April 2016

Air Races News April 24, 2016

It’s first Red Bull Air Race win for Dolderer – and Germany – in Spielberg

Germany’s Matthias Dolderer beat the elements, the obstacles and 13 of the world’s best pilots to become the first German ever to win a Red…

Military Aviation News April 22, 2016

Japan has successfully carried out the first flight of its stealth jet

MHI Conducts First Flight of “X-2″Advanced Technology Demonstrator Tokyo, April 22, 2016 – Today Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) successfully completed the maiden flight of…

Military Aviation News April 22, 2016

Finmeccanica demonstrates air-to-ground Mode 5 Reverse-IFF capability with Italian Typhoons

This technology allows to avoid collateral damages due to friendly fire during close air support operations In the demo, an Italian Air Force Typhoon was…

General Aviation News April 21, 2016

Airbus to cut output of slow-selling A380 superjumbo

(Reuters) European planemaker Airbus (AIR.PA) plans to cut production of its A380 superjumbo from 2017 as it struggles to revive sales of the world’s largest…

Military Aviation News April 21, 2016

U.S. Air Force Awards Lockheed Martin $116 Million Contract Option for JASSM-ER Production

ORLANDO, Fla., April 21, 2016 – Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) received a $116.8 million contract from the U.S. Air Force for continued production of Joint…

Civilian aviation news April 21, 2016

Segmen Flight Academy stands up flight training operations in Turkey with five Cessna Skyhawk aircraft

FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany. (April 21, 2016) – Cessna Aircraft Company, a subsidiary of Textron Aviation Inc., a Textron Inc. (NYSE:TXT) company, today announced that Turkey-based Segmen…

Civilian aviation news April 21, 2016

VIP Jets Ltd. Signs for first Bell Helicopter in Cambodia

Fort Worth, TX (April 21, 2016) – Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, announced today it has signed a letter of intent (LOI)…

Military Aviation News April 21, 2016

Hill depot facility becomes first to work on all F-35 variants

HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah (AFNS) — The Ogden Air Logistics Complex here became the first depot facility to perform modifications on all three F-35…

Military Aviation News April 20, 2016

U.S. Marine Corps’ CH-53K helicopter completes first external load test

A CH-53K King Stallion, the U.S. Marine Corps’ newest helicopter, completed its first external load flight test Apr. 19 at Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation’s Development Flight…

Space News April 20, 2016

Sentinel-1B_in_position_for_liftoff

With just two days to liftoff, the next Sentinel for Europe’s environmental monitoring programme in now poised high in the launch tower at Europe’s Spaceport…

General Aviation News April 20, 2016

Innovative 3D printing solutions are “taking shape” within Airbus

Airbus is making significant investments in revolutionary additive layer manufacturing technologies (3D printing) – with expanding capabilities that are demonstrating the company’s pioneering spirit to…

General Aviation News April 19, 2016

The H215 showcases its robustness and performance in Latin America

The H215 begins its demo tour of Argentina, Chile and Peru Civil and military customers will experience the multi-mission capabilities of this powerful helicopter first-hand…

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