2018
Diehl, Boeing joint forces to market GBU-54 JDAM in Germany
At the ILA International Air Show in Berlin, Diehl Defence and Boeing Defense, Space & Security signed a Teaming Agreement on cooperation of GB...
TsAGI progressing towards Il-276 airlifter development
The Ilyushin Company that is a transport aviation department of Russia’s United Aircraft Corporation (UAC), and the Zhukovsky Central Aerohydrodyna...
Ukraine and Turkey to jointly work on An-188 airlifter project
Ukraine and Turkey have agreed to jointly implement the production of the An-188 military-transport plane, Ukraine's state defense conglomerate Ukr...
Belgian NH90 helicopter performed first operational mission in Mali
A Belgian Air Component NH90 helicopter performed a first operational mission last week in Gao (Mali) as part of Belgium's participation in the MIN...
Russia's Western Military District air regiment receives new Su-30SMs
Four Sukhoi Su-30SM (NATO reporting name: Flanker-H) multipurpose fighter jets were delivered to a Russian Air Force's Western Military District ai...
USAF names B-21 Raider Bombers' future homebases
The US Air Force announced on May 2 that the B-21 Raider will replace B-1 Lancer and B-2 Spirit aircraft at three existing bomber bases beginning i...
SABCA wins follow-on order for Royal Danish Air Force F-16 support
The "Société Anonyme Belge de Constructions Aéronautiques" (SABCA) on April 23 won a US$ 2.8 million follow-on contract within the Service Life Sus...
Insitu launches ScanEagle 3 UAV at Xponential 2018
Insitu, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Boeing Company, today announced the launch of the newest member of its growing family of Unmanned Aerial S...
Dutch Defence Ministry details AH-64D upgrade program
The Netherlands’ Ministry of Defence wants to modernize the Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) fleet of 28 aircraft AH-64D Apache combat helicopte...
US Air Force selects Raytheon's AN/ALR-69A(V) radar warning receiver
The U.S. Air Force awarded an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity contract for Raytheon's AN/ALR-69A(V), the world's first all-digital radar wa...
Pentagon awards contract to Lockheed Martin for F-35 fleet support
The F-35 Joint Program Office has awarded the Lockheed Martin industry team a $1.4 billion sustainment contract to support operations for the F-35 ...
Czech Air Force's Gripen fighter jets completed MS 20 upgrade
Czech Air Force's JAS 39 Gripen fighter jets are now upgraded and deployed in the latest version, announced the Swedish Defence Materiel Administra...
Iran successfully overhauled another F-4 fighter jet
Iran's Air Force successfully overhauled an F-4 fighter jet, state TV reported on Sunday. The 1.5-year-long project at the Shahid Lashkari Air Forc...
Greek government approves HAF F-16 fighters upgrade program
Greece’s government council for foreign affairs and defense, chaired by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, has approved a plan to upgrade 85 F-16 fight...
US clears $911M FMS from Bahrain for 12 AH-1Z attack helicopters
The US State Department approved a possible Foreign Military Sale to Bahrain of 12 AH-1Z attack helicopters for an estimated cost of $911.4 million...
TAI, Aselsan sign preliminary agreement for TF-X development
Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) and Aselsan signed a preliminary agreement on April 26 for the development of Turkey's future National Fighter J...
Cobham lands USAF T-38C trainer radio retrofit contract
Cobham Aerospace Communications has been awarded the contract to supply Boeing with advanced FliteLineTM communication and navigation radios for re...
Russian MoD could order up to 40 SSJ-100 airliners
The Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Company may deliver up to 40 75-seat SSJ-100 planes to the Russian Defense Ministry and up to 10 aircraft of the same typ...
Leonardo to establish new NH90 service center in Australia
Leonardo and the Australian Ministry of Defence have agreed to establish a helicopter transmission repair and overhaul facility in Melbourne capabl...
BAE to protect US Army aircraft with next-generation missile warning system
The U.S. Army has awarded BAE Systems a contract worth up to $97.9 million to develop a Quick Reaction Capability (QRC) next-generation missile war...