Beech – two Wichita-based aircraft designers – teamed up with Lloyd Stearman to produce the Model A biplane. When Curtiss-Wright acquired Travel Air four years later, its value had risen by a ...
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Boeing E-3G makes Middle East combat debut
The US Air Force has sent its newly upgraded E-3G Sentry into harm’s way for the first time on a deployment to Southwest Asia, where it will presumably be supporting the increasingly cluttered air campaign against Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Military simulators report available for download
The 2015 census now features the latest information available on military aircraft simulation.
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NBAA: Spidertracks Iridium system offers real-time monitoring
Spidertracks has unveiled a new Iridium-based flight tracking system for aircraft with devices such as heated windshields that sometimes impede satellite transmissions from inside the cabin.
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NBAA: King Air C90 deliveries up next for Nextant after G90XT green light
Nextant Aerospace announced at the show that it has secured US certification for the G90XT twin-engined turboprop, and will begin deliveries of the remanufactured Beechcraft King Air C90 next year.
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NBAA: HondaJet closes in on certification
HondaJet expects type certification for the HA-420 light jet “very soon” after completing certification flight tests only a week ago, says chief executive Michimasa Fujino.
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NBBA: PATS rebrands overnight at show
Anyone passing the PATS Aircraft Systems stand at NBAA on 18 November may have done a second take. The Delaware-based maintenance, repair and overhaul specialist may be the first company ever to rebrand during a show.
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NBAA; Hahn signs for Sovereign
Germany’s Hahn Air signed for a Cessna Citation Sovereign at the show , adding to its two CJ4s. The used aircraft will be delivered to Hahn’s base in Düsseldorf late this month and go into operation before the end of the year. Hahn says the aircraft’s 2,800nm (5,190km) range will ...