All Fixed-wing articles – Page 610
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NewsCFM studies Airbus-specific variant of CFM56 engine
CFM continues to study a more efficient variant of its Airbus A320 family turbofan engine, the CFM56-5B. The advances will be based in part on progress...
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NewsHacked Predator video no concern: USAF intel chief
A senior US Air Force official says that insurgents did not compromise the military's intelligence system by tapping into video feeds transmitted by Predator...
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Bringing back light in Mali
The Italian air force and Alenia Aeronautica have for several years helped treat people with eye diseases in Mali's Sahel desert region. We participated in the 11th mission, which tested the C-27J transport
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NewsSixty-day search planned to locate AF447 wreckage
French investigators are planning a 60-day renewed search for flight recorders from the crashed Air France Airbus A330, with preparatory work set to be completed...
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UK to buy more Chinooks but faces tough budget choices
The UK is to acquire an additional 22 Boeing Chinook helicopters and a seventh C-17 transport aircraft as part of a £900 million ($1.47 billion) spending...
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UK military to get independent aviation safety authority
The UK hopes to usher in a new era of military aviation safety with the establishment by April 2010 of an independent authority. Establishment of the...
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Airbus test pilot Ed Strongman describes A400M first flight
Edward "Ed" Strongman is as cool, calm and collected as any industry test pilot you could hope to meet. But it seems that even he has struggled to completely...
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F-35 'deeply concerns' US senators on cost and schedule
Two US senators - Carl Levin and John McCain - have expressed deep concern about the Lockheed Martin F-35 programme's "growing costs and apparent delays",...
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NewsHouse passes spending bill that adds 10 C-17s, restores F-35 alternate engine
The US House of Representatives has passed a $636.4 billion defence spending bill that rescues the F-35 alternate engine and Boeing C-17 from termination...
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German air force receives its first fighter-bomber Eurofighters
The German air force has taken delivery of its first four Eurofighter Typhoons equipped air-to-ground attack. The aircraft were handed over to Fighter Bomber...
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Elbit to consider launching two largest UAVs
Israel-based Elbit Systems could launch two new unmanned air vehicles to challenge in markets now dominated by the General Atomics Predator B and Israel...
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EADS builds case for A400M sale to USAF
Three factors could sway the US Air Force within five years to buy the Airbus Military A400M transport, believes EADS North America chief executive Sean...
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India cancels maritime patrol request for proposals
India has cancelled a request for proposals for six medium-range maritime patrol aircraft that it planned to operate in tandem with eight Boeing P-8Is it...
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Finance ministry worries may scupper India refuelling tankers
The Indian air force's competition to buy six air-to-air refuelling tankers is in danger of collapsing due to "reservations" by the country's finance ministry...
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US may approve Taiwan UH-60 Black Hawks sale by year-end
The Obama administration could send a formal notification by the end of 2009 to the US Congress about its intention to sell 60 Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk...
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United Arab Emirates could buy 16 Boeing CH-47F Chinooks
The United Arab Emirates could buy 16 Boeing CH-47F Chinook transport helicopters under a requested deal worth around $2 billion. Outlined by the US...
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Alenia confident of further Spartan sales
Alenia North America is confident of obtaining at least two new customers for the C-27J Spartan tactical transport in 2010, and is discussing refurbishment...
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Falcon jet manufacturer readies collaborative maintenance tool for 2011 launch
Dassault intends to offer operators of its Falcon business jets a new "e-maintenance" service from...