For the last ten years, the U.S. Navy has been fielding the world’s most advanced maritime patrol aircraft, a militarized version of the BoeingBA 737 jetliner that can fly farther and faster than the ...
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GE Cuts Down Its Stake In Aircraft Lessor AerCap
AerCap Holdings N.V. (NYSE: AER) announced that a subsidiary of General Electric Company (NYSE: GE) is offering 18 million shares of AerCap through an underwritten public offering. GE subsidiary GE Ca...
Put Up Or Shut Up Time For America’s Troubled New Aircraft Carrier
Old-school steam still works—the advantages of the USS Ford’s new electromagnetic flight deck … [+] machinery have yet to translate from PowerPoint to reality. U.S. Navy As the Pentagon’s ...
US Durables not so durable; Commercial aircraft orders collapse in January
Preliminary data on Durables, goods that are expected to have a life of at least three years tumbled 4.5% MoM in January, registering the lowest print since April 2020. This was lower than market esti...
U.S. Military Shoots Down Another High-Altitude Aircraft Near Alaska
File photo from February 4, 2023 of the Chinese spy balloon that flew above Charlotte North Carolina … [+] on February 04, 2023. (Photo by Peter Zay/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) Anadolu Agen...
Airbus And Qatar Airways Settle A350 Dispute And Revive Cancelled Aircraft Orders
A Qatar Airways Airbus A350 aircraft at Fiumicino International Airport in Rome, Italy on May 13, … [+] 2021 (Photo: Massimo Insabato/Archivio Massimo Insabato/Mondadori Portfolio via Getty Imag...
America’s New Aircraft Carrier Struggled To Certify Pilots Before 2022 Deployment
Failures aboard the USS Ford complicated carrier qualifications for the “Gladiators” of Strike … [+] Fighter Squadron (VFA) 106. U.S. Navy If the fiscal year 2022 weapons system repo...
The U.S. Fleet Could Lose Four Aircraft Carriers Defending Taiwan
USS ‘Ronald Reagan.’ U.S. Navy photo The U.S. Navy’s fleet of 11 nuclear-powered aircraft carriers fared poorly in a series of war games, simulating a Chinese invasion of Taiwan in 2026, t...
The Pentagon, In A Tech War With China, Is On Track To Field Its First Electric Aircraft In 2023
Air Force Maj. Jonathan Appleby (left) and Beta Technologies test pilot Camron Guthrie sit in the cockpit of Beta’s electric aircraft, Alia, during a flight test March 14 over Plattsburgh, N.Y. ...
Boeing lands the largest order for wide-body aircraft in U.S. history
Boeing Co (NYSE: BA) is in focus this morning after United Airlines Holdings Inc (NASDAQ: UAL) said it will buy 100 of its 787 Dreamliners – the largest order for wide-body aircraft in the U.S. histor...
Here Are The Military Aircraft Turkey Hopes Make Maiden Flights In 2023
Turkey has some interesting military aircraft and drones currently under development that it hopes will make their maiden flights in the coming year, the country’s centennial. However, the most ...
Turkey’s New Flagship Will Carry Unique Aircraft
As Turkey prepares to launch its new flagship, the amphibious assault ship TCG Anadolu (L-400), two concurrent developments have shone a light on the types of aircraft it will eventually carry. It goe...
Boeing’s aircraft deliveries slipped in October on 737 fuselage flaw
A Boeing 737 MAX 8 sits outside the hangar during a media tour of the Boeing 737 MAX at the Boeing plant in Renton, Washington. Matt Mcknight | Reuters Boeing‘s aircraft deliveries in October fe...
The Russians Have Lost Nearly 300 Aircraft Over Ukraine—Mostly Drones
A Russian fighter burns after being shot down over Ukraine in March 2022. Via social media Ukrainian troops have brought down 278 Russian aircraft in the eight months since Russia widened its war on U...
Boeing forecasts jump in aircraft deliveries, up to $5 billion in free cash flow next year
An aerial view of the engines and fuselage of an unpainted Boeing 737 MAX airplane parked in storage at King County International Airport-Boeing Field in Seattle, Washington, June 1, 2022. Lindsey Was...
