2018
Operational testing starts for Raytheon Small Diameter Bomb II
Raytheon Company's StormBreaker bomb, formerly called the Small Diameter Bomb II, or SDB II bomb, has entered operational testing, a step closer to...
Lockheed and Rafael to jointly market SPICE missile guidance kit
Lockheed Martin and Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd., of Israel, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to evaluate potential markets and c...
USMC MV-22B performs first ever forward air-refuelling point
U.S. Marines and Coast Guardsmen conducted the first forward air-refueling point between two helicopters during the 2018 Marine Aircraft Group 49 C...
Ukraine clinched deal with Airbus for 55 helicopters
Following the Intergovernmental Agreement signed between France and Ukraine on 8 June, Airbus Helicopters has signed a contract with the Ukrainian ...
Boeing KC-46A tanker reaches another milestone ahead of first delivery
Boeing and U.S Air Force teams recently achieved a major KC-46 tanker program milestone, completing all flight testing required for first delivery....
TAI confirms deal with Pakistan for 30 T129 attack choppers
Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) today confirmed that the ongoing negotiations between Pakistan Ministry of Defence Production (MoDP) and Turkish...
Leonardo introduces new Spider COMINT pod
Leonardo, which is exhibiting at the Farnborough Air Show 2018, unveiled today a new Electronic Warfare (EW) communications intelligence (COMINT) p...
Russian Guards first Ka-226T helicopter enters service
The first Ka-226T helicopter supplied to the Russian Guards arrived to the permanent deployment base in Krasnoyarsk region. It was produced by Kume...
Boeing comments latest USSOCOM MH-47G Block II order
Boeing has received a $139.8 million contract to provide four MH-47G Block II Chinook helicopters to the U.S. Army Special Operations Aviation Comm...
Northrop delivers critical software for US Army UH-60V program
Northrop Grumman Corporation has delivered software to the U.S. Army for the UH-60V Black Hawk helicopter to enter Limited User Testing (LUT) ― a c...
Elbit Systems lifts veil on Hermes 900 StarLiner UAV
Elbit Systems commences global marketing of the Hermes 900 StarLiner, a powerful and trend setting Medium Altitude Long Endurance (MALE) Unmanned A...
Spanish Army receives upgraded PASI Searcher UAVs
Two PASI Searcher Mk III Class II Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) upgraded by IAI/MALAT were successfully tested by the NAto Support and P...
New gravity suit for Su-57 pilots ready for flight trials
A new gravity suit for Su-57 pilots is ready for flight trials, Sergey Pozdnyakov, director-general of Zvezda scientific and production enterprise,...
Sukhoi's Okhotnik UCAV could fly by year-end
Russia will start testing its new heavy-attack drone Okhotnik (Hunter) this year, TASS news agency reported Sunday, citing a defense industry source.
UEC launched TV7-117ST engine production
The work to produce units and components of the latest Russian turbofan TV7-117ST engine has been launched by the United Engine Corporation (UEC) a...
GE lands $437M USAF contract for further adaptive cycle engines development
GE was awarded a $437 million contract modification from the U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC) at Wright-Patterson Air Force Bas...
UAC completed formation of new Transport Aviation Division
The United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) fully completed the formation of a transport aviation division, Vice President Alexey Rogozin said.The United...
Poland grounds MiG-29 fleet after deadly crash
The Polish Air Force (PAF) has grounded its fleet of MiG-29 (NATO reporting name: Fulcrum) fighter jets following a crash of a Fulcrum fighter on J...
BAE began Compass Call integration onto G550 platform
BAE Systems has begun work to transition its advanced Compass Call electronic warfare (EW) system from aging EC-130H aircraft to a modern, more cap...
Cobham, 3SDL to team for UK Defense Ministry ASDOT Program
Cobham and Draken International have teamed with 3SDL to boost their capability in operational readiness training solutions for the UK Ministry of ...