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Grob Says Turbo-Trainer Upgrade Will Offer Low-cost Competition

Grob Aircraft is developing a turboprop version of its G115/G120 series of primary trainers.

Eurocopter Challenged for New German Requirements

Eurocopter was eyeing new German military requirements at the ILA Berlin Air Show earlier this month, even as it defended its delivery performance on the G

Boeing and Eurocopter To Build a Bigger Chinook?

Boeing and Eurocopter have agreed to cooperate on a future transport helicopter (FTH) and at the ILA Berlin Air Show both companies displayed a tandem-roto

Boeing To Demo Cooperative UAV Technologies for U.S. Air Force

Boeing has been awarded a three-year $9.8 million contract from the U.S.

‘Boeing 101’ Proposed as Presidential Helicopter

Yesterday, Boeing licensed the rights to AgustaWestland’s AW101 for the purpose of entering it

U.S. Navy To Receive Even More Super Hornets and Growlers

The U.S.

Alternative F136 Engine for F-35 JSF Lives To Fight On

The U.S.

Jordan Could Be First Customer for Boeing AH-6i Helicopter

At the SOFEX special forces exhibition held at Amman in May, Jordan signed a letter of intent (LOI) to purchase the Boeing <link news/single-news-page/arti

Kuwait Is Latest KC-130J Super Hercules Customer

Lockheed Martin on May 27 announced the award of a $245 million contract covering the supply through Foreign Military Sales of three KC-130J Hercules tanke

X-51A WaveRider Breaks Record for Longest Hypersonic Flight

The Boeing X-51A WaveRider hypersonic vehicle, powered by a Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne scramjet engine, achieved aviation history this week by making t

X-51A WaveRider Breaks Record for Longest Hypersonic Flight

The Boeing X-51A WaveRider hypersonic vehicle, powered by a Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne scramjet engine, achieved aviation history this week by making t

ScanEagle Compressed Carriage UAS Achieves First Flight

Boeing successfully flew its ScanEagle Compressed Carriage

A400M Negotiations Continue; German Cuts Discussed

Germany is negotiating to reduce the number of A400M airlifters that it will receive from Airbus Military.

V-22 Tiltrotor Is Doing Fine, Say Officials

Pentagon and Bell-Boeing officials have countered media reports that the V-22 Osprey has performed poorly in deployment.

Stealthy Predator Promoted To U.S. Navy

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) chose the Navy League convention to introduce a carrier-capable version of its Predator C UAV.

New Payloads for ScanEagle UAV Revealed

Derivatives of the ScanEagle UAV are proliferating,

Pentagon Chief Trims U.S. Navy Fleet Expectations

U.S.

Alternative F-35 JSF Engine Program Lives To See Another Day

The U.S. House armed services seapower and air-land forces subcommittees this week included $485 million in continued funding for the GE/Rolls-Royce F136.

AgustaWestland Will Bid on New Marine One

A spokesman for AgustaWestland (AW) told AIN that the company is still in the hunt for the U.S.

EADS to bid alone for KC-X tanker

EADS has decided to bid the A330MRTT for the U.S.