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Boeing files lawsuit against Air Force One interiors provider
Airlines

Boeing has cancelled its contract and filed a lawsuit against GDC Technics, the contractor hired to complete interior work on Air Force One, with Boeing stating the work has fallen over a year behind schedule. The US Air Force has purchased two undelivered Boeing 747-8 jets, designated VC-25B, to replace the previous 747-200s that have

UK pilots walk away relatively unscathed from Navy plane crash
Defence

Two pilots have survived after successfully ejecting themselves from a British Royal Navy Hawk T1 plane that crashed near the coast of Cornwall. The 736 Naval Squadron Hawk T1 had taken off from RNAS Culdrose, near Helston on the Lizard Peninsula of Cornwall, and was likely conducting a training flight when it crashed into a

IAI to launch maintenance centre at Lithuanian military airport
Defence

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) and Lithuania-based Aviatic MRO UAB have entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to deliver a maintenance centre for aircraft at Siauliai Airport in Lithuania. The maintenance centre will deliver support to aircraft and staff, including staff training, education as well as the transition of the B737NG into a cargo aircraft.

F-16 delivered to Lockheed depot for overflow support
Defence

Lockheed Martin's Greenville site has received its first F-16 aircraft following the signing of a $900 million overflow services contract

US approves sale of P-8A Poseidon aircraft to Germany in $1.77bn deal
Defence

Germany is set to replace its P-3C Orion aircraft program with the Boeing-built P-8A Poseidon maritime multi-mission aircraft (MMA) after its purchase was approved this week by the US State Department. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) has approved the sale of five Poseidon aircraft, equipped with the standard sensors and systems, as well as

Collins Aerospace awarded MS-110 enhancement contract
Defence

Raytheon Technologies subsidiary Collins Aerospace has been tapped to provide sensor enhancements to the US Air Force’s MS-110 Multispectral Airborne Reconnaissance system. The North Carolina-based Raytheon unit has secured an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract modification by the US Air Force to support its Fast-Jet reconnaissance pod, the MS-110 Multispectral Airborne Reconnaissance system. The firm

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