There is no other aircraft that can do what the C-5 does – that's why it will fly until 2050

The USAF plans to keep the C-5M Galaxy flying until 2050 despite low readiness rates, rising costs, and maintenance delays.
New Atlas

Radical aircraft that could make flaps obsolete is almost ready to fly

Aurora Flight Sciences just announced that the triangular wings of the X-65 have arrived at its Virginia assembly facility, ...
Aviation Week

OMF WORKING WITH BRS TO CERTIFY THE AIRFRAME PARACHUTE SYSTEM ON SYMPHONY AIRCRAFT LINE

OMF Aircraft will offer the Ballistic Recovery Systems (BRS) airframe parachute system as optional equipment on the Symphony 160 and 135-TDI aircraft and as standard equipment on the Symphony 4, the ...
Aviation Week

Boeing wins contract for T-45 training system airframes

TRAINING AIRFRAMES: Boeing has been awarded a $209.4 million contract modification by the Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., to provide 10 fiscal 2005 T-45 training aircraft system ...
Forbes

Army Aviation: There’s More To Future Vertical Lift Than The Airframes

Sometime later this year, the U.S. Army will select the first of two new rotorcraft designed to replace much of the joint helicopter fleet. The initial “down-select” will choose between aircraft ...
SpaceNews

NASA Awards Aerospace Propulsion Airframe Systems Contracts to Three Firms

CLEVELAND — NASA’s Glenn Research Center has awarded contracts to three companies to provide propulsion airframe integration and airframe systems technologies in support of the agency’s aerospace ...
Business Wire

Vertical Aerospace and Aciturri Aerostructures Announce Long-Term Airframe Partnership for the VX4

LONDON & NEW YORK & MIRANDA DE EBRO, Spain--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Vertical Aerospace (“Vertical”) (NYSE: EVTL), a global aerospace and technology company that is pioneering electric aviation, today ...
Flightglobal

USCG receives first new airframe for MH-60T Jayhawk refurbishments

The US Coast Guard (USCG) has received from Sikorsky the first bare-bones airframe under a project to keep the service’s MH-60T Jayhawk medium-lift rescue helicopters flying into the 2040s. Sikorsky ...
The Aviationist

U.S. Air Force Performs Unprecedented F-35 Reconstruction From Two Damaged Airframes

The F-35 reconstruction project, expected to be completed in 2025, opens the door for repairing future mishap aircraft using tooling, equipment, techniques, and knowledge that has been developed. A ...
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F-16 modernization brings F-35 mission systems to legacy fighter airframes

F-16 modernization brings F-35 mission systems to legacy fighter airframes Park Service orders removal of quotes at Bunker Hill Watch what happens when a 5,000kg orca hits a boat – it doesn’t end well ...
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Everything To Know About The ATR 72 Turboprop Plane

ATR makes popular turboprop regional airliners that fly less popular routes. The aircraft maker offers two major models, the ATR 42 and ATR 72, and they compete against other aircraft like the CRJ 700 ...