Category: Aerospace / Defense

Open fan jet engine to power the successor to Boeing’s 737 MAX
17. 6. 2023 No Responses

Open fan jet engine to power the successor to Boeing’s 737 MAX

An open fan being developed by CFM International, making it a prime candidate to power the next generation of all new airplanes in the mid-to-late 2030s. The new engine with a giant open fan would change the look of airplanes...
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IATA elevates industry profit projection for 2023
6. 6. 2023 No Responses

IATA elevates industry profit projection for 2023

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) now expects the whole airline industry to make a net profit of $9.8 billion this year, roughly doubling of its initial projection for sector profitability. The airline association had initially projected the...
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Lockheed Martin Tops Earnings Forecasts
18. 4. 2023 No Responses

Lockheed Martin Tops Earnings Forecasts

Lockheed Martin – the producer of the F-16, F-35 fighter jets and guided missiles has been a heavy supplier of weapons and other military equipment for Ukraine war. Lockheed Martin provided thousands guided missiles for High Mobility Artillery Rocket Sys...
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Bulgaria Refuses To Send Weapons To Ukraine, Joins Hungary & Austria’s Neutral Stance
28. 3. 2023 No Responses

Bulgaria Refuses To Send Weapons To Ukraine, Joins Hungary & Austria’s Neutral Stance

After Austria and Hungary, Bulgaria has also joined the minority group of European Union countries that refuse to send weapons to Ukraine, news and opinion portal Mandiner reports. Bulgaria has declared that it will not take part in the EU’s joint...
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Slovakia Will Send Entire Fleet of MiG-29 Fighter Jets to Ukraine
17. 3. 2023 No Responses

Slovakia Will Send Entire Fleet of MiG-29 Fighter Jets to Ukraine

Slovakia’s government has approved a plan to give Ukraine its fleet of 13 Soviet-era MiG-29 fighter jets. Slovakia’s government on Friday approved a plan to give Ukraine its fleet of 13 Soviet-era MiG-29 fighter jets, becoming the second NATO member coun...
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Pentagon seeks $300 billion to replenish depleted munitions sent to Ukraine
9. 3. 2023 No Responses

Pentagon seeks $300 billion to replenish depleted munitions sent to Ukraine

The US Department of Defense has planned to seek a huge budget to replenish the arms and munitions the Pentagon sent to Ukraine, where Moscow says it’s fighting a proxy war against Russia.  The Pentagon seeks more than $300 billion...
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Credit Suisse upgrades Lockheed Martin
9. 2. 2023 No Responses

Credit Suisse upgrades Lockheed Martin

Credit Suisse upgraded their outlook for Lockheed Martin from Underperform to Outperform. Analyst Price Forecast Suggests 4.56% Upside As of February 7, 2023, the average one-year price target for Lockheed Martin is $490.48. The forecasts range from a l...
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Boeing to lay off about 2,000 white-collar jobs in finance and HR
7. 2. 2023 No Responses

Boeing to lay off about 2,000 white-collar jobs in finance and HR

At the end of last month, on the same day that Boeing touted plans to hire 10,000 people this year, senior leadership convened virtual meetings internally to break bad news to nonunion staff in human resources and finance. Despite the...
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Australia Procures UH-60M Black Hawk Helicopters, Replacing MRH-90 Taipan
26. 1. 2023 No Responses

Australia Procures UH-60M Black Hawk Helicopters, Replacing MRH-90 Taipan

The acquisition will be made as part of the Project LAND 4507-1 of the Australian Army, and would be done through US Foreign Military Sales (US FMS) program. The deliveries of the Black Hawk helicopters are expected to start later...
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Boeing Tumbles On Unexpected Q4 Loss
25. 1. 2023 No Responses

Boeing Tumbles On Unexpected Q4 Loss

Boeing reported an unexpected loss to end 2022 as the planemaker grappled continued to grapple with high costs that threaten to slow further its already moribund recovery. The aerospace giant reported an adjusted EPS loss of $1.75 in the fourth...
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FAA secretly widened the EKG parameter range for pilots so they wouldn’t be grounded
21. 1. 2023 No Responses

FAA secretly widened the EKG parameter range for pilots so they wouldn’t be grounded

FAA loosening its EKG range for pilots while offering no explanation as to why to the public. In the October 2022 version of the FAA Guide for Aviation Medical Examiners, the FAA quietly widened the EKG parameters beyond the normal...
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Jordan bought 12 Block 70 F-16s from Lockheed Martin
17. 1. 2023 No Responses

Jordan bought 12 Block 70 F-16s from Lockheed Martin

The US State Department approved the deal in February, saying the planes and associated equipment would cost some $4.21 billion. The Royal Jordanian Air Force (RJAF) Command has signed a deal to buy 12 Block 70 F-16 fighter jets from...
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Pentagon Drops COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate For Troops
11. 1. 2023 No Responses

Pentagon Drops COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate For Troops

More than 8,400 troops were forced out of the military for refusing the dangerous jab. After football players, basketball players and sports commentators drop like bowling pins every day on live TV watch, Department of Defense (Pentagon) announced on Tuesday.....
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Rumor: Challenger 2 tanks for Ukraine
8. 1. 2023 No Responses

Rumor: Challenger 2 tanks for Ukraine

As another escalation and another extension of the war by several hours up to 10 Challenger 2 MBTs will be considered by the UK for supply to Ukraine. This will be the first time Western tanks have entered the war...
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SpaceX Launches Next-Gen Starlink Satellites Into New Low Earth Orbit
28. 12. 2022 No Responses

SpaceX Launches Next-Gen Starlink Satellites Into New Low Earth Orbit

Falcon 9 launches 54 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit; completes SpaceX’s 60th mission of 2022. Starlink has launched the first batch of next-generation satellites into orbit early Wednesday to add even more broadband capacity to the network. Around 04...
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