DEFENSE

Mattis orders fighter jet readiness to jump to 80 percent — in one year - Defense News.

Specifically, that means achieving a minimum of 80 percent mission capability rates for the Pentagon's F-35, F-22, F-16 and F-18 inventories — a ...

Boeing Appoints Pratyush Kumar to Lead Boeing Defense Program in the United States. - Defence Aviation Post

Boeing is the world's largest aerospace company and leading manufacturer of commercial jetliners, defense, space and security systems, and service ...

Taiwan to Receive First Four of 144 Upgraded F-16 Fighters Early Next Year - Defenseworld.net

The fighters are part of a NT$110 billion (US$3.64 billion) government program to launch a domestic upgrade that transforms Taiwan's 144 F-16 A/B ...

Vancouver Island company outfitting six Boeing 737s to fight wildfires - The Province 

Port Alberni's Coulson Group has added six Boeing 737-300s to its fleet, joining its Hercules C-130s and Sikorsky S-61 helicopters in the fight against ...

RCAF Sea Kings up for sale - Regina Leader-Post

“Fifteen Sea King helicopters (and associated spare parts), either currently flying or retired, have been made available for potential sale,” Department ...

Boeing (BA) Wins $242M Deal to Build Apache AH-64E Aircraft - Nasdaq

In recent times, military rotorcrafts are being used as part of the comprehensive mission parameters owing to the integration of multiple advanced ...

First Production KC-390 Takes to the Air - Aviation International News

On October 9 Embraer Defense and Security flew the first production example of its KC-390 multi-mission tanker/transport. The aircraft is the third to be ...

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Airbus A380-Saving Emirates Deal Is Stalled Due to Engine Impasse - Bloomberg

That duo, called Engine Alliance, is the only competitor for the A380 engine, but the JV partners have balked at returning for the 36 planes because ...

TransDigm dives deeper into aero spare parts market with Esterline buy - Reuters

Aircraft parts supplier TransDigm Group Inc  has agreed to buy smaller rival Esterline Technologies Corp for about $3.6 billion

SR Technics, Feam to expand line maintenance network - Trade Arabia

SR Technics said in partnering with Feam, a MRO leader in aircraft line maintenance services, the company will expand its reach from multiple ...Flag as irrelevant

Smiths to acquire aircraft engine component manufacturer - IHS Jane's 360

British homeland security and aerospace provider Smiths Group announced on 4 October that it had agreed to acquire United Flexible, Inc, a US ...

Hawaiian closes GEnx purchase and services deal for 787s - Flightglobal

Hawaiian ordered 10 787-9s earlier this year, saying at the time that it had selected GEnx engines to power the aircraft. Airlines can also purchase ...

JetBlue Cost-reduction Push Eyes Maintenance Savings - MRO Network

Embraer E190 fleet and 13% for its Airbus A320-family aircraft from 2010-2016, the carrier said. Engine-maintenance CAGRs led the way, jumping ...