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Amarillo, TX (April 20, 2026) – Bell Textron Inc., a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, announced initial results and benefits from more than 10,000 flight hours of Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) CV-22 Ospreys with the Nacelle Improvement (NI) Program. The first of nine CV-22s with the 20th Special Operations Squadron at Cannon Air Force Base received the NI upgrade in 2021, and the program has produced a 75 percent reduction in maintenance hours resulting in a significant boost in operational readiness and maintainability.
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Pratt andamp; Whitney announced on Friday that it has received EASA certification for the GTF
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Marignane, France, 20 April 2026 – The NATO agency in charge of the NH90 programme, NAHEMA, has signed a contract with NHIndustries (a consortium between Airbus, Leonardo and GKN Aerospace) to launch the NH90 Block 2 architecture study. The Block 2 upgrade will include key structural improvements to the aircraft such as modular avionics, greater configuration commonality, improved maintenance and performance, as well as new capabilities in the fields of collaborative combat, connectivity and crewed-uncrewed teaming.
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A UPS Boeing 767 had to abort landing at the Muhammad Ali International Airport (SDF) in Louisville,
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The U.S. has seized the Iranian-flagged cargo ship M/V Touska which was violating the naval
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The Concorde was seen as a feature of aviation. Its first flight was on March 2, 1969, although it
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Top Gun 3 is happening. And if you’ve ever looked up at a jet and felt something, you already
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Sierra Nevada Corporation announced that two Contractor-Owned Contractor-Operated ATHENA-S jets
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When We Needed a Morale Boost the Most, Doolittle’s Raiders Delivered The situation in America was
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The U.S. Air Force announced a test of the Family of Affordable Mass Munitions-Lugged, with photos
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