The U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is suffering delays getting the threat assessments it needs to make informed acquisition decisions, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) says.
LOCKHEED MARTIN Corp. has $18m U.S. Navy contract for maintenance and operation of the Australia, Canada, United Kingdom Reprogramming Laboratory (ACURL) for the F-35.
AVIATION WEEK NETWORK forecasts that over the next ten years, 4,257 new rotary-wing aircraft will be built and delivered to military operators and 1,453 will be remanufactured or re-engined.
Qantas has removed four of its Boeing 737 freighters from service because of a potential defect on parts fitted during their conversion from passenger aircraft.
United Airlines’ plans to buy Airbus A321XLR to replace its Boeing 757s is a major blow to Boeing that could see the OEM abandoning the proposed new midmarket airplane.
Aircraft tracking system provider Blue Sky Network on Nov. 20 announced FAA certification of its autonomous distress tracking (ADT) device on Boeing 737 airliners.
There have been no images or statements released, but growing evidence points to the existence of the stealthy RQ-180 and its use in regular front-line service.
Successfully run at Mach 5 temperatures, validating for the first time the capability of the novel heat exchanger design to operate at hypersonic flight conditions for atmospheric and space access applications.
Delta Air Lines is seeking an exemption from automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) performance requirements for its Airbus A350-900s, which fail to meet navigation accuracy specifications when transmitting their position during surface movements outside of the runway area.
Insufficient clearance between a wire-bundle bracket screw and a hydraulic pipe feeding an engine component on certain ATR aircraft is causing damage to the pipe, leading the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) to call for modifications of the bundles.
