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Explained: How GE Became a Jet Engine Manufacturer

General Electric is today best known for its jet engines, but that wasn't always the case. This piece traces the company's transformation into a dominant aerospace supplier — examining the strategic shifts, industrial capabilities and market changes that repositioned GE from a broad industrial conglomerate into an engine specialist.

2025-12-26T09:09:43.045300-08:00

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United signs sale-and-leaseback with SMBC Aviation Capital for 20 Boeing 737-9 (MAX) aircraft

2025-12-26T05:18:00.785740-08:00

koreatimes.co.kr

KAI wins W93bn contract to upgrade 11 Philippine FA-50PH jets; work runs to 2029

2025-12-25T22:59:14.558297-08:00

Flying Magazine

Lost Wings: The Rise and Fall of the Globe Swift

2025-12-25T05:07:38.207461-08:00

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Airways Magazine

Explained: How GE Became a Jet Engine Manufacturer General Electric is today best known for its jet engines, but that wasn't always the case. This piece traces the company's transformation into a dominant aerospace supplier — examining the strategic shifts, industrial capabilities and market changes that repositioned GE from a broad industrial conglomerate into an engine specialist.

2025-12-26T09:09:43.045300-08:00

Explained: How GE Became a Jet Engine Manufacturer

ch-aviation

United signs sale-and-leaseback with SMBC Aviation Capital for 20 Boeing 737-9 (MAX) aircraft United Airlines has signed a sale-and-leaseback with SMBC Aviation Capital covering 20 Boeing 737-9 (MAX) aircraft. The transaction secures financing for United’s narrowbody fleet through a sale-and-leaseback arrangement while keeping the jets in United service.

2025-12-26T05:18:00.785740-08:00

United signs sale-and-leaseback with SMBC Aviation Capital for 20 Boeing 737-9 (MAX) aircraft

koreatimes.co.kr

KAI wins W93bn contract to upgrade 11 Philippine FA-50PH jets; work runs to 2029 Korea Aerospace Industries has won a W93 billion (≈$64.5 million) contract with the Philippine Department of National Defense to modernize 11 FA-50PH light attack jets, upgrading munitions integration and networked systems. Work on the programme will run through 2029 under the signed agreement.

2025-12-25T22:59:14.558297-08:00

KAI wins W93bn contract to upgrade 11 Philippine FA-50PH jets; work runs to 2029

aerospacemanufacturinganddesign.com

Embraer Phenom 300 Tops Light‑Jet Deliveries for 13th Straight Year Embraer’s Phenom 300 was the best‑selling and most‑delivered light jet for the 13th consecutive year, retaining its long‑running lead in the light business‑jet segment. The streak highlights sustained buyer preference for the type and its continuing importance to Embraer’s business‑jet portfolio.

2025-12-25T22:06:17.594611-08:00

Embraer Phenom 300 Tops Light‑Jet Deliveries for 13th Straight Year

Flying Magazine

Lost Wings: The Rise and Fall of the Globe Swift Loved for its light weight and sporty performance, the Globe Swift was undone by production missteps and collapsing postwar demand, forcing the type out of service and ending the maker's ambitions. The aircraft's rise-and-fall highlights how manufacturing execution and market timing determine survival in light-aircraft markets.

2025-12-25T05:07:38.207461-08:00

Lost Wings: The Rise and Fall of the Globe Swift

ch-aviation

Boliviana de Aviación eyes up to ten 767-300ERs and two 767 freighters Boliviana de Aviación is considering acquiring up to ten Boeing 767-300ER passenger aircraft plus two 767 freighters, ch-aviation reports. If completed, the move would substantially enlarge the carrier’s widebody fleet, increasing long‑haul passenger capacity and airfreight capability across Bolivia and regional markets.

2025-12-24T11:06:05.119000-08:00

Boliviana de Aviación eyes up to ten 767-300ERs and two 767 freighters

The Business Journals

Textron wins first contract to supply T-6JP Texan II integrated trainer to Japan’s JASDF Textron Aviation Defense has signed its first contract to deliver the Beechcraft T-6JP Texan II integrated training system to the Japan Air Self-Defense Force. Developed in partnership with Kanematsu, Textron says it anticipates additional orders from Japan’s military.

2025-12-24T10:51:37.846195-08:00

Textron wins first contract to supply T-6JP Texan II integrated trainer to Japan’s JASDF

India Defense News

India commits to nearly 200 Tejas Mk‑1A fighters to bolster IAF against China and Pakistan New Delhi has ordered close to 200 Tejas Mk‑1A light combat aircraft to strengthen the Indian Air Force’s frontline combat and deterrent posture vis‑à‑vis China and Pakistan. The commitment accelerates induction plans and underscores New Delhi’s reliance on an indigenous light‑fighter programme.

2025-12-24T08:50:31.642872-08:00

India commits to nearly 200 Tejas Mk‑1A fighters to bolster IAF against China and Pakistan

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Explained: How GE Became a Jet Engine Manufacturer

United signs sale-and-leaseback with SMBC Aviation Capital for 20 Boeing 737-9 (MAX) aircraft

KAI wins W93bn contract to upgrade 11 Philippine FA-50PH jets; work runs to 2029

Lost Wings: The Rise and Fall of the Globe Swift

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