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New Boeing 777X completes successful first flight

The new Boeing 777X jetliner took to the skies today, entering the next phase of its rigorous test program. Based on the popular 777 and with proven technologies from the 787 Dreamliner, the 777X took off in fr... Read More...

ATTOL Autonomous Taxi, Take-Off & Landing: Airbus demonstrates first fully automatic vision-based take-off

Airbus has successfully performed the first fully automatic vision-based take-off using an Airbus Family test aircraft A350-1000 at Toulouse-Blagnac airport. The test crew comprising of two pilots, two flight t... Read More...

Italian Leonardo’s Falco Xplorer drone aicraft completes first flight

The new Falco Xplorer remotely piloted system offers strategic surveillance capabilities for military and civilian customers

Leonardo has announced the maiden flight of its new Falco Xplorer drone aircraft. Falco Xplorer S/N0001 took off from Trapani Air Force base on January 15, cruised over the Gulf of Trapani in a dedicated fly zo... Read More...

US Navy chooses Leonardo’s italian TH-73 as the new training helicopter

Leonardo awarded a 176.472.608 USD contract for 32 TH-73A helicopters by U.S. Department of Defense

Leonardo, through AgustaWestland Philadelphia Corp., has been awarded a firm-fixed-price contract valued at USD 176,472,608 for the production and delivery of 32 TH-73A helicopters, initial spares, support and ... Read More...

The Airbus BelugaXL has entered into service with its first operational flight

The BelugaXL has entered into service, providing Airbus with 30% extra transport capacity in order to support the on-going production ramp-up of commercial aircraft programmes. The aircraft, which is an integra... Read More...

Airbus delivers strong 2019 commercial aircraft performance with 863 aircraft deliveries

8 percent higher than in 2018 and 1,131 new aircraft orders, 768 net orders, backlog stands at 7,482 aircraft

Airbus delivered 863 commercial aircraft to 99 customers in 2019, outpacing its previous output record set in 2018 by eight percent. In the 17th yearly production increase in a row, Airbus progressed on the tra... Read More...

Pentagon and Lockheed Martin sign 2020 F-35 $1.9 billion sustainment contract

The F-35 Joint Program Office awarded the Lockheed Martin industry team a $1.9 billion contract to support operations and sustainment of the global F-35 fleet, while improving mission readiness and further redu... Read More...

Lockheed Martin delivers 134 F-35s in 2019, exceeding annual commitment

Lockheed Martin delivered the 134th F-35 aircraft for the year today, exceeding the joint government and industry 2019 delivery goal of 131 aircraft. One hundred and thirty-four deliveries represent a 47% incre... Read More...

Leonardo unveils new radar sensing technology for Tempest future combat air system

The new radar technology is four times more accurate than existing sensors. The Tempest program calls for the first aircraft to enter service in 2035

Leonardo UK has demonstrated the performance of a new radar receiver/warner technology as part of its on-going development work for Tempest, the next generation combat air project which will see the UK, Italy a... Read More...

MD Helicopters delivers new advanced capabilities to its MD 530G Block II Scout Attack Helicopter

MD Helicopters, Inc. (announces a strategic teaming agreement with Elbit Systems Ltd (ESL) to deliver next-generation weapons and mission management capabilities to its MD 530G Block II (BII) Scout Attack Helic... Read More...

Dubai Airshow 2019 closes to acclaim

Sales of $54.5 billion made and record attendance as 2019 show comes to a close

Dubai Airshow 2019 was hailed a success by exhibitors, delegates and sponsors alike, as a lively week of trading came to a close. With more than 1,288 exhibitors in attendance, 161 aircraft on the event’s stati... Read More...

Pilatus Delivers 1700th PC-12 to Jetfly Aviation

Market demand remains strong for the Swiss single-engine turboprop as the 1,700th PC-12 enters service. Pilatus handed over the brand-new “milestone” PC-12 to long-time fleet customer Jetfly Aviation. The wo... Read More...

Airbus BelugaXL receives EASA Type Certification

The Airbus BelugaXL has received its Type Certification from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), paving the way for entry-into-service by early 2020. The aircraft is an integral part of Airbus’ industri... Read More...

First flight for Airbus Helicopter VSR700 prototype UAS

The prototype of Airbus Helicopters’ VSR700 unmanned aerial system has performed its first flight at a drone test centre near Aix-en-Provence in the south of France. The VSR700 performed several take-offs and l... Read More...

Finland: revised request for quotation sent for HX Fighter Programme

The Finnish Defence Forces' Logistics Command sent a Revised Request for Quotation for the HX Programme on 31 October 2019. The revised call for tenders is regarding the following multi-role fighters and their ... Read More...

First Airbus A220 for Air Canada rolls out of the painting hangar

The first Canadian-made A220-300 aircraft destined to a Canadian airline

Air Canada’s first Airbus A220 was unveiled this week when it rolled out of the painting hangar at the A220 final assembly line in Mirabel. In December, Air Canada will become the first Canadian airline to t... Read More...

BAE Systems’ AN/ALE-55 fiber-optic towed decoy

BAE Systems to develop advanced decoy countermeasures to protect aircraft from future threats

BAE Systems announced a $36.7 million contract from the U.S. Navy to develop and demonstrate a next-generation, dual band Fiber-Optic Towed Decoy (FOTD) to protect aircraft and pilots from advanced threats. ... Read More...

Airbus Helicopters H145+H135 DRF Luftrettung @ Patrick Heinz

DRF Luftrettung to take off with H145 five-bladed rotors

Upgrade to H 145 Retrofit in own Service Center from the end of 2020

From the fourth quarter of 2020, DRF Luftrettung, air rescue organization, will modify its H 145 helicopters from four to five rotor blades. As soon as the approval procedure at Airbus Helicopters has been comp... Read More...

Dubai Airshow 2019: the world’s leading helicopter companies to be at Dubai

The Dubai Airshow, the largest aerospace event in the Middle East, will bring together key players from all aspects of the aerospace industry, including the world’s leading helicopter companies. When the show o... Read More...

Pilatus Reveals the PC-12 NGX at NBAA-BACE in Las Vegas

The brand-new PC-12 NGX incorporates an improved engine, smarter avionics and a completely redesigned cabin with larger windows, making this third generation of the PC-12 airframe the most advanced single-engin... Read More...