April 2017

Military Aviation News April 28, 2017

USAF F-35As Deploy to Bulgaria

5th-Generation Fighters Arrive in Bulgaria Two U.S. F-35 Lightning II aircraft and about 20 supporting airmen arrived in Bulgaria today from Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England,…

Civilian aviation news April 28, 2017

American Airlines Sign a Contract for Four Additional Embraer E175s

Embraer and American Airlines Group (AAG) have signed a firm order for four E175 jets. The contract, in addition to the original order placed by…

Civilian aviation news April 28, 2017

Jambojet of Kenya Selects Bombardier Q400

Bombardier Commercial Aircraft confirms that Ilyushin Finance Co. (IFC) has converted an option on one Q400 aircraft to a firm order. The Moscow-based leasing company,…

Space News April 28, 2017

China announce permanent manned space station in 2019

China will begin construction of a permanent manned space station in 2019 after carrying out a successful in-orbit refueling from its Tianzhou-1 cargo spacecraft, officials…

Military Aviation News April 28, 2017

Airbus has completed the 1,500th target drone

Airbus has completed the 1,500th target drone (Do-DT – direct target) at the Friedrichshafen site, which will soon enter service on behalf of the German…

General Aviation News April 28, 2017

Pilatus Reports Successful Business Year 2016

With sales revenue of 821 million Swiss francs, performance in financial 2016 was better than expected. Operating earnings totalled 89 million Swiss francs after deduction…

Civilian aviation news April 27, 2017

American Airlines defers delivery of Airbus and Boeing aircraft

(Reuters) American Airlines Group Inc on Thursday announced it was deferring the first delivery of its Airbus A350 XWBs from 2018 to 2020, and had…

Civilian aviation news April 27, 2017

First Quarter (Q1) 2017 results Airbus

Revenues €13bn; EBIT Adjusted €240m; EBIT (reported) €852m; EPS (reported) €0.79 Q1 financials reflect delivery phasing and divestments Strong commercial aircraft backlog supporting ramp-up plans…

Military Aviation News April 27, 2017

New Capabilities for F-35 Logistics System

The Upgraded Autonomic Logistics Information System (ALIS) is Approved for Installation at F-35 Sites Lockheed Martin’s (NYSE: LMT) next iteration of the F-35’s Autonomic Logistics…

Military Aviation News April 26, 2017

Lockheed Martin Continues Flight Demonstrations of Fury Expeditionary Unmanned Aerial System (UAS)

Lockheed Martin’s [NYSE: LMT] advanced tactical Group 3 unmanned aerial system (UAS), Fury, is regularly flying long-range endurance test missions as the company prepares it…

General Aviation News April 26, 2017

China Southern Airlines orders 20 Airbus A350 XWBs

China Southern Airlines has signed a purchase agreement with Airbus for 20 A350-900s, becoming the latest customer for the aircraft. China Southern Airlines now operates…

Civilian aviation news April 26, 2017

Airbus delivers WOW air first A320neo

WOW air the low-fare airline based in Iceland has taken delivery of its first A320neo on lease from Air Lease Corporation. WOW air is an…

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