All United States articles – Page 56
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USAF acquisition costs to rise to $104bn by 2033
The US Air Force’s acquisition costs are projected to reach $104 billion by 2033, driven primarily by the purchase of several new aircraft and weapons.
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DoD to begin negotiations to buy 485 Lockheed Martin F-35s
The F-35 Lightning II Joint Program Office intends to solicit and negotiate multiple contracts to buy 485 stealth fighters from Lockheed Martin.
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DoD’s AI strategy highlights flight safety and aircraft repair
The US Department of Defense’s Artificial Intelligence Strategy highlighted the technology's ability to improve flight safety and aircraft maintenance.
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Aircastle to liquidate joint venture with OTPP
Aircastle and Ontario Teacher's Pension Plan will sell the aircraft portfolio owned by joint venture Lancaster Aircraft Leasing.
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Boeing losses in KC-46A programme continue to rise
Boeing recorded a $736 million reach-forward loss in 2018 on its KC-46A Pegasus tanker, bringing the programme’s total losses to nearly $3.6 billion.
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Honeywell and Curtiss-Wright roll out data-transmitting black boxes
US aerospace companies Honeywell and Curtiss-Wright have teamed to develop a line of cockpit voice and data recorders that will be capable of transmitting aircraft data to ground stations.
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Kratos working on new tactical and ISR drone
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions received $14 million in recent contract awards to develop a new unmanned air vehicle, called Aethon, designed for tactical, as well as intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, missions.
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PICTURES: Boeing transfers fifth KC-46A to Altus base
Boeing has delivered its fifth KC-46A Pegasus tanker to the US Air Force, with its latest example the first to be transferred to Altus AFB in Oklahoma.
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Lockheed remains bullish on supersonic air travel
Despite pulling out of its involvement with Aerion, a startup developing a supersonic airliner, Lockheed Martin remains bullish on the prospect of high-speed air travel, pointing to its involvement developing NASA’s X-59.
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VIDEO: Convair C-131B crashes into Atlantic east of Miami
The US Coast Guard has rescued one person from the Atlantic Ocean after a Conquest Air Convair C-131B aircraft crashed east of Miami on 8 February.
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USAF to struggle with novice aircraft maintainers for years
The US Air Force continues to struggle to keep and replace sufficient numbers of experienced and highly skilled aircraft maintainers.
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Opinion
OPINION: Bombardier answers regional riddle with CRJ550
For quite some time, there has seemed to be no question for which the appropriate answer is "more CRJs".
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Spirit AeroSystems eyes Boeing's next aircraft and more A220 work
Spirit AeroSystems views Airbus's effort to trim A220 manufacturing costs as a chance land new contracts by beating out existing competitors.
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Raytheon looks to install F-35’s DAS on helicopters
After winning a contract in June 2018 from Lockheed Martin to develop and produce the F-35 Lightning II’s next-generation electro-optical Distributed Aperture System (DAS), Raytheon said it is looking at also installing the camera technology on helicopters.
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Countermeasures approved for India’s head-of-state Boeing 777
India was approved by the US State Department to purchase two Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasures Self-Protection Suites for an estimated cost of $190 million.
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Sikorsky stays defiant over SB-1 helicopter prospects
Sikorsky remains confident that the SB-1 Defiant helicopter it is jointly developing with Boeing can achieve a target speed of around 270kt (500km/h), even though the technology demonstrator is yet to leave the ground.
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PICTURES: US Navy retires last of legacy F/A-18 Hornets
The US Navy officially retired the last of its legacy McDonnel Douglas F/A-18 Hornet fleet in a fly-over ceremony at sunset on 1 February at Naval Air Station Oceania in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Cosmic Girl ready for a new 747 era
Boeing 747-400s may be in the twilight of their service lives, but one pristine example is being readied for what promises to be a distinguished second career. Seen here in late January at Long Beach airport, this ex-Virgin Atlantic example will soon be carrying LauncherOne rockets built just up the ...
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Boeing 'focuses on CFM' as Spirit AeroSystems recovers: CFO
A top Boeing executive has expressed confidence Spirit AeroSystems will meet the next 737 production increase while reiterating that remaining supply chain problems stem largely from CFM International.
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Airline Business
ANALYSIS: WestJet sees hopeful revenue signs as overhaul advances
WestJet's executives are describing 2018 as a year of rebuilding – a period during which the company's financial results suffered amid a wholesale transformation that was aimed at eventually making WestJet stronger.