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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.
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US Army upbeat on future armed scout contest
US Army officials say they are pleased with the quality of the bids so far received under its future attack reconnaissance aircraft (FARA) programme, with an initial contracting decision anticipated by mid-year.
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Design issues delay badly needed Combat Rescue Helicopter
Design and manufacturing issues have delayed the first test flight of the US Air Force’s badly needed Combat Rescue Helicopter, the Sikorsky HH-60W, and could push back the start of the aircraft’s low-rate production.
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Boeing to help Aerion develop AS2 supersonic jet
Boeing has become the latest – and biggest – aerospace company to partner with supersonic business jet developer Aerion.
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Analysis
Boeing 747 keeps rolling, 50 years after first flight
People said it would never fly. Too expensive, too ambitious, too big.
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Elbit subsidiary picked for RC-26B avionics update
Elbit Systems of America has been awarded a potentially $22 million contract to support an avionics modernisation activity on the US Air National Guard's fleet of Fairchild Metroliner-derived RC-26B surveillance aircraft.
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Spirit's Asco acquisition on track to close by mid-year: CEO
Spirit AeroSystems has restarted the regulatory process required to complete a $650 million acquisition of SRIF, parent of Belgium-based aircraft component maker Asco.