2020
Australia commits to next generation Triton Remotely Piloted Aircraft
Australia’s maritime approaches will be further strengthened with the purchase of an additional Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton Remotely Piloted Airc...
Northrop Grumman reaches critical design milestone for Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile-Extended Range program
Northrop Grumman Corporation recently completed its Critical Design Review (CDR) following successful design verification tests of key components f...
US B-2 Spirit bombers fly north of Arctic Circle, integrate with Norwegian F-35s
B-2 Spirit stealth bombers from the 509th Bomb Wing, Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, conducted integration and interoperability training with No...
Russian Air Force pilots of MiG aircraft will be equipped with helmet-mounted display in 2021
According to information released by the Russian Press Agency, TASS on June 16, 2020, pilots of the Russian Air Force pilots will be equipped in 20...
US Air Force 180th Fighter Wing conducts night training missions with F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter
US Air Force Ohio National Guard’s 180th Fighter Wing conducts nighttime training mission with F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter aircraft. The F-16...
Deployment of British Air Force Chinook CH-47 helicopters in Mali has been extended
The British Government has announced on June 12, 2020, that the Royal Air Force (RAF) deployment in Mali has been extended. The ongoing mission is ...
GE Aviation to provide Aircraft Health Awareness System for Bell 360 Invictus
GE Aviation was selected by Bell Textron Inc., a Textron Inc. company, to provide the Aircraft Health Awareness System as part of Team Invictus for...
Russia: pilots of MiG combat planes to get helmet-mounted target acquisition systems
The Electroautomatics Experimental Design Bureau plans to start the deliveries of domestically-produced helmet-mounted target acquisition and displ...
Sierra Nevada Corporation awarded $8 Million AFRL contract to support DARPA IDAS program
Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC), the global aerospace and national security leader, has been awarded an $8-million contract under the Air Force Res...
India certifies BRAHMOS-A ALCM Air-Launched Cruise Missile for Su-30MKI fighter
India’s defense authorities have certified the newest BRAHMOS-A (‘A’ for Air-launched) air-launched cruise missile (ALCM) for the country’s Sukhoi ...
South Korea to finalize assembly of local-made KF-X fighter jet in the second half of this year
According to information released by the South Korean newspaper website "The Korea Herald", Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) has announced on June ...
Israel air force will receive new experimental F-35I stealth fighter aircraft
According to information released by the newspaper website "The Jerusalem Post" on June 17, 2020, Israeli Air Force will receive four F-35I Adir st...
Russian base in Kyrgyzstan to receive two Mi-8MTV-5-1 helicopters
Two Mil Mi-8MTV-5-1 (NATO reporting name: Hip) military transport helicopters will be delivered to Russia’s base in Kyrgyzstan, the Defense Ministr...
Taiwan: T-5 Brave Eagle trainer jet conducts first flight
On June 10, Taiwan’s new combat-capable advanced jet trainer T-5 Brave Eagle flew for the first time today, as part of a series of preliminary flig...
US State Department approves $862.3M sale of Sidewinder missiles to Canada
The US State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Canada of fifty (50) Sidewinder AI...
Sikorsky-Boeing Defiant achieves new speed milestone
The SB-1 Defiant from Sikorsky-Boeing, a next-generation helicopter being developed under the US Army’s joint multi-role technology demonstra...
Raytheon Intelligence & Space selected to participate in development of the Advanced Battle Management System
Raytheon Intelligence and Space, a Raytheon Technologies business, was awarded a multiple award IDIQ to participate in the US Air Force's developme...
Raytheon StormBreaker completes first guided release from Super Hornet in US Navy flight test
Raytheon Missiles & Defense, a Raytheon Technologies business, completed the first guided release of a StormBreaker smart weapon from an F/A-18...
Russia: UAC begins final assembly of Il-114-300
The United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) began to dock the first fuselage sections of the Il-114-300 aircraft. The work is done by the MiG Corporation...
Royal Australian Air Force tests drone operations from airborne C-130J
A first-of-its kind trial to remotely pilot a small Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) from the back of a C-130J Hercules has taken air-land integration ...