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Lockheed Martin, $1bn net sales increase in 2Q 2016

Lockheed Martin reported second quarter 2016 net sales of $12.9 billion, compared to $11.6 billion in the second quarter...

Turkish prosecutors raid Incirlik air base housing US nukes

Turkish investigators have raided Incirlik air base, that is used by US and other NATO air forces....

Boeing's KC-46 tanker completes required flight tests

The successful A-10 mission was the last one required before the tanker program can request approval to acquire 19...

UK to sustain hundreds of jobs by new £2bn Typhoon support deal

The deal could see more than £500m of savings reinvested to develop new capabilities for the aircraft and sustain...

Farnborough 2016: RAF orders 9 P-8A Poseidon aircraft for £3bn

The UK Ministry of Defence will purchase nine P-8A Poseidon Maritime Patrol Aircraft for the Royal Air Force for&nb...

Farnborough 2016: UK MOD orders 50 Apache helis for $2.3 billion

Boeing will deliver 50 AH-64E Apache attack helicopters to the British Army under an agreement signed between the...

Pratt & Whitney wins $1.5bn F135 propulsion systems contract

The contract will cover 99 total engines, as well as program management, engineering support, production non-recurring e...

Farnborough 2016: Airbus provides UK F-35 crypto keys

Airbus Defence and Space has been awarded three contracts from the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) to provide three additio...

Boeing to provide USAF with KC-46 Pegasus maintenance training

Boeing will help the U.S. Air Force train its KC-46 Pegasus maintenance personnel for the next 7 years under a new $78 m...

VIDEO: BAE Systems envisions creating drones through chemistry

A radical new machine called a Chemputer could enable advanced chemical processes to grow aircraft....

Boeing opens C-17 training center for Indian Air Force

The C-17 fleet has been a vital part of the Indian Air Force strategic airlift capability....

Canada awards Lockheed Martin with $500m C-130J support contract

Royal Canadian Air Force is a longtime CC-130 operator, first obtaining CC-130Es in the 1960s and a CC-130H fleet in 199...

Marshall delivers 400th fuel tank for Boeing’s P-8 program

Marshall Aerospace and Defence Group has delivered its 400th production auxiliary fuel tank in support of Boeing’s...

Eurofighter Typhoon with P3E weapons to fly at major air shows

Typhoon will fly with its weapons at Royal International Air Tattoo and Farnborough International Air Show in the United...

GE Aviation awarded $1bn engine transition contract from USAF

GE Aviation will continue maturing its three-stream adaptive cycle engine via the Adaptive Engine Transition Progra...

WATCH: F-35B lands in UK for the first time

The aircraft are due to enter service with the Royal Navy and RAF from 2018....

Shooter alert: lockdown at US military base

Base was to conduct an active shooter exercise, but there was reported a real-life active shooter situation....

Serbia receives first 2 Mi-17V-5 military-transport helicopters

Russian Helicopters delivered 2 medium military-transport helicopters Mi-17V-5 to the Serbia's ...

Australian Army receives 3 Chinooks 2 months ahead of schedule

Australian Army fleet now consists of 10 CH-47Fs Chinook helicopters....

Lockheed Martin's counterfire radar showcases capabilities

AN/TPQ-53 counterfire radar demonstrated its ability to identify and track unmanned aerial systems....

CH-53K King Stallion achieves 27,000 pound external lift

Lockheed Martin's CH-53K King Stallion successfully completed an external lift of a 27,000 pound payload....

WATCH: First Spain's Airbus A400M leaves the paintshop

The first Airbus A400M destined for the Spanish Air Force has finished its painting process....

Little Rock Air Force Base receives milestone C-130J aircraft

The 61st Airlift Squadron at Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas, received the last C-130J-30 aircraft....

Lockheed Martin breaks ground on Hercules training center

Hercules Training Center will open at the Lockheed Martin Aeronautics site in 2018....

Lockheed, Israel celebrate country’s first F-35 "Adir" rollout

Israel’s F-35 fighter is called Adir – which means “Mighty One” in Hebrew....

Lockheed Martin delivers 2 C-130J Super Hercules to US Air Force

C-130J Super Hercules were delivered Cannon Air Force Base in New Mexico and Moody Air Force Base in Georgia....

Airbus Helicopters completes firing tests with HForce system

Airbus Helicopters completed a first round of firing tests with HForce, a generic weapon system in development for the c...

USAF deploys APKWS laser-guided rockets on F-16s

The U.S. Air Force will use laser-guided rockets on F-16 and A-10 aircraft in ongoing operations in Iraq and A...

Denmark to purchase 27 Lockheed Martin's F-35A fighters for $3bn

Following Ministry of Defence’s recommendation, the Danish Parliament has agreed to purchase 27 Lockheed Martin&rs...

Leonardo unveils Polish Air Force's Aermacchi M-346 trainer

Polish Air Force has celebrated the roll-out ceremony for the first of 8 Aermacchi M-346 aircraft at Leonardo-Finmeccani...

Lockheed Martin completes T-50A configured plane's test flight

Lockheed Martin successfully completed the initial flight test of its T-50A configured aircraft....

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Lockheed Martin, $1bn net sales increase in 2Q 2016

Turkish prosecutors raid Incirlik air base housing US nukes

Boeing's KC-46 tanker completes required flight tests

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UK to sustain hundreds of jobs by new £2bn Typhoon support deal

Farnborough 2016: RAF orders 9 P-8A Poseidon aircraft for £3bn

Farnborough 2016: UK MOD orders 50 Apache helis for $2.3 billion

Pratt & Whitney wins $1.5bn F135 propulsion systems contract

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