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Lockheed's tanker would have been a variation on Airbus's A330 Multi Role Tanker Transport. Airbus now plans to respond to the Air Force's tanker request.

A 767-sized airplane with 50 percent better fuel efficiency than current transports might be of great interest to airlines and the Air Force - if it works as advertised.

The United States and Israel are conducting the latest iteration of their bilateral Juniper Oak military exercise. The intention is to deter Iran from further moves toward weapons-grade purity enrichment of its uranium stocks. Still, Tehran is unlikely to be intimidated.

Boeing projects a global demand for 42,600 new commercial jets by 2042, worth an estimated $8tn. The Asia-Pacific markets are projected to account for over 40% of the global demand, with China representing half of that total.

With more than 70 percent of the planned fleet already ordered, the plane is still a financial burden.

MIA Recoveries, Inc. has located a long-missing US Air Force C-46 aircraft lost during WWII with 13 souls aboard, bringing to a total of 279 MIA personnel...

It’s part of a Pentagon trend of wringing surprising performance out of existing weapons.

The three-year-old twinjet will be an “agile tanker,” L3Harris CEO says.

The company is looking for loopholes in its $4 billion contract.

Although lawmakers repeatedly said their position wasn't meant to favor a particular company, in some respects the debate was held over parochial lines, as some of the most outspoken had interests in their districts.