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GE’s H75 turboprop selected to power new Turbine Venom aircraft

Mitsubishi Eyes ‘Expedited’ Flight Testing in U.S.

Mitsubishi Aircraft hopes to advance the start of flight testing of the first MRJ90 in the U.S. from the fourth quarter of this year to some time in the summer, raising the possibility that it could gain certification as much as two months earlier than the official time frame of...

Machinists vote to strike at Triumph plant supplying Boeing, Airbus

Machinists at a Triumph Group factory that supplies parts for Boeing, Airbus and other aircraft makers voted on Monday to strike after rejecting the company's latest labor contract, the union said. Ninety-three percent of members voted to strike and 94 percent rejected the contract, the union...

USAF proposes Gulfstream G550 CAEW to re-host electronic attack gear

The US Air Force has requested permission from Congress to shift advanced electronic attack hardware from its EC-130H Compass Call aircraft onto Gulfstream G550 conformal airborne early warning airframes. A late change to the service’s fiscal year 2017 budget plan seeks $165.7 million and permission from Congress to acquire and reconfigure one Gulfstream aircraft per year into a new elect...

First E190 for J-AIR

Embraer has delivered Japan’s first E190 to J-Air, which will deploy the aircraft on its first revenue flight on the Osaka Itami-Kagoshima route on 10 May. The aircraft, registered JA241J, is powered by General Electric CF34 engines and features a dual class cabin with 15 business and 80 economy seats. This is the second E-Jet type to be operated by the Japan Airlin...

Rockwell Collins completes CRIIS production milestone

Rockwell Collins recently completed the Production Readiness Review (PRR) for Common Range Integrated Instrumentation System (CRIIS), paving the way for the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) to award Production Lot 1. The PRR was done in cooperation with the Test Resource Management Center (TRMC) and CRIIS System Program Office (SPO) at Eglin Air Force Base. Rockwell Collins is the prime contrac...

Cirrus Flies First Production Vision Jet

P1, the first production version of the Cirrus Vision SF50 single-engine jet, took off from Duluth (Minn.) International Airport on Thursday, flown by test pilot Terry LeSage. “Pilot feedback on P1 is simple,” he said. “The aircraft handled just great. It was not noticeably different from C2 [the third conforming test article], with handling qualitie...

Airbus Helicopters confident on Tiger’s Australian future

Airbus Helicopters maintains it is addressing a number of persistent criticisms levelled at the Tiger attack rotorcraft by its Australian customer, despite the likely early retirement of the platform from the nation’s inventory. In fact, so confident is the manufacturer in the improvements it is bringing to bear on the Tiger, it believes the platform can be offered as a replacement for th...

Third AW609 tiltrotor prototype resumes testing following fatal crash

After a six month hiatus, ground tests have resumed on the third prototype (A/C3) of the AgustaWestland AW609 tiltrotor. The aircraft recently underwent restrained ground testing with all engines and systems online after testing was suspended following a fatal air crash on October 30, 2015, which cost the lives of two test pilots. According to Leonardo-Finmeccanica, the recent ground tests invo...

The Real Chinese 'Dragon': Exposing the Power of China's Deadly Air Force

Tensions in the South China Sea and continued warnings about Chinese militarization of the disputed areas has led many Pentagon planners and analysts to sharpen focus on Chinese Air Force acquisitions and technological advances. The U.S. Air Force’s technological air power superiority over China is rapidly diminishing in light of rapid Chinese modernization of fighter jets, missiles...

Airbus sets sights on the stratosphere with glider flight

The flight aims to test how well an aircraft and its crew can fare in conditions similar to those on Mars, with thin atmosphere and cold temperatures. Airbus completed a test flight Saturday of a glider set to eventually travel to the edge of space, in a pioneering step into the stratosphere. The Perlan 2’s flight, from an airstrip in the western US state of Nevada, took place two hour...

World's largest, fastest firefighting aircraft unveiled in Colorado

Global SuperTanker's converted 747-400 is said to be deployable anywhere in the world within 20 hours. The world’s largest and fastest firefighting airplane, the "Spirit of John Muir", was unveiled at its new base in the US state of Colorado on Thursday (May 5). Launched by Global SuperTanker Services, the plane is said to be able to reach any part of the world in 20 hour...

Boeing reveals it got $305 million in tax breaks last year—a lot more than everyone thought

Washington state legislatures gave Boeing Co. $8.7 billion in tax incentives extensions back in 2013. This was followed by Boeing jobs continuing to decline as the company cut costs and moved jobs out of state, infuriating unions and workers. The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers District 751 (IAM 751), the “touch labor” union in the Seattle area for Boei...

NASA pours $67 million into solar electric spacecraft engines

It wants super-efficient power for missions headed to asteroids and Mars. In an effort to design more efficient spacecraft engines, NASA granted rocket manufacturer Aerojet Rocketdyne a three-year contract to develop advanced “solar electric propulsion” engines that could assist in deep space travel. The engines have the potential to be ten times more efficient than chemical engines...

This beautiful new plane has a feature that's unlike anything we've ever seen

Let's be honest. Flying — for most people — means being crammed into a pressurized metal tube with small portholes. Even large business jets with eight-figure price tags offer very little in terms of natural sunlight. Now Embraer has come up with a revolutionary interior that's straight out of a sci-fi flick. With an interior-design concept called the Kyoto Airship, Em...

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Celebrating 10 years of the Vision Jet, the aircraft that changed personal aviation

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Norway unveils five sites for landmark hybrid-electric aircraft demonstrations in 2027

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Daher highlights expanding business aviation role of TBM and Kodiak at NBAA-BACE 2026

Daher Aircraft will present its TBM and Kodiak aircraft families at next week’s NBAA Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (NBAA-BACE), showcasing how their combination of performance, e...