2019
Airbus Defence reveals LOUT, Low Observable UAV Testbed
After more than a decade as a secret project, Airbus Defence reveals LOUT (Low Observable UAV Testbed), a holistic platform approach to stealth, co...
Armenian Air Force to be re-equipped with SU-30SM fighter jets
The Armenian Air Force should be taking delivery of the Su-30SM fighter jet from Russia in the coming months.
Thales upgrades French Navy's E-2C Hawkeye flight simulator
Less than a year after being awarded the contract, Thales has completed a full hardware and software upgrade of the visual system of the flight sim...
Russia’s Orion attack drone arrives for troops after Syria experience
The MALE-class (Medium Altitude, Long Endurance) drone Orion has started arriving for experimental combat operation in Russia’s Aerospace Force aft...
Israeli Air Force launching new C-130 simulators
New simulators for the "Karnaf" and "Shimshon" aircraft are due to be integrated in Nevatim AFB in approximately three years.
BAE Systems will develop new countermeasures to protect aircraft from future threats
BAE Systems announced a $36.7 million contract from the U.S. Navy to develop and demonstrate a next-generation, dual band Fiber-Optic Towed Decoy (...
Finland: Revised Request for Quotation for HX program new fighter aircraft
The Finnish Defence Forces' Logistics Command sent a Revised Request for Quotation for the HX Program on 31 October 2019. The HX Fighter Progr...
UK takes delivery of first RAF Boeing P-8 Poseidon MRA1
The UK’s Ministry of Defence has taken delivery of the first Royal Air Force’s (RAF) Boeing P-8 Poseidon MRA1 submarine hunter.
International customer orders air defence systems from Rheinmetall
Rheinmetall has won an order from an international customer for state-of-the-art air defence systems. The contract, which is now official, is worth...
Elbit Systems awarded $50 Million contract by the Portuguese MoD to provide a complete EW suite for new KC-390 aircraft
Elbit Systems Ltd. announced on October 31 that it was awarded a contract valued at approximately $50 million from the Portuguese Ministry of Defen...
Lockheed Martin to provide enhanced electronic warfare capabilities to U.S. Army and coalition helicopters
Under terms of a recent contract, Lockheed Martin will provide the U.S. Army and foreign military customers additional electronic warfare systems t...
Lockheed Martin GPS Spatial Temporal Anti-Jam Receiver (GSTAR) system to be integrated in F-35 modernization
Lockheed Martin received a $25 million initial contract award for engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) for the GPS Spatial Temporal Anti...
US Army engineering center tests new unmanned aircraft system
The U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center's newly acquired unmanned aircraft system took to the skies for its first formal set of survey flights...
Pentagon and Lockheed Martin reach agreement reducing F-35A cost by 12.8 percent
The F-35 Joint Program Office and Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) finalized a $34 billion agreement for the production and delivery of 478 F-35s at the...
Bangladesh orders Leonardo’s high-tech air surveillance radar
The Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) has ordered Leonardo’s KRONOS LAND radar to provide air surveillance, allowing operators to detect and track targets...
US Air Force requests proposals for light attack aircraft
The US Air Force released final requests for proposal Oct. 24 for a limited number of Textron Aviation AT-6 and Sierra Nevada Corporation/Embr...
Raytheon completed the first power generation flight test of the Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band
Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) completed the first power generation flight test of the Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band. The U.S. Navy will use the te...
Zipline deploys medical delivery drones with U.S. Military
Zipline, a drone-delivery startup announced it’s testing medical supply drones with US military. Zipline, which already delivers emergency medical ...
BAE Systems to develop advanced decoy countermeasures to protect aircraft from future threats
BAE Systems announced a $36.7 million contract from the U.S. Navy to develop and demonstrate a next-generation, dual band Fiber-Optic Towed Decoy (...
US Air Force Research Laboratory developing space solar power beaming
The US Air Force Research Laboratory is developing space-based solar power transmission capability using high-efficiency solar cells to collect the...