All Fixed-wing articles – Page 631
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Western suppliers approached for India's next basic trainer
India's HAL has issued a request for information to several Western companies, as it seeks assistance in the development of a new basic trainer ...
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Lockheed rolls out F-35C as US Navy interest grows
Lockheed Martin on 28 July formally unveiled the last of the three flight-test variants in the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter programme, the heavier carrier version...
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EADS shows AS645 can meet US Army's long-distance missions
EADS North America has advanced its credentials in offering the AS645 for the US Army's future armed scout helicopter deal ...
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NewsSagem outlines Patroller UAV's flight test results
France's Sagem and Germany's Stemme have completed an initial eight test flights with their new Patroller UAV ...
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NewsLockheed: budgeting strategy could add billions to JSF's development costs
The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter programme could face a series of multi-billion dollar annual cost overruns, due to a shift in US Department of Defense budgeting procedures ...
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F135 engine continues to worry US military's top F-35 executive
The US military's top executive for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter has revealed new concerns about the aircraft's Pratt & Whitney F135 engine ...
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NewsSouth Korean navy requests Sikorsky MH-60S purchase
South Korea's government has requested the purchase of eight Sikorsky MH-60S Seahawk multi-mission helicopters worth up to $1 billion ...
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Learning curve issues bring A380 cost overruns
EADS admits that Airbus A380 production costs are "still higher than expected", while suffering a fall in earnings in the first half of 2009 and a large...
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Saudi Arabia doubles order for A330-based tankers
Riyadh has doubled its order for Airbus A330-based multi-role tanker transports to six aircraft for the Royal Saudi Air Force ...
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Australia signs deals for Orion upgrade and helicopter support
Australia has signed deals to upgrade its AP-3C Orion maritime patrol aircraft and support its AS350 training helicopters ...
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India seeks proposals for Tejas 2 fighter engine
India's Aeronautical Development Agency has issued requests for proposal to General Electric and the Eurojet consortium for a higher-thrust engine to power...
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Israel rejects assessment of unmanned helicopter systems
Israel's air force and navy are not evaluating the use of an unmanned rotorcraft from the latter's missile boats, and intend to continue operations with...
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NewsLockheed Martin debuts first F-35C for US Navy
The first carrier variant of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter has been rolled out at Lockheed's Fort Worth facility in Texas ...
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Israel to sign C-130J deal before year-end
Israel is expected to sign a contract by the end of this year for a new fleet of four Lockheed Martin C-130J tactical transports. The deal will also include...
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Northrop outlines UAV strategy for Asia, Middle East
Northrop Grumman is confident it can work around tight export controls on its unmanned air vehicle technology to exploit the burgeoning market for aerial...
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F-22: end of an era
Ten years after the network-centric warfare revolution and as the US Senate votes to stop F-22 production, has the case for increasingly complex and iconoclastic platforms been lost?
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NewsUS Senate axes F-35 alternate engine
US Senators today voted to freeze spending on the General Electric/Rolls-Royce F136, the second engine under development for the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) programme.
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NewsPICTURE: New Zealand's UH-1 'Hueys' in amphibious debut
The Royal New Zealand Air Force has for the first time deployed four of its Bell UH-1H 'Hueys' onto an amphibious vessel ...
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F-22 fight continues despite Senate vote
A backlash in the US Congress against the Obama administration's decision to end production of the Lockheed Martin F-22 will continue, despite a setback...