GE Aviation Prepares for 'First Stamp' on Its Passport Engine Assembly continues on GE Aviation's first Passport development engine that will power the Bombardier Global 7000 and Global 8000 aircraft. Click to read more... Honeywell's New HTF7350 Engine To Power Bombardier Challenger 350 Honeywell (NYSE: HON) has announced that its HTF7350, the latest engine to join its successful HTF7000 series, will power Bombardier's new Challenger 350 super midsize business jet. Click to read more... Kraken Completes Successful Sonar Trials with US Navy's Naval Undersea Warfare Center Kraken Sonar Systems Inc. announced today that a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with the U.S. Navy's Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) in Newport, Rhode Island was a complete success. Click to read more... United Airlines Welcomes Back Boeing 787 Dreamliner United Airlines today welcomed back its Boeing 787 with the re-launch of commercial service from the airline's hub in Houston. Click to read more... N. Korea fires sixth missile in three days North Korea fired a sixth short-range missile into the Sea of Japan on Monday, defying warnings from UN chief Ban Ki-moon and South Korea after a flurry of similar tests at the weekend. Click to read more... Australia renews interest in MQ-4C Triton UAS The Australian Ministers for Defence and Defence Materiel announced May 15 that the government of Australia will enter into a Foreign Military Sales (FMS) planning case with the U.S. Navy for the MQ-4C Triton Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS). Click to read more... LM's 2nd Gen Aegis BMD Defense System Successfully Intercepts Ballistic Missile Target Lockheed Martin's [NYSE: LMT] second-generation Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) system achieved its fourth intercept since May 2012. Click to read more... 34,000 airplanes needed during 2011-2031 The global commercial aircraft sector is expected to experience slow and stable growth during the period (2013-2023) according new the new market study on ASDReports. Click to read more... Plane overshoots runway in Myanmar, injuring two A passenger plane carrying 55 people overshot the end of a runway at an airport in eastern Myanmar due to suspected brake failure, injuring two people, an official said on Friday. Click to read more... Northrop Grumman Deploys IP-based ATC System in North Sea Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) announced that its Europe-based air traffic management systems subsidiary, in collaboration with NATS, the U.K. air traffic management services provider, has deployed an airspace communication system that will enhance air safety in the East Shetland Basin oil-producing area of the North Sea. Click to read more... New Zealand awards Rheinmetall contract for 200 trucks totalling NZ$113 M New Zealand's Defence Minister, Dr Jonathan Coleman, announced that Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles Australia (RMMVA) has been awarded a contract to supply the country's armed forces with up to 200 vehicles. Click to read more... Jordan military plane crash kills two pilots A Jordanian air force plane on a training flight crashed on Thursday due to a technical failure, killing the pilot and a trainee, an official in the armed forces' general command said in a statement. Click to read more... Raytheon's newest Standard Missile-3 takes out complex, separating short-range ballistic missile target A Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) Standard Missile-3 Block IB fired from the USS Lake Erie destroyed a complex, separating short-range ballistic missile target with a sophisticated separating mock warhead. Click to read more... ITT Exelis advanced geo weather instrument passes critical test The ITT Exelis (NYSE: XLS)-developed Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) has successfully completed thermal vacuum testing. Click to read more... Rockwell Collins' market-leading Venue HD cabin system now flying on more than 250 aircraft Rockwell Collins recently surpassed 250 deliveries of its Venue™ high-definition (HD) cabin management and entertainment system for business aircraft, the highest number of HD cabin systems delivered in the business aircraft market segment. Click to read more... Kuwait Airways opts for Airbus over Boeing: minister State owned Kuwait Airways Co has chosen Airbus over the Boeing Co on the purchase or lease of new airplanes, Kuwaiti Communications Minister Salem al-Othaina said on Wednesday. Click to read more... ITT Exelis completes successful Signal Sentry 1000 product integration An ITT Exelis (NYSE: XLS) product that detects and locates GPS interference sources in 3-D by using longitude, latitude and altitude has successfully completed a significant integration milestone. Click to read more... Harris Receives $26 M from USMC for Falcon Manpack Radios to Expand its Wideband Tactical Network Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS), an international communications and information technology company, has received a $26 million order to help the U.S. Marine Corps to expand its wideband tactical networking capabilities and deliver the tactical Internet down to the individual warfighter. Click to read more... NGC Proves Concept for New B-2 Satellite Communication System Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) has successfully completed a ground demonstration of a communication system that would allow the U.S. Air Force's B-2 stealth bomber to operate with the Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) satellite network. Click to read more... 1st Boeing P-8I Maritime Patrol Aircraft Arrives in India The first Boeing [NYSE: BA] P-8I long-range maritime reconnaissance and anti-submarine warfare aircraft arrived today, on schedule, at India Naval Station Rajali. Click to read more...   <Search releases>