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DARPA selects four bidders for high-speed VTOL X-Plane
Four companies – Aurora Flight Sciences, Boeing, Karem Aircraft and Sikorsky – will compete to build a high-speed, vertical take-off and landing X-plane with improved hover efficiency, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) announced on 18 March.
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NewsUSAF justifies fleet cuts, confirms budget would ground all U-2s in FY16
The US Air Force is defending its plan to retire its Lockheed U-2 high-altitude reconnaissance and Fairchild Republic A-10 close-air support aircraft.
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US Navy to request additional Boeing E/A-18G Growlers
The US Navy confirms it wants to buy additional Boeing E/A-18G Growler aircraft, a move the service says will protect the nation’s industrial base and provide the Navy with the electronic warfare capability it will need in the coming decades.
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NewsUSAF defends A-10 retirements on Capitol Hill
The battle over the future of the US Air Force's fleet of Fairchild Republic A-10s has moved to the US Congress, with lawmakers questioning the service's plan to retire its roughly 320 A-10s.
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NewsUSAF delays LRSO again, this time by three years
The US Air Force has once again delayed development of its long-range standoff (LRSO) weapon, announcing it will push back a contract award by three years until fiscal year 2018.
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USAF details five-year spending plan
The US Air Force on 11 March released a detailed budget proposal showing how much it intends to spend in the five-year period to fiscal year 2019 on current and next-generation aircraft programmes.
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NewsBoeing bullish on E/A-18G despite US budget omission
Boeing insists that prospects for additional sales of its F/A-18 Super Hornet remain strong domestically and internationally despite a lack of funding for the aircraft in the US military’s fiscal year 2015 budget proposal.
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Boeing 787 assembly metrics improving, Muilenburg says
Boeing is still working to overcome assembly delays on the 787 mid-body join that surfaced two months ago, a top executive says on 10 March.
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Drone pilot wins legal tussle with FAA
An administrative law judge struck down a $10,000 fine levied by the US Federal Aviation Administration against a man who flew a small unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) in 2011 for commercial purposes.
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NewsAirbus Helicopters poised for sales under US budget proposal
While orders for US-made aircraft would decline sharply under the Defense Department’s latest budget proposal, the US arm of Europe’s Airbus Group would come out on top.
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AeroVironment swings on US defence budget volatility
Fiscal third-quarter revenues surged 53% to $59.6 million, and operating profit rose by 40% to $23.9 million at unmanned air systems manufacturer AeroVironment.
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NASA renames Dryden research centre after Neil Armstrong
NASA has renamed its Dryden Flight Research Center (pictured) at Edwards AFB after Neil Armstrong, who served as a test pilot at the centre from 1955 to 1962, amassing more than 2,400 flight hours in 48 types, including the X-15.
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NewsApache AH-64E enters full-rate production
Boeing has received a contract modification from the US Army that will move its AH-64E Apache attack helicopter into full-rate production, according to a contract announcement from the US Department of Defense (DOD).
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NewsUS aviation community fights new user fee proposal
A familiar backlash from the aviation community has already greeted the Obama Administration’s latest proposal to add a $100 surcharge for each flight on most users of the air traffic system.
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NewsNASA threatens SOFIA with grounding
NASA has threatened to ground a vintage Boeing 747SP equipped with an astronomical observatory unless more funding is raised by partner Germany or new sources.
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NewsPentagon’s proposed budget would fund “adaptive” engine development: USAF
The US Air Force will likely establish an “adaptive engine” demonstration and validation programme in fiscal year 2016 if Congress approves $1 billion in proposed funding, the USAF confirms to Flightglobal.
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NewsLockheed Martin starts campaign to save U-2S fleet
Lockheed Martin has broken its silence over threatened fiscal year 2015 budget cuts to hail the capabilities of the US Air Force's at-risk U-2S surveillance aircraft.
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NewsUS Navy orders 16 more Boeing P-8A Poseidons
The US Navy has awarded a $2.4 billion contract to Boeing for 16 additional P-8A Poseidon anti-submarine patrol aircraft, bringing to 53 the number of Poseidons on order with the service, according to a Boeing media release.
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NewsHow Hagel spending plan will transform US military
After months of speculation, the US Department of Defense on 24 February outlined a plan to ground some of the oldest aircraft in its fleet in the coming years.
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NewsHELI-EXPO: Robinson R66 certification Europe still delayed
European regulators have raised a new roadblock to delay Robinson’s four-year quest to obtain certification for the R66 light-single helicopter, says chief executive Kurt Robinson.