Spirit Airlines has selected Pratt & Whitney’s GTF engines to power its latest order of 100 Airbus A320neo and 50 options of the aircraft. Deliveries of the manufactured planes are expected to begin in 2023.
With this selection, the GTF...
CENTENNIAL, Colo., March 29, 2021 – Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) and Embraer Defense & Security reached another milestone in production of the second of three A-29 Super Tucano aircraft for the Combat Aviation Advisor (CAA) mission for Air Force Special Operations...
Pilots are flying the Sierra Nevada/Embraer A-29 Super Tucano and the Textron Aviation AT-6B Wolverine during a three-month, live-fly experiment to gather additional information about aircraft capabilities, as well as partner nation interoperability, prior to a potential light attack...
TOKYO - U.S. defense contractor Lockheed Martin Corp plans to offer Japan a stealth fighter design based on its export-banned F-22 Raptor and advanced F-35 Lightning II aircraft (stealthy hybrid), two sources said.
Lockheed has discussed the idea with Japanese...
Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) today welcomed the 10th and final C-27J Spartan into service during a ceremony at RAAF Base Richmond. Minister for Defense, Senator the Hon Marise Payne, and Minister for Defense Industry, the Hon Christopher Pyne...
Saab will be attending the Defexpo exhibition in India, 11-14 April 2018. On the show for the first time is a Gripen E simulator equipped with a Wide Area Display (WAD).
The Wide Area Display in Gripen E is a...
TEHRAN, Jun. 05 – An aviation official has outlined the intense competition between Boeing and Airbus as a barrier to purchase of aircraft from the European company.
Touching upon the problems mentioned by Airbus for aircraft sales to Iran, Secretary...
Thales reinforces its commitment to supporting Malaysian maritime security by securing a contract to deliver the Fulmar UAS system to the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency.
Fulmar, a small, high performance, fixed wing UAS, is to be installed on six New...
By Capt. Sybil Taunton
ALBACETE, Spain (AFNS) - Fighter pilots from seven allied countries, including the U.S., U.K., Spain, Czech Republic, Greece, Poland, and Italy completed the NATO Tactical Leadership Program here Oct. 9.
Six F-15C Eagles and more than 100 personnel...
The Defense Ministry will request a record 5.091 trillion yen ($41 billion) for fiscal 2016 to counter Chinese maritime advances, sources said.
Tilt-rotor transport aircraft and amphibious vehicles are on the menu to strengthen surveillance capabilities by the Self-Defense Forces...
