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Lockheed Martin

NASA’s X-Plane to revive air travel faster than speed of sound

Kristin Mariano Apr 6, 2018

NASA just awarded Lockheed Martin a $247.5 million contract to build the X-Plane, an aircraft faster than the speed of sound. The contract states that LM will refine, build and test the…

Airlines and Aviation

AS2: countdown to world’s first supersonic business jet is go!

Alastair Newport Dec 22, 2017 2

Like most people, I thought I had missed the boat – or plane in this case – of ever smashing the sound barrier, when the last Concorde was taken out of commission back in 2003. But, with…

Airlines and Aviation

NASA to build supersonic ‘X-planes’

Mark Elliott Mar 1, 2016

The return of supersonic passenger air travel has moved closer to reality after NASA unveiled plans to develop a new series of 'X-planes'. The US space agency has awarded a contract…

United Arab Emirates

GAS 2016 selects advisory board

Mark Elliott Nov 27, 2014

The challenges facing the aviation, aerospace and defence industries across the region will be discussed and debated at the 2016 Global Aerospace Summit. The event is scheduled to be…

Bahrain

Countdown to Bahrain Air Show 2014 begins

Mark Elliott Jan 14, 2014

The countdown to the Bahrain Air Show has begun with the event scheduled to commence on 16 January 2014 at the Sakhir Airbase. Gulf Air is the official carrier for the event. Gulf…