Aircraft On Path To Lowest Ranking In Decades
Exports from Paine Field adjacent to Boeing’s manufacturing complex outside of Seattle and included … [+] with data from the Port of Everett, once dominated all other airports. Through Aug...
FedEx to Close Offices, Park Aircraft After Warning of Sales Shortfall
Updated Sept. 15, 2022 5:42 pm ET Listen to article (2 minutes) FedEx said its quarterly revenue fell below its expectations and it was closing offices and parking aircraft to offset declining volumes...
The Defense Innovation Unit’s ‘Private Money’ Approach Aims to Produce Reusable Hypersonic Test Aircraft Fast
Hermeus’ quarter-scale “Quarterhorse” is the kind of privately funded hypersonic test aircraft DIU … [+] is seeking for its HyCAT initiative. Hermeus Blazing speed at blazing t...
Boeing aircraft deliveries rose to 35 in August as Dreamliners returned
The Lufthansa Boeing 787-9 aircraft stands on its parking position at Frankfurt Airport, with another Lufthansa aircraft in the background. The first Boeing 787-9 jet landed at its new home base in Fr...
United Airlines raises bet on electric air taxis with 200 aircraft from upstart Eve
United Airlines ordered 200 Eve Evtol aircraft. Source: United Airlines United Airlines is pouring more money into the future of electric air taxis, which the carrier says could help reduce carbon emi...
Sky-high rents hit the aircraft market as Boeing jets top $300,000 a month
An Airbus A321 is being assembled in the final assembly line hangar at the Airbus U.S. Manufacturing Facility in Mobile, Alabama. Michael Spooneybarger | Reuters Passengers aren’t the only ones ...
Boom supersonic passenger aircraft orders pick up as air travel looks to evolve
On August 16, American Airlines (NASDAQ: AAL) announced that they had signed an agreement to purchase Boom Supersonic Overture Aircraft, 20 units to be exact. After the news of the AAL purchase brok...
How Did Ukraine Destroy So Many Russian Aircraft At That Crimean Airbase?
The Ukrainian attack on a Russian airfield in occupied Crimea on Tuesday was another unexpected David v. Goliath result, on a par with the sinking of Russia’s Black Sea flagship in April. Some have ev...
Surprising Many, SOCOM Chose This Heavily Modified Ag Aircraft To Go From Cornfields To Battlefields
The AT-802U Sky Warden built by L3 Harris and Air Tractor is a militarized version of the latter’s … [+] well-known AT-802 crop duster. L3 Harris/Air Tractor U.S. Special Operations Comman...
Saudi Aircraft Leasing Company Launches In UK And Signs Up First Customer
A Flynas Airbus A320neo airplane at Dubai International Airport (DXB) in the United Arab Emirates on … [+] May 22, 2021 getty The aviation industry’s newest aircraft leasing company AviLease sec...
Vans Aircraft Takes the Back-Country Route With Its First High-Wing Kit Plane
Vans back-country RV-15 prototype is its first high-wing design. It’s seen here lifting off on an … [+] early test flight Bernardo Malfitano/Van’s Aircraft For nearly 50 years, Vans ...
Scratch One Super Hornet – It Fell Off a Navy Aircraft Carrier
Sailors conduct a high-powered turn on an F/A-18E Super Hornet, from the “Kestrels” of Strike … [+] Fighter Squadron (VFA) 137, on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68). Ni...
Virgin Galactic contracts Boeing subsidiary for aircraft ‘motherships’
A conceptual rendering of the company’s carrier aircraft, also known as a “mothership.” Virgin Galactic Space tourism company Virgin Galactic on Wednesday announced a deal with Boein...
Airbus sells 292 A320 aircraft to four Chinese airlines in a blow to Boeing, as US-China tension tips balance in European maker’s favour
Airbus has secured a bulk order for 292 of its A320 single-aisle aircraft from four Chinese airlines, as deteriorating US-China relations tipped the balance for aviation sales in the European manufact...
FCC Has Been Investigating Counter Unmanned Aircraft Companies
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regulates radio frequencies in the United States. They do this by regulating electronics intentionally transmitting radio frequencies and electronic equipme...