Brazilian aircraft maker Embraer delivered 11 commercial aircraft and 11 executive jets in the three-month quarter ended March 31, including the first E175 jet to Mauritania Airlines, the first of this model to the African continent.
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Lockheed Martin’s promised discounts so far fall short of the U.S. government’s expectation’s for a long-sought multi-year procurement contract for the stealthy fighter.
President Donald Trump said on May 3 that negotiations will begin soon on nuclear arms controls with Russia, then later expand to include China in a three-way agreement.
A ground-based laser weapon has shot down multiple air-launched missiles in a successful test of a surrogate for a planned aircraft-mounted demonstrator.
Lockheed Martin says there is a path to achieve the Defense Department’s $25,000 flight hour stretch goal for the F-35A by 2025, although Pentagon officials disagree.
The largest trade association representing U.S. aviation manufacturers is calling on the U.S. Senate to confirm three nominees to the Export-Import Bank’s board of directors.
The investigation into the April 20 explosion is still ongoing, but so far appears to have exonerated the SuperDraco engines needed to fly a Dragon capsule to safety in case of a problem during ascent, SpaceX says.
A new missile defense interceptor quietly entered development by the U.S. Air Force in fiscal 2019 under a four-year, $632 million prototyping program.
A planned upgrade will enable F-35s to control unmanned aircraft systems by 2023, just as the U.S. Air Force's AI-enabled Skyborg UAS should be ready for operations.
BAE Systems says the demonstration “ensures the UK has the right technologies and skills in place for the future,” and suggests they could be used on the UK’s Future Combat Air System.
Now struggling with challenges in its rail transportation business, Bombardier has announced the latest step in its plan to focus its aerospace unit on business aircraft.
Cobham Aerospace Communications said it has successfully bench tested a proof-of-concept satellite communications (satcom) system for unmanned aircraft that represents a step change in transmitting high-bandwidth video by satellite. &
NASA is delaying the planned May 1 launch of a SpaceX cargo ship to the International Space Station to troubleshoot a problem with the station’s electrical system.
