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SEATTLE, May 24 (UPI) -- The flight decks and avionics of the U.S. and NATO Airborne Warning and Control System aircraft fleet will be modernized under a $368 million Boeing contract. The Engineering, Manufacturing and Development contract for ...
May 24, 2012 at 17:16 | Source: United Press International
Amman - The national carrier Royal Jordanian RJ on Saturday incorporated two new airliners, an Airbus-320 and Airbus-321, into its fleet, replacing two ageing aircraft of the same type. The flag carrier said in a statement that the introduction into ...
May 27, 2012 at 04:05 | Source: Zawya.com
Pilots of small, homemade aircraft have twice as many accidents and three times the fatalities as the rest of the general-aviation community, the National Transportation Safety Board found Tuesday. Based on those findings, the five-member board ...
May 23, 2012 at 17:53 | Source: AZCentral.com
A major piece of Britain's new one has arrived at a dockyard, China is testing its new one, but 100 years after the concept was invented, does anybody still need aircraft carriers? They are floating airfields that can deploy a nation's military ...
May 29, 2012 at 01:54 | Source: BBC News
PRAGUE, Czech Republic, May 23 (UPI) -- Six crew members were injured Wednesday when a Russian military aircraft caught fire after crash-landing in the Czech Republic, the Czech government said. A Russian military source told RIA Novosti the ...
May 23, 2012 at 13:50 | Source: United Press International
A new C-17 transport aircraft has been unveiled today by the Defence Secretary at RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire. Philip Hammond welcomed the £200m aircraft which arrived in the UK this week from Boeing's production plant in California, USA. This ...
May 24, 2012 at 19:47 | Source: Global Security
Analysis of initial audio data from the crashed Sukhoi Superjet 100 in Indonesia shows that the terrain-warning system was active and providing information to the crew about proximity of hazardous terrain. The cockpit-voice recorder from the aircraft ...
May 25, 2012 at 04:15 | Source: Flight Global.com
(Reuters) - Aircraft equipment supplier Wesco Aircraft Holdings Inc (WAIR.N: Quote) said it will buy Canadian fasteners distributor Interfast Inc for C$134 million ($130.32 million) in cash. Wesco said the acquisition will not have a material ...
May 24, 2012 at 11:18 | Source: Reuters Canada
For the third time in five days, India [ Images] on Monday test-fired two surface-to-air anti-aircraft 'Akash' missiles from the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur near here, achieving success in one while the data of the second trial was being ...
May 28, 2012 at 08:43 | Source: rediff.com
The Indian Air Force's long pending requirement of basic trainer aircraft can now be met with the acquisition of 75 Pilatus planes starting later this year under a Rs 2,800 crore deal signed today with the Swiss company. The aircraft will help ...
May 24, 2012 at 16:48 | Source: rediff.com