Ryanair to buy 200 Boeings in $18bn order
RYANAIR has placed an $18bn (€14bn) order with Boeing to buy up to 200 aircraft, the Irish Independent has learned. The mammoth order – due…
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Grasshopper Completes Highest Leap to Date
SpaceX On Thursday, March 7, 2013, SpaceX’s Grasshopper doubled its highest leap to date to rise 24 stories or 80.1 meters (262.8 feet), hovering for…
Still no timetable for returning Boeing 787 to flight
REUTERS Japanese regulators have joined their U.S. counterparts in all but ruling out overcharged batteries as the cause of recent fires on the Boeing Co…
A350 XWB “MSN1” flight-deck comes to life
Proving early readiness of aircraft systems a year before its first flight Airbus has successfully powered-up the flight-deck of A350 XWB “MSN1” for the first…
Boeing Solution Speeds Delivery of Critical Data to Flight Deck
Co-developed by Jeppesen and Boeing Information Services, application gives airlines a competitive edge ENGLEWOOD, Colo., May 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — A new flight data delivery …
Pratt & Whitney PurePower® PW1200G Engine Takes to the Skies:
The Pratt & Whitney PurePower® PW1200G engine successfully completed its first flight on April 30, launching the engine family’s flight test program. The PW1217G engine…
U.S. and allies benefiting from spike in air-to-air missile sales
Reflecting a recent report on international arms transfers, one of the Navy’s oldest, affordable and most successful air-to-air missiles has seen heightened interest in foreign…
Fifth generation fighters crucial to air superiority
3/2/2012 – WASHINGTON (AFNS) — The Air Force is the world’s most advanced air and space force and, with the integration of fifth generation aircraft,…
Eleventh C-5B Inducted To Become Super Galaxy
MARIETTA, Ga., February 3, 2012 – Lockheed Martin inducted the 11th aircraft to the C-5M Super Galaxy production line on Feb. 1, 2012. Based…
Russia to Modernize 30 Tupolev Tu-22M3 Bombers by 2020
About 30 Tu-22M3 strategic bombers from Russia’s Long Range Aviation fleet will be modernized by 2020, Russian Air Force spokesman Col. Vladimir Drik said on…
Italian Air Force Eurofighters in air-to-air refuelling mission
Air-to-air refuelling is one of the daily training activities undertaken by Eurofighter Typhoon pilots. In this picture, taken during one of those missions in January…
Sweden offers Gripen to Croatia
Today, the Swedish Defence and Security Export Agency (FXM) invited Croatian media to a press briefing in Zagreb to present the Swedish Gripen offer that…
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