DEFENSE

Pentagon clears most of the grounded fleet of F-35 jets to fly following crash - NBC News

More than 80 percent of the military's F-35 fighter jets have been cleared to fly after the entire fleet was grounded last week for inspection after a ...

L3, Harris CEOs: Merger Will Help Compete Against Top Contractors - Defense One

... that the two firms intend to merge, creating a new $16 billion aerospace company that would be one of the largest defense contractors in America.

Belgian air force mechanic opens fire by mistake, blows up another F-16 - Air ForceTimes

A mechanic with the Belgian air force was servicing an aircraft when he accidentally opened fire on another F-16 jet fighter sitting on the tarmac, ...

Lockheed Martin counting on F-16 sales to keep Greenville site busy - Charleston Post Courier

A Lockheed Martin F-16 Fighting Falcon is in flight in this file photo. The aerospace and defense giant hopes to land more contracts for the fighter jet to ...

Unical: A high-flying company - Highland Community News

Unical Aviation is owned by Han and Mercy Tan who began buying and selling aircraft, parts and components 28 years ago, according to Unical MRO ...

COMMERCIAL

Rolls-Royce Trent engine shuts down on Scoot Dreamliner - Newshub 

Australian transport authorities are investigating yet another issue with an engine on a Dreamliner aircraft. A Scoot airlines flight was flying between ...

GE's New Affinity Engine Brings Supersonic Private Jets Closer to Reality - Interesting Engineering

GE Aviation in partnership with Aerion has announced that they have completed the design for the first supersonic engine that will be built for business ...

Apollo Aviation Group Agrees to Be Acquired by the Carlyle Group - The Daily Nonpareil

The transaction is expected to close no later than January 31, 2019, subject to customary conditions, after which Apollo Aviation will become Carlyle ...

BizJet International Exits Completions Biz, Expands Engine MRO Work - Aviation International News

BizJet International is primarily seeking commercial operators of V2500 engines powering Airbus A320ceo-family aircraft as customers, but the ...

Microsoft Billionaire and Aviation Entrepreneur Paul Allen Dead at 65 - AVweb

Microsoft co-founder and aviation entrepreneur Paul Allen died Monday after a struggle with cancer. He was 65. Allen is well known in the tech ...