2019
Moog to supply Wing Flight Control actuators for US Navy MQ-25 tanker drone
Moog Aircraft Group has been awarded a contract by The Boeing Company to supply the Wing Flight Control actuation and Wingfold actuation systems fo...
Russia holds preliminary flight trials of Beriev A-100 AEW
In February 2019, the early warning Beriev A-100 EAW aircraft designed by Vega Holding of Roselectronika began preliminary flight trials. The new-g...
Saab presents update on Gripen E programme for Brazil
Saab presented the latest developments in the Gripen Programme for Brazil at a press briefing during the LAAD International Defence & Security ...
Indian Air Force wants to urgently buy 21 MiG-29 fighters
IAF needs a minimum of 42 squadrons, each comprising 16-18 fighters, but has only 30, The Hindustan Times reports. Worse: more squadrons will be de...
Tactical training for Bulgarian and EU military aviation
From April 1st to 12th, the Bulgarian pilots and equipment in the field of military aviation will take part in courses in the European Program “Eur...
Two major air exercises in the Netherlands
The airspace of the Netherlands and the North Sea will be congested from 1 to 12 April 2019. Two major exercises are currently underway in this are...
Lockheed Martin awarded USD 151.2Mn contract for Norwegian and Australian F-35s
Lockheed Martin is being awarded a $151,287,000 fixed-price-incentive-firm modification to a previously awarded advance acquisition contract. This ...
USMC and Bahrain AH-1Z and UH-60V helicopters to get new Northrop Grumman mission computers
The U.S. Navy has awarded Northrop Grumman a $104.0-million, firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for procurement of ...
USMC F-35B Lightning II fighters to Philippines exercise for first time
U.S. Marine Corps Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II aircraft operating from the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1), with embarked...
UEC engines ensure Ilyushin Il-112V first flight
TV7-117ST turboprop engines designed and produced by ODK-Klimov of the United Engine Corporation (UEC) ensured the first flight of the latest Russi...
China possible customer of Russian Sukhoi Su-57 stealth fighter jet
China is weighing options to buy Russia's new Sukhoi Su-57 stealth fighter jet as Moscow has identified China and India as potential customers to a...
Russia’s Aerospace Force gets sixth upgraded A-50U radar surveillance aircraft
Vega Company integrated into Ruselectronics Group (part of the state hi-tech corporation Rostec) and the Beriev Aircraft Company (part of the Unite...
Russia developing new combat helicopter for Airborne Force
Russia is developing a new combat helicopter for the Airborne Force’s helicopter-mobile units. The new chopper will be a follow-up of Mil Mi-24 a...
UK invests in drone swarm technology
The Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) has awarded £2.5m to a consortium led by Blue Bear Systems Research Ltd to develop drone swarm technology.
Leonardo establishes helicopter production joint venture with Algeria
Leonardo and the Algerian Ministry of National Defence have established a joint venture for the local assembly, sale and support of Leonardo helico...
Australia commits to next Triton remotely piloted aircraft
The Minister for Defence, Christopher Pyne MP, and the Minister for Defence Industry, Senator Linda Reynolds CSC, announced on March 27 that ...
$43M deal to trial Heavy-lift UAS in Alaska
Sabrewing Aircraft Company, Inc. (USA) and the Aleut Community of St. Paul Island (ACSPI), the Unangan (Aleut) Tribe of Native Alaskans, located on...
UAC may open a Yak-130 center in Malaysia
The United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) may open a Yak-130 center in Malaysia to service Yak-130 aircraft for Southeast Asia, Yuri Slyusar, the corpo...
Belgium to get MQ-9B SkyGuardian drones
The US State Department has given the green light for Belgium to buy MQ-9B Sky Guardian drones from General Atomics, a deal that could be worth abo...
Russia: Over 2500 paratroopers to participate in regimental tactical exercise
A tactical exercise engaging paraborne and artillery regiments of the 98th Guards Airborne Division has got under way in the territories of the Iva...