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Not Top Gun yet: China struggles with warplane engine technology

China has built a potent military machine over the past 30 years but is struggling to develop advanced engines that would allow its warplanes to match Western fighters in combat, foreign and Chinese industry sources said. The country's engine technology lags that of United Technologies unit P...

Airbus just struck a $25 billion deal with Iran

Airbus announced that Iran Air has agreed to purchase 118 jets from manufacturer valued as much as $25 billion. According to Airbus, the agreement was signed at the Élysée Palace in Paris during Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s visit with French PresidentFran&ccedi...

Revealed: Japan's New Fighter Prototype

Japan unveiled its new fighter demonstrator to the public on Thursday, giving a glimpse of what the future of fighter jets may look like. Meant to showcase a variety of new tech, the X-2 stealth aircraft will almost certainly lead to a sixth-generation fighter aircraft designed to counter the new breed of advanced Chinese fighters. Painted in the red and white colors of Japan, the X-2 was unvei...

Boeing, Xiamen Airlines Celebrate Milestone 8,888th 737 Delivery

Boeing delivered the 8,888th 737 to come off the production line to Xiamen Airlines. The airplane, a Next-Generation 737-800, features a special livery commemorating the airplane's significance. Just as seven is considered a lucky number for Boeing, eight is considered to be a fortunate number in Chinese culture because it sounds similar to the word that means "prosperity" or...

Official statement of ANTONOV Company press service

Hereby we are drawing your attention to the fact that information about liquidation of ANTONOVState Company is not true. The Government of Ukraine took decision on liquidation of the ANTONOV State CONCERN. TheCONCERN consisted of three enterprises: ANTONOV State COMPANY, Kharkiv State Aircraft Manufacturing Company (KSAMC) and State enterprise Plant 410 o...

Airbus Helicopters delivers the first of three H145s to Pacific Helicopters in Papua New Guinea

Marking a milestone for both Pacific Helicopters and aviation operations in Papua New Guinea, the company has taken delivery of the first of three H145 helicopters from Airbus Helicopters. The first H145, leased from international lessor, Waypoint Leasing, has arrived in the Eastern Highlands Provincial capital of Goroka, following final reassembly at Airbus Group Australia Pacific’s Sydney...

Medevac Surion conducts maiden flight

Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) has conducted the first flight of a KUH-1 Surion utility helicopter optimised for military medevac missions. The first flight took place at KAI’s Sachon production facility and lasted for 20 minutes, says the company in a statement. The 8.7t medevac Surion will first be delivered to the South Korean army in 2018. In 2014, state news agency Yonhap report...

Design review to unlock Sikorsky HH-60W funds

US air force’s Combat Rescue Helicopter programme is on track to complete a preliminary design review in April that will unlock funds for five more aircraft. Programme officials from the service and Sikorsky say that during 2015 the two sides came to an agreement on more than 1,000 design requirements and 3,000 subsystem specifications through the government’s "system requireme...

Textron Aviation Poised for Growth in 2016

Textron Aviation will see “solid growth” this year as deliveries ramp up for the new Cessna Citation Latitude, Textron chairman and CEO Scott Donnelly told investors this morning during a quarterly conference call. Last year, the Wichita-based aircraft manufacturer shipped 166 Cessna Citations and 117 King Airs, up from 159 and 113, respectively, in 2014. With about 30 Lat...

Airbus Helicopters’ second H160 prototype takes off

The H160’s second prototype took off today in Marignane, kicking off a busy 2016 for the H160 as it pursues its flight test program with two prototypes. The second prototype is the first H160 to fly with the Turbomeca Arrano engines. PT1 had accumulated more than 75 hours of flight testing by the end of 2015, allowing the aircraft to open the flight envelope and validating some of the helic...

G450/550 Production Cut as Gulfstream Moves to G500/600

Gulfstream Aerospace reduced G550 production rates in the fourth quarter of last year and will lower rates of theG450 this quarter, while G280 and G650 production will be increased slightly, Phebe Novakovic, chairman andCEO of parent company General Dynamics, announced today during an investor conference call. She called the move “part of the transitio...

Airbus Corporate Jet Centre delivers an elegant refurbished governmental ACJ319 with high technology systems onboard

Airbus Corporate Jet Centre, the innovative provider of customized nose-to-tail solutions toVIP and airline customers under Airbus standards, has delivered a refurbished Airbus ACJ319 for an undisclosed government, after a successful C-Check (10 years) and heavy work on the fuselage. This project presented a double challenge by requiring high-level communication and in-flight entertainment (I...

Boeing Reports Fourth-Quarter Results and Provides 2016 Guidance

Fourth-Quarter 2015 Core EPS (non-GAAP)* of $1.60 on revenue of $23.6 billion; GAAP EPS of $1.51 Strong operating cash flow of $3.1 billion on solid core operating performance Full Year 2015 Record revenue of $96.1 billion on record commercial deliveries Operating cash flow increased to $9.4 billion; strong liquidity of $12.1 billion in cash and marketable securit...

Ukraine set to liquidate world famous aircraft manufacturer Antonov

The world famous Ukrainian aircraft manufacturer Antonov renowned for producing the world’s biggest airliners An-124 Ruslan and An-225 Mriya will cease to exist, the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade reported on Wednesday. According to the Ukrainian government’s decision, Antonov will be liquidated while enterprises integrated into the aircraft manufacturer will be assigned...

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