Alenia Aermacchi is in talks with a new U.S. partner for the Air Force’s T-X advanced trainer program, the company tells Aviation Week, and a deal should be announced “very soon.”
In the last three months, Boeing, General Electric and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the nation’s largest business trade organization, have spent $35.6 million to lobby Congress to reauthorize the Export-Import Bank. But so far those millions have not been enough.
The growing focus on Australian amphibious forces spotlighted during this month’s Talisman Saber exercise is part of the national effort to hone its expeditionary skills and a broader effort to develop more far-flung operations, says an analyst at one of the country’s leading naval research advisory centers.
The growing focus on Australian amphibious forces spotlighted during this month’s Talisman Saber exercise is part of the national effort to hone its expeditionary skills and a broader effort to develop more far-flung operations, says an analyst at one of the country’s leading naval research advisory centers.
Designated Kepler 452b, the planet is probably rocky, 60% larger than Earth and orbits its star – a G2 type like Earth’s Sun – every 385 days. It is the closest Earth-like exoplanet yet found.
The Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) T-50 supersonic trainer will be fitted with a conformal fuel tank and inflight refueling receptacle under a program announced by the South Korean industry ministry.
Top NASA officials credited close ties with Russia for successful efforts to restore the International Space Station to extended six-person operations late July 22.
The U.S. nuclear industry is paying close attention to negotiations for a continued nuclear cooperation agreement between the nation and China, especially given the need to keep business thriving in the Asian giant. “A key issue for the U.S. nuclear industry is its continued participation in the construction of new Chinese nuclear power plants,” the U.S. Congressional Research Service (CRS) says in a recent report.
RAYTHEON partnered with FOKKER and DALLARA on new low-cost carbon-fiber airframe for USAF Miniature Air Launched Decoy (MALD). Team reduced airframe production costs 25%; improvements set for this year’s production Lot 7. GE AVIATION earned $1.27b on $6.25b revenues in 2Q15 vs. $1.2b on $6.09b in 2Q14.
The Russian air force continues to upgrade its fleet, receiving a total of seven fixed-wing and six rotary-wing aircraft in the second quarter of this year. During the so-called Joint Delivery Day held by the armed forces July 16, the service received two Sukhoi Su-34 bombers, two Su-35S multirole fighters, three Mil Mi-8MTV5-1 combat transport helicopters and a pair of Ansat light training rotorcraft. The air force has received six Su-34s this year, and the military expects 10 bombers will be delivered by the end of the year under a 2012 contract for 92 aircraft.
The world’s biggest steel producer, Luxembourg-based ArcelorMittal, has signed a letter of intent to build Europe’s first commercial-scale facility to convert industrial waste gases into biofuel, potentially including jet fuel.
U.S., Russian and Japanese astronauts lifted off for the International Space Station late July 22, prepared to restore the orbiting science laboratory to six-person operations for the first time since June 11.
Redesigns and retrofits required to address a faulty integrated fuel system for the tanker appear to be the cause of the latest cost overrun for Boeing to keep the U.S. Air Force’s KC-46 aerial refueling program on track.
The U.S. Navy awarded Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) a program-spanning contract for submarine work that could be worth up to about $564 million, service officials say.
