Americas * Lockheed Martin is the latest defense firm to receive criticism from Donald Trump, after the US President-elect lashed out at the costs of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program. Taking to his usual medium to the masses, Twitter, Trump stated "the F-35...
Americas * Boeing has struck back at cost criticisms of the Air Force One replacement program. The company, replying to comments made by US president-elect Donald Trump that the program was too expensive and should be scrapped, said they could make the aircraft...
Americas * Airbus has been selected as the winner of the Canadian government's competition for new search and rescue aircraft. The C-295 won out against offerings from Leonardo’s C-27J and Embraer's KC-390 by offering the best pricing for the Royal Canadian Air...
Americas * President-elect Donald Trump proved a tweet can be worth a billion dollars, with $1 billion being temporarily wiped off Boeing's stock market value, after Trump deemed the company's new Air Force One offering too expensive and called for it to be dropped....
Americas * President-elect Donald Trump has urged for the cancellation of the new Air Force One. Believing that manufacturer Boeing "is trying to do a little number," Trump took to Twitter saying "Boeing is building a brand new 747 Air Force One for future presidents,...
Americas * Sikorsky has been tapped to provide technical and logistics services for variants of the H-60 helicopter operated by the US Army. Valued at $93.8 million, work carried out by the company includes the provision of engineering services in addition to other...
Americas * Officials from Lockheed Martin have announced that the T-50A trainer has commenced flight operations in order to test the plane's capabilities. A joint effort between LM and Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI), the T-50A is based off the legacy T-50 and is...
F-16 with twin LANTIRNs(click to view full) Targeting pods are a very affordable way to upgrade existing aircraft with precision strike and surveillance capabilities. As such, their popularity in the modern age is likely to remain very strong for the foreseeable...
Americas * Following the completion of afterburner engine runs last week, Boeing has announced that the first flight of the Boeing-Saab T-X trainer will take place before the end of the year. However, several tests remain to be carried out prior to the full flight,...