Saab Brazilian Gripen E Completes its First Flight
Saab today completed a successful first flight with the first Brazilian Gripen E fighter aircraft, 39-6001. At 2.41 pm CET on August 26, the Gripen E aircraft took off on its maiden flight flown by…
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Kopter & Rafale International to Participate in Zigermeet 2019!
Kopter Group is thrilled to be part of the Zigermeet event, which takes place in Mollis, Switzerland, on the 16th & 17th August 2019. Mollis being the home of Kopter, the company is very proud…
Dassault Aviation Appoints Carlos Brana Executive Vice President of Civil Aircraft
Dassault Aviation has appointed Carlos Brana Executive Vice President, Civil Aircraft. After graduating from the Ecole Centrale de Paris and from France’s HEC, Carlos Brana began his career at Dassault in 1984 as a design…
MD-450 Ouragan, First Exported French Production Jet Fighter
4 MD 450 Ouragan patrol of fighter training center The jet engine is one of the new operational technologies developed during the Second World War. As soon as he returned from Buchenwald, Marcel Dassault launched…
Qatar Agrees to Buy U.S. Aircraft, Engines, Defense Equipment
(Bloomberg) -- Qatar has made agreements with U.S. companies to spend billions on airplanes and jet engines and to develop a petrochemical complex, the White House said on Tuesday. At least some of the deals…
Airbus, Boeing May Pull Out of Canada Fighter Jet Race
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Airbus SE <AIR.PA> and Boeing Co <BA.N> may pull out of a bidding process to supply Canada with new fighter jets because they say the contest is unfairly tilted towards Lockheed Martin…
American Airlines to Raise Funding for Stand Up To Cancer
FORT WORTH, Texas — American Airlines will provide a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to add a loved one’s name to one of its planes in honor of those who are cancer survivors, current cancer fighters and those…
U.S. Arms Makers See Booming European Demand
53rd International Paris Air Show at Le Bourget Airport PARIS (Reuters) - U.S. arms makers say European demand for fighter jets, missile defenses and other weapons is growing fast amid heightened concerns about Russia and…
Pentagon Gets 8.8% Discount in $34 billion F-35 Jet Deal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Defense has a "handshake" agreement with Lockheed Martin Co to cut 8.8 percent from the price of its latest order of F-35A fighter jet, shaving a year from…
Bulgaria Sees F-16 Jet Deal With U.S. at $1.2 Billion
Defence Minister says $1.2 bln is a reasonable priceFinal talks to start once Bulgaria gets draft contractCost will be based on final Bulgarian requirements-U.S. Embassy (Adds defence minister comment, U.S. embassy to Sofia) SOFIA, June…