US Air Force officials have taken the first concrete step towards defining a new class of adaptive jet engines to power the next generation of combat aircraft that come after the Lockheed Martin F-35. Powered by WPeMaticoContinue Reading

BAE Systems said it started work transitioning its Compass Call electronic warfare system from the Lockheed EC-130H to a modified Gulfstream G550, an EC-37B aircraft. Powered by WPeMaticoContinue Reading

In a move described as an escalation of US efforts to combat companies that support terrorist activities, the US government has slapped sanctions on a Malaysian company that provides flight services to Iranian airline Mahan Air. Powered by WPeMaticoContinue Reading

Airbus aircraft once used to begin life inside a Boeing, of sorts. Specifically the structures of Airbus jets would be ferried in a heavily modified version of the Boeing 377 Stratocruiser, adapted by US specialist Aero Spacelines into the Super Guppy turboprop transporter. Powered by WPeMaticoContinue Reading

Boeing and Airbus has been building aluminium aircraft for decades when they switched to composite designs for their respective 787 and A350 programmes. Whether that material change can be replicated for next-generation medium-haul aircraft, however, is unclear. Powered by WPeMaticoContinue Reading