by JVanDomelen | Jul 11, 2016 | Air, Featured, Fixed Wing
House of Representatives approves measures to halt sale of planes that could be adapted to military use. Source: US aircraft sales to Iran blocked by House, jeopardising $25bn Boeing deal | World news | The Guardian
by JVanDomelen | Jul 8, 2016 | Air, Featured, Fixed Wing
RAF FAIRFORD, UK, July 8, 2016 — The U.S. Department of Defense awarded Pratt & Whitney, a United Technologies Corp. company, a $1.5 billion low rate initial production (LRIP) contract for the tenth lot of F135 propulsion systems to power all three variants...
by JVanDomelen | Jul 7, 2016 | Air, Featured, Fixed Wing, Rotary Wing, Satellite, Space
E-FAN 2.0 (Static display, AG Pavilion): Fully-electric, battery-powered, two-seater industrialized version of the technology demonstrator. Aimed at flight schools for initial pilot training aircraft, EIS is expected to be 2018. Germany’s GreenTec Awards gave...
by JVanDomelen | Jun 30, 2016 | Air, Featured, Fixed Wing
The equipment required for an electric propulsion test is ready for research. Credits: NASA Photo / Lauren Hughes EDWARDS, CALIF, June, 28, 2016 — Before the first electric propulsion X-planes fly, such as the X-57, researchers at NASA’s Armstrong Flight...
by JVanDomelen | Jun 17, 2016 | Air, Featured, Fixed Wing
HAMPTON, VA June 16, 2016 — NASA researchers will have a front row seat to airline operations over the next five years, thanks to a newly signed partnership with American Airlines. Engineers and scientists at NASA’s Langley Research Center, are looking at...
by JVanDomelen | May 20, 2016 | Air, Featured, Fixed Wing
NEW DELHI, INDIA, May 20, 2016 — The $8.9 billion agreement for India to buy Rafale fighters is stalled and obstacles appear to be holding up other Ministry of Defense procurement. Source: Bureaucratic Paralysis Hits Rafale Deal