2021
UK confirms USD 2Bn purchase of 14 additional CH-47 Chinook helicopters
The British Ministry of Defence has confirmed its decision to purchase another 14 Chinook heavy-lift helicopters from the US. According to Blomberg...
Chinese J-20 fighter jet to ideally get 2D thrust vectoring nozzles
The pilot who first flew the Chengdu J-20 believes that China's most advanced stealth fighter jet will be upgraded with 2D thrust vectoring nozzles...
Saab delivers first T-7A Red Hawk aft airframe to Boeing
Saab has shipped its first aft airframe section for the T-7A Red Hawk program. This is a key delivery in the Engineering and Manufacturing Developm...
Russian Air Force receives new smart bombs
The Russian defense industry launched the batch production of new smart bombs. K08BE, K029BE, and KAB-250LG-E will be soon delivered to the troops,...
Boeing Logistics contract builds on decades of support for Israeli AH-64 Apaches
Boeing on April 20 announced a contract to provide the Israeli Air Force (IAF) with integrated logistics support for Israel’s AH-64A and D Apache h...
Saudi company Advanced Electronics to provide the RSAF with upgraded Electronic System Test Set
The U.S. Department of Defense on April 19 announced that Advanced Electronics Co., based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, has been awarded a $10,605,836 m...
Morocco buys 13 Bayraktar TB2A UCAVs from Turkey
Morocco’s Royal Armed Forces signed an acquisition contract of 13 Bayraktar TB2 unmanned combat aerial vehicles (UCAV) and related equipments with ...
US Marine Corps MQ-9 reaches 10.000 flight hours in Central Command
On March 31st, the Marine Corps’ first MQ-9A Unmanned Aerial System achieved 10 thousand total flight hours in the Central Command area of responsi...
US Naval Research Laboratory flew Hybrid Tiger UAV for 24 hours
US Naval Research Laboratory engineers recently demonstrated Hybrid Tiger, an electric unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) with multi-day endurance fligh...
B-52 bombers deploy to Guam for Bomber Task Force deployment
In correlation with a Bomber Task Force (BTF) deployment, four U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress bomber aircraft recently returned to Andersen Ai...
Airbus A400M conducts major helicopter refuelling certification campaign
The Airbus A400M new generation airlifter has successfully conducted a major helicopter air-to-air refuelling certification campaign, completing th...
Greece hosts Iniochos 2021 exercise
The INIOCHOS 2021 (or Iniohos 2021) exercise take place at Andravida Air Base, Greece, from 12 to 22 April. It is an annual medium scale exer...