2019
MD Helicopters enhances MD 969 twin attack helicopter with 7-shot Common Launch Tube system
MD Helicopters, Inc. (MDHI) will feature an enhanced combat aircraft – its MD 969 Twin Attack Helicopter – at the 2019 Army Aviation Mission Soluti...
F-35 deploys to Middle East for first time
US Air Force F-35As deployed to the Middle East for the first time on Monday, arriving in the United Arab Emirates for combat operations across the...
AVX Aircraft and L3 Technologies unveil design for US Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft-Competitive prototype
The AVX Aircraft Company and L3 Technologies announced today their innovative compound coaxial helicopter (CCH) design, which is competing fo...
Boeing reveals concept images of new F-15EX
US aerospace giant Boeing has released concept images depicting the new F-15EX Advanced Eagle fighter aircraft.
Thales to supply image intelligence system to Switzerland
Thales signed a contract to supply the Swiss Armed Forces with an IMINT / GEOINT image intelligence system based on the company’s proprietary MINDS...
Boeing gets $21 million GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator bomb contract modification
The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Missouri, has been awarded a $21,607,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity modification to previously awarded cont...
The largest plane in the world makes its first flight
Stratolaunch Systems Corporation, founded by Paul G. Allen, successfully completed the first flight of the world’s largest...
Paris Air Show 2019: Air Recognition to cover the International defense aviation and aerospace exhibition
The online aviation and aerospace magazine Air Recognition, a subdivision of Army Recognition Group, will cover the International Paris Air Show 20...
Lebanon receives ScanEagle drones
On April 3, the Lebanese army announced on its Twitter account that it has received six Scan Eagle drone systems from the United States. The US Emb...
Russian Helicopters presented a mockup of the VRT500 at Milan Design Week
The design bureau VR-Technologies, subsidiary of Rostec's Russian Helicopters holding company, presented a mockup of the light multi-purpose helico...
Switzerland to test five fighter jets
The Swiss army starts Thursday at Payerne airbase tests of the five fighter jets in the running to succeed its current fighter aircraft F-5 Tiger a...
Peraton wins Canada CF-18 fleet support contract extension
Peraton was awarded a one-year contract extension for the CF-18 Avionics Optimized Weapon System Support program valued at $37.5M CDN to continue i...
US Air Force awards Raytheon with $70M contract for F-16 engineering services
Raytheon has been awarded a $70,475,000 ceiling, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for F-16 engineering services.
Avtomatika presents latest drone detection means
Avtomatika Concern presented the latest designs for electronic detection, identification and counteraction to drones in Patriot exhibition center, ...
Poland to get Leonardo AW101 helicopters for anti-submarine warfare tasks
The Polish government has inked a €90 million offset agreement with Leonardo MW which will precede a contract for the delivery of AW101 helicopters...
Spain orders two more MQ-9 Reaper drones
After the United States approved the sale of four Reaper drone systems for Spain in 2015, General Atomics received an order for two MQ-9s.
Angola to receive 2 SU-30K fighter jets
Russia delivered six SU-30K fighter jets to Angola this year and two more are expected by the end of May, Angola’s Defense Minister Salviano de Jes...
India: IAF to induct US-made Apache helicopters
The Indian Air Force (IAF) is preparing to induct US-made Apache AH-64E attack helicopters, with the first batch of four helicopters arriving in th...
UK: F-35B soon deployed to Cyprus for exercises
The Royal Navy has announced the upcoming deployment of British F-35Bs to Cyprus for exercises. This mission will test the overseas deployment of t...
Icelandic Coast Guard get 2 Airbus H225 heavy search and rescue helicopters
Airbus Helicopters is supporting the Icelandic Coast Guard (ICG) with the entry into service of two Airbus H225 heavy search and rescue (SAR) helic...