The Comac C919 narrowbody lifted off from Shanghai Pudong International airport’s fourth runway at 14:00 local time, marking its maiden sortie seven years into its development. Powered by WPeMaticoContinue Reading
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has called on ATR to quickly complete an engineering assessment of the type’s pitch control system, amid possible concerns that a serious design flaw may be present in the ATR 42 and 72 series. Powered by WPeMaticoContinue Reading
The US Army is upgrading its legacy UH-60Ls to bring the Black Hawks avionics to a UH-60M configuration, but the newly minted UH-60V fleet mission computers are still restricted to a single core processor. Powered by WPeMaticoContinue Reading
Lawmakers again took aim at airlines on 4 May, chastising the president of United Airlines for customer service failures and threatening to use an upcoming Federal Aviation Administration spending bill to force improvements. Powered by WPeMaticoContinue Reading
Boeing will deliver two more F-model Chinooks to the Netherlands under an ongoing $541 million contract with the US Army. Powered by WPeMaticoContinue Reading
MD Helicopters could supply Kenya with 12 armed MD530 rotorcraft, under a Foreign Military Sales deal worth $253 million. Powered by WPeMaticoContinue Reading
Slovakia has requested a potentially $150 million rotorcraft purchase from the USA, seeking a deal for nine Bell Helicopter 429s. Powered by WPeMaticoContinue Reading
Poland’s air force has for the first time deployed its Lockheed Martin F-16s to support NATO’s Baltic Air Policing mission, with the service assuming lead status for the activity on 2 May. Powered by WPeMaticoContinue Reading
Embraer’s executive jets division recorded a 44% fall in revenues for the first quarter of 2017, due to decline in shipments and a less favourable mix of aircraft types. Powered by WPeMaticoContinue Reading
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