During the Second World War, the Royal Air Force developed a radar equipped Hudson bomber to seek out German U-boats. These explorations into anti-submarine warfare aircraft led to the Lockheed PV-1 ...

The threat of a “catastrophic” wildfire season has prompted the U.S. Forest Service to bring on three of Neptune Aviation’s disputed BAe-146 jet retardant bombers. The agency has awarded short-term ...

The bids are in the mail for the next Next-Generation round of large firefighting aircraft, including a new proposal from Missoula-based Neptune Aviation. “We have offered up some BAe-146s for what ...

"Neptune has a single-purpose aircraft and a single customer - us," Norbury said. "We're asking them to remain a viable company based on four to five months of work a year. They have to be able to ...

As the U.S. Forest Service starts handing out contracts for slurry bombers for the upcoming fire season, Neptune Aviation's airtankers remain "ineligible" for service, an agency spokeswoman said ...