Inspection of Q400 aircraft main landing gear having accumulated more than 10,000 cycles highly recommended by Bombardier.

GE Honda Aero Engines has begun testing the first full HF120 demonstration engine (including maximum thrust levels) at Honda's Aircraft Engine R&D Center in Japan.

Symetrics Industries, LLC announced today an award from the U.S. Army for approximately 300 Improved Data Modems (IDM) for installation on Army aircraft. The contract value will be between $7 and $8 million, once final negotiations are completed. The IDM-304 is the Army version of the Improved Data Modems that Symetrics has been delivering to the U.S. Air Force for over 14 years.

Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) will require 1,060 new airplanes worth about $70 billion over the next 20 years, according to The Boeing Company's [NYSE:BA] updated annual forecast for the commercial airplane market. The complete forecast, known as the Boeing Current Market Outlook, is available on the Boeing web.

NASA aircraft equipped with a state-of-the-art sensor provided emergency response officials with critical soil moisture data for several regions across Texas that were threatened by flooding. NASA responded to the heavy rains and flooding in Texas by redirecting a NASA research aircraft, the P-3B, to Texas after it completed an interagency project in Oklahoma.

Boeing set up a joint venture Friday with Russia's VSMPO-Avisma, the world's largest titanium producer, to make components for the U.S. aviation giant's super-light Dreamliner passenger aircraft.

Aircraft manufacturer Boeing has unveiled its new "green" passenger jet, the 787 Dreamliner, which boasts a series of fuel-efficient design features.

A mechanical monster grabs the F-14 fighter jet and chews through one wing and then another, ripping off the Tomcat's appendages before moving onto its guts. Finally, all that is left is a pile of shredded rubble.

Scientists from NOAA’s Earth System Research Lab will be among 400 researchers in Costa Rica this summer to probe one of the most complex and least observed regions of Earth’s atmosphere during the rainy season. Based in San Jose, Costa Rica, the NASA-led field study will shed light on key processes related to climate change, the stratospheric ozone layer, and global chemistry. The study runs from July 2 through August 15.

France based plane maker Airbus may receive about $17 billion in orders from Qatar Airways at the beginning of the Paris air show on Monday, which includes 20 A350-800s, 40 A350-900s and 20 A350-1000s.

Russia's United Aircraft Building Corporation (UABC) and the European Aeronautic Defense and Space Company (EADS) have agreed to develop a new cargo aircraft, a senior presidential adviser said Monday.

Air India would be adding four more aircraft to the Air India Express fleet this year to expand its budget flight services, with plans of increasing it to 25 by 2008.