A Russian cargo plane has crashed in the far-eastern Yakutia region, killing all 11 crew members on board. The government plane had just unloaded its cargo at Mirnyi airport. It took off and crashed 25 km (15 miles) away, Russian

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) today offered up a rather interesting challenge: find and plot 10 red weather balloons scattered at undisclosed locations across the country. The first person to identify the location of all the balloons and

An Indian tribe in Brazil has found at least nine survivors after a plane came down deep in the Amazon rainforest, the Brazilian air force says. At least one person is believed to have died and one is missing, reports

As VORs are being decommissioned and with loran-C on the chopping block, pilots are relying more on satellite-based technology for navigation—but what will happen if there is a GPS outage? The House of Representatives is calling for the Coast Guard

A search is under way for nine people missing after a US Coast Guard plane and a military helicopter crashed off the coast of southern California. The collision is believed to have happened 16 miles (27km) east of the US

Building the unmanned aircraft capable of carrying a 1,000-pound payload on five kilowatts of power and staying airborne for at least five years is getting closer to reality. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's (DARPA) Vulture program is moving into

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.: NASA's space shuttle Atlantis is targeted to begin an 11-day flight to the International Space Station with a Nov. 16 launch from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Liftoff is scheduled for 2:28 p.m. EST.

With a hiss and roar NASA's Ares X rocket blasted into the atmosphere this at about 11:33 am EST taking with it a variety of test equipment and sensors but also high hopes for the future of the US space

A combined team of representatives comprising the most senior procedure designers from the Dubai CAA has visited the ASAP offices in Slovakia for two weeks. The team worked closely with the ASAP team to develop instrument flight procedures that will

SEATTLE (PRNewswire-FirstCall): Boeing (NYSE: BA) today announced that it has chosen its North Charleston, S.C., facility as the location for a second final assembly site for the 787 Dreamliner program. Boeing evaluated criteria that were designed to find the final

The Federal Aviation Administration has revoked the licenses of two Northwest Airlines pilots who overflew their destination airport on October 21, 2009 while operating Flight 188 from San Diego to Minneapolis.

The European Space Agency wants volunteers to take the 520-day trip to Mars. Well ok, a simulated version of the red planet voyage but you would get to go to Moscow and pretend you were on a spaceship...

SEOUL, South Korea, (PRNewswire-FirstCall): The Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) F-35 Lightning II program is the only fighter program delivering 5th generation capabilities internationally, a Lockheed Martin executive said Tuesday at the Seoul Air Show.

ST. LOUIS: The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] submitted two proposals to the Indian Air Force this week, offering the AH-64D Apache and the CH-47F Chinook for India's attack and heavy-lift helicopter competitions.

When it comes down to it, NASA is the most accomplished space organization in the world but its human spaceflight activities are at a tipping point, primarily due to a mismatch of goals and money. That was the conclusion of

Many jet-setting pet owners were cheered when a new animals-only airline, Pet Airways, launched this past summer. Now Pet Airways is giving animal-loving travelers an additional option: Flights between New York and Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. for dogs and cats...

This kind of thing happens, but when it happens to the world's largest airline, at the planet's busiest airport, it's major news. The National Transportation Safety Board says a Delta Air Lines Boeing 767-300ER landed on an active taxiway October

Boeing is most commonly known for commercial aviation, rather than business aviation. This week, Boeing is marketing their business jet at the NBAA convention...

Repairs to Boeing's troubled 787 Dreamliner are on track and the long-awaited first flight is still scheduled for the end of this year, according to senior executives. Boeing chief executive Jim McNerney said the aerospace giant had made "significant progress"

NEW YORK (Reuters): American International Group Inc (AIG.N), the insurer bailed out by the U.S. government, has extended $2 billion in credit to its aircraft leasing arm, allowing the lessor to meet debt obligations due last week, according to a