scorecard

You Searched For "aircraft" and got 14 results


Sort By:


Business Insider Latest Story Image
2 mins read

Aircraft lessors could lose hundreds of planes stranded in Russia

Lessors have until March 28 to get their planes out of Russia, but an estimated $10.3 billion worth…

Taylor Rains   


Business Insider Latest Story Image
1 min read

IndiGo wants Airbus to make up for the delay, seeks tech support

IndiGo had ordered 430 Airbus Neos, which are the upgraded versions of 180-seater Airbus 320, and w…

Business Insider Latest Story Image
3 mins read

US military aircraft are nowhere near as ready as they should be — here's how bad the situation is

Two dozen fighter aircraft, including F-22 Raptors and F/A-18 Super Hornets, missed a key readiness…

Ryan Pickrell   


Business Insider Latest Story Image
1 min read

Aircraft leasing company with 34 jets being held hostage by Putin takes $1.6 billion hit

SMBC Aviation Capital said it was unlikely to get back 34 aircraft in Russia when Putin invaded Ukr…

Ryan Hogg   


Business Insider Latest Story Image
5 mins read

China is getting ready to field its 3rd aircraft carrier — here's why it's no match for US flattops

China likes to brag about its two carriers and the third one it is building, but they have a long w…

Benjamin Brimelow   


Business Insider Latest Story Image
1 min read

Airbus created a remote-controlled aircraft with flapping wingtips to see how much it could increase efficiency

The AlbatrossONE isn't a newly unveiled concept jet. Airbus initially trialed ground-based tests th…

Brittany Chang   


Business Insider Latest Story Image
2 mins read

What is special about the Rafale aircraft supplied to India?

The induction of Rafale into Indian Air Force (IAF) today is expected to be a pivotal turning point…

Business Insider Latest Story Image
2 mins read

A US Navy aircraft carrier was ready to fight again within an hour of an F-35 fighter crashing on the flight deck

An F-35C stealth fighter crash-landed on the deck of the carrier USS Carl Vinson before slipping of…

Julie Coleman   


Business Insider Latest Story Image
6 mins read

Photos of China's new aircraft carrier are leaking, and they appear to show a modern flattop in the making

China's latest aircraft carrier "is not a US carrier, as things are today," one expert told Insider…

Ryan Pickrell   


Business Insider Latest Story Image
5 mins read

How Navy aircraft carriers have projected US military might all over the world for 86 years

Decades of hard experience have made the US Navy's aircraft carriers an imposing centerpiece for th…

Benjamin Brimelow   


Business Insider Latest Story Image
6 mins read

From biplanes to drones: How the Navy's carrier aircraft have dominated battlefields for almost a century

US Navy aircraft carriers, and the array of aircraft they bring with them, have become essential to…

Benjamin Brimelow   


Business Insider Latest Story Image
6 mins read

How the world's largest airplane boneyard stores and regenerates 3,100 retired aircraft

The 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group (AMARG) stores retired military aircraft in …

Abby Narishkin,Steve Cameron,…   


Business Insider Latest Story Image
2 mins read

China's new aircraft carrier is being tested at sea for the first time, but US carriers 'remain in an echelon of their own,' expert says

China launched the first sea trial of its most advanced aircraft carrier, but it still falls short …

Thibault Spirlet   


Business Insider Latest Story Image
4 mins read

How the US Navy's 'flight deck choreographers' keep aircraft carriers operating

Aviation boatswain's mates (handling), known as "yellow shirts," are at the center of the action ab…

Petty Officer 3rd Class Ahron…