With a little help from the U.S. Congress and the potential for international orders, Boeing is bullish about prospects for its international fighters.

The company recently completed full qualification of the floatation system for the AW169.

Pakistan air force top guns, Wing Cdr. Usman Ali and Sqn. Ldr. Yasar Mudasser-Aslam are showing off Sino-Pakistani fighter aircraft in the skies over Le Bourget.

Following an aggressive sales campaign in recent months, IAI Bedek has added new customers as it adapted its portfolio to new market needs, Joseph Melamed, general manager of IAI Bedek Aviation Group, told ShowNews.

Israeli Aircraft Industries says that there is growing interest in the conversion of Boeing 767-300ER airliners into aerial refueling tankers.

Development of revolutionary engines at GE Aviation is setting the stage for the next 50 years in military aircraft propulsion, engineers there believe.

Production of GE Aviation’s F414 fighter engine could run for another decade. Although orders for the main aircraft it powers, the twin-engine F-18 Super Hornet and Growler, are winding down, it is finding success elsewhere in the world.

CFM International will keep its maintenance costs for the new LEAP narrowbody engine to levels at or similar to those of the current CFM56 engine, company senior executives said.