Military aviationRussia: update for Kamov Ka-52 helicopters

Soon it will be able to bring new missiles

Civil aviationUSA: for FAA it is necessary to face the potential deficit of pilots

Numbers down worryingly

IndustryUSA: for Leonardo a possibility for the new USAF helicopter

It's hard to win the one for the advanced training aircraft

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On 28 September new agitation in Italy, Spain, Belgium, Holland and Portugal

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The new aviation fighter and bomber planes will also fly

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An aircraft that will rewrite the history of aviation?

The first exemplary of the Boeing B-777X/9 aircraft was assembled and will now be tested for about a year to verify the structural strength and efficiency of the project. This is how the world's largest... more

IndustryDo the Trent XWB have the same problem of the Trent 1000?

Engine failure forces an Iberia airplane to emergency landing

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IndustryFirst Delta A-220/100 airplane rolls-out of painting hangar in Quebec

Its first aircraft is scheduled to begin service in early 2019

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It would be an epochal change for Riyadh

For the first time in the history of Saudi Arabia a carrier based in Riyadh -Flynas- would be willing to frame Saudi women among the employees, also taking them to play the role of co-pilot. It would be... more

AerospaceISS: NASA and Roscosmos work to send mixed crews into space

The never-ending story of relations between the United States and Russia

While in Russia the US astronauts are accused of sabotaging the Soyuz spacecraft (see AVIONEWS), Roscosmos and NASA are discussing to continue to transport the crews together on the International Space... more

Military aviationUSA: suspended operational tests with the F-35 aircraft

Waiting for the development of new software

The fifth-generation F-35 fighter aircraft should have carried out the first operational tests with the Air Force (USAF) and with the Navy in September, but it would seem that the Pentagon has decided... more

AerospaceNASA: the IceSat-2 satellite will be sent to space tomorrow

It will study the average variations of polar ice sheets -VIDEO

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IndustryUSA: Poseidon aircraft sale to South Korea approved

$ 2.6 billion contract that also includes 64 Patriot missiles

The number of states that use the Boeing P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft, currently under the US and Indian navies and the British, New Zealand, Norwegian and Australian aeronautics, seems destined... more

IndustryLeonardo Academy: new advanced training center for cyber and electr...

£2 million investment, it opens in Lincoln

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AirlinesUnited Airlines commits to a cleaner future

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A gesture of friendship after nobody has made an offer for the purchase

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Finance and economyLeonardo confirmed in the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices

Performance improved compared to 2017, closer to the best in class

For the ninth year in a row, Leonardo has been included in the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI). It is an important result that confirms Leonardo’s commitment to the integration of sustainability i... more

AirlinesBritish Airways: the air carrier insures its pension funds

£ 4.4 billion agreement that reduces financial risks

British Airways and Legal & General, yesterday, signed an agreement to secure the carrier's historical pension liabilities of 4.4 billion pounds (4.94 billion euros), in what is the largest transaction... more

AirportsHong Kong Airport: Works for $ 18 billion in the next few years

Third track and new facilities to manage the increase in passengers

Despite the fact that the new airports are always larger and full of high-level technologies, the international airport of Hong Kong -opened 20 years ago- is still considered one of the best in the world,... more

AerospaceRussian accusations: "US astronauts have sabotaged the Soyuz"

"An absurdity", the response from Washington

After the director of the Russian space agency (Roscosmos) Dmitry Rogozin also declared that the hole on the Soyuz spacecraft anchored to the International Space Station (ISS) could have been done by human... more

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