Aerospace & Defense

Britain, Turkey sign defense deal to develop Turkish fighter jet

ANKARA Britain and Turkey signed a defense deal worth more than 100 million pounds on Saturday to develop Turkish fighter jets, opening the way to deeper cooperation over the lifetime of the project.

What it takes to get a Corona from Mexico to a U.S. heartland bar

Ordering a bottle of Corona beer at a bar in the United States is a simple proposition.

France, Germany concerned about Trump's moves to limit refugees

PARIS France, Germany and Luxembourg voiced disquiet on Saturday over U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to limit immigration and refugees from some Muslim countries, with Berlin and Paris also reaffirming a firm line on Russian sanctions.

No time to create walls between nations: Iran's Rouhani

DUBAI Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday it was no time to build walls between nations and criticized steps towards cancelling world trade agreements, without naming new U.S. President Donald Trump.

NASA unveils spaceship hatch 50 years after fatal Apollo 1 fire

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. NASA on Friday marked the 50th anniversary of its moon program's fatal Apollo launchpad fire with the first public display of the scorched hatch that trapped three astronauts inside their spaceship during a routine pre-launch test.

Boeing machinists in South Carolina to vote in February on unionizing

SEATTLE Boeing Co and its largest union said on Friday they had agreed on a February date for a union vote at Boeing's jetliner factory in South Carolina, setting up what is likely to be a fresh battle between the union and the world's biggest plane maker.

Boeing wins $2.1 billion Pentagon contract for 15 KC-46 refueling aircraft

WASHINGTON Boeing Co has been awarded a $2.1 billion U.S. defense contract for 15 KC-46 aerial refueling aircraft, the Pentagon said on Friday.

Pentagon starts cost-cutting reviews of F-35, presidential aircraft

WASHINGTON U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis ordered cost-cutting reviews of two major aircraft acquisition programs, the F-35 fighter jet and Boeing Co's next-generation of Air Force One presidential plane, according to Pentagon memos released on Friday.

French foreign minister heads to Iran amid Trump uncertainty

PARIS France's foreign minister travels to Iran on Monday, seeking to reaffirm Europe's commitment to the nuclear deal that U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened to annul.

General Dynamics profit beats Wall St; shares jump 3 percent

General Dynamics Corp reported a better-than-expected quarterly profit on higher sales across all its business units, particularly in combat systems, sending shares up more than 3 percent on Friday.

Factbox: Trump names executives, labor officials to manufacturing jobs council

WASHINGTON President Donald Trump on Friday said he was launching a manufacturing jobs initiative and named a group of U.S. business executives and labor union officials to help with the effort, the White House said in a statement.