DEFENSE

Lockheed Martin awarded contract for flying trials of UK's F-35B Lightning aircraft - defence-blog.com 

The contract, announced Friday by the U.S. Department of Defense, ... the behaviour of the F-35B aircraftand how it interacts with the aviation systems ...

MAFFS: Colorado reservists activated to support fire suppression efforts in Western US - DVIDS

MAFFS Air Expeditionary Group and 302nd AW commander, the MAFFS-equipped C-130shave flown more than 150 fire suppression ...

Northrop's new CEO adds to growing number of women leading defense firms - Los Angeles Times

An survey released last year by trade publication Aviation Week found that only 24% of the aerospace and defense workforce is female. That number ...

Lockheed delivers final refurbished C-5M Super Galaxy - MDJOnline

Employees who worked on the program will shift to Lockheed's work on C-130Js or center wing assembly for F-35s, he said. In total, 49 C-5Bs, two ...

Planes could give heads-up when part is about to break - Air ForceTimes

That's the kind of technology that the head of Air Mobility Command is hoping to install on the command's aircraft as one way to deal with its older fleet.

COMMERCIAL

China Eastern and Japan Airlines plan first China-Japan aviation joint venture - The National

Will Horton, senior analyst at Capa Centre for Aviation, said the venture - a step up from the pair's current codeshare relationship - made commercial ...

SR Technics expands aircraft maintenance facility in Malta - Trade Arabia

SR Technics, a world leading maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) service provider, has signed a contract with Malta Enterprise and Malta ...

GMR Aero Technic Limited gets FAA certification for narrow-body aircraft - Business Standard

The company believes that the addition of FAA certification would open up new opportunities for GATL to perform base maintenance and re-delivery ...

Norwegian Air to Rent a Superjumbo as It Sorts Out Rolls-Royce Engine Issues - Skift

The European discounter, which has a shortage of aircraft because of problems with Rolls-Royce engineson its Boeing 787s, temporarily will rent an ...