News With Qantas cancelling orders for additional A380 aircraft, and Emirates negotiating with Airbus regarding the future of A380 and A350 orders, the question of how long the A380 can survive is once again in the headlines. Analysis The A380 order book has…
News Boeing has announced a “significant investment” in the Aerion supersonic business jet, and appears to be a closer tie than Aerion’s previous partners, Airbus and Lockheed Martin. Financial terms of the investment were not disclosed, but it was expected…
The recent decision by Airbus and Lockheed Martin to develop a venture based around a Pentagon requirement has spurred a lot of discussions. Airbus provided some color on this venture by having two pilots now working for Airbus with refueling…
Here’s the joint PR: “Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) and Airbus have signed an agreement to jointly explore opportunities to meet the growing demand for aerial refuelling for US defence customers. The companies will seek to provide aerial-refuelling services to address…
Yes, they did it. Eight sequenced images show what it looked like. Breathtaking is one way to describe seeing a C-130 perform a loop. By far the coolest thing we’ve seen at an airshow. The earlier A400M demo was quickly…
It seems we have reached a stage where old airplanes keep going. At least some of them. Recently the TU-95 Bear had a big birthday – and it’s still flying and annoying NATO. Yesterday there was another big birthday –…