2020
Northrop Grumman awarded contract for A-10 Aircraft Structural Integrity Program
Northrop Grumman has been awarded a $185,700,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for the A-10 Aircraft Structural Integrity Progra...
European MALE RPAS programme completes negotiations between Airbus and OCCAR
After several months of intensive negotiations between Airbus Defence and Space and OCCAR, the European Medium Altitude Long Endurance Remotely Pil...
FCMS, Indra and Thales start designing sensors that will contribute to NGWS-FCAS superiority
Germany, Spain and France the three driving forces of the NGWS/FCAS program, have entrusted FCMS, Indra and Thales with the development of the inno...
Royal Air Force remembers arrival of first CH-47 Chinook in 1980
The arrival at RAF Odiham on 22nd November 1980 of the first Royal Air Force CH-47 Chinook helicopter has been remembered. This significant milesto...
Russian military aviation exports reach 800 combat aircraft
Russia has exported more than 800 combat aircraft since late 2000, a spokesperson for JSC Rosoboronexport (a subsidiary of state corporation Rostec...
Five NATO countries sign multinational project on Next-Generation Rotorcraft Capabilities
According to information published by the NATO website on November 20, 2020, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, and the United Kingdom announced the l...
Multinational Multirole Tanker Transport Unit receives third Airbus A330 MRTT
The third Airbus A330 MRTT for the Multinational Multirole Tanker Transport Unit arrived at Eindhoven Air Base in the Netherlands on Thursday 19 No...
US 109th Airlift Wing deploys LC-130 Super Hercules to New Zealand for emergency missions to Antarctica
Airmen and Aircraft from the New York Air National Guard's 109th Airlift Wing will not be flying to Antarctica this year to provide logistics suppo...
AVIC Harbin Z-20 to become most delivered Chinese military helicopter
China's latest commissioned and fully domestically made tactical utility helicopter, the Harbin Z-20, is expected to become the country's most-deli...
Lockheed Martin to build new training center for binational French and German C-130J squadron
French and German C-130J Super Hercules aircrews and maintainers will train in a facility located in France, built and equipped by Lockheed Martin ...
Northrop Grumman delivers 75,000th tactical gyroscope
Northrop Grumman has produced its 75,000th G-2000 gyroscope, the smallest tactical-grade gyroscope for commercial and military customers. Well rega...
Airbus and Germany submit Eurofighter offer to Switzerland
On November 18, Airbus and the Federal Republic of Germany submitted their official offer to the Swiss Federal Office of Armaments armasuisse for t...
French Armed Forces in Guyana train in Colombia
From October 27 to November 4, 2020, the French Armed Forces stationed in Guyana (FAG, Forces Armées en Guyane) participated in the RELAMPAGO 5 air...
Russia creates Arctic airpower backbone
Russia is completing the creation of the backbone of Arctic airpower. New airplanes and helicopters will be delivered in 2021, and garrison command...
Bird Aerosystems to deliver SPREOS DIRCM protection system to an African VIP military aircraft
Bird Aerosystems, a leading developer of Airborne Missile Protection Systems (AMPS) and Special Mission Aircraft Solutions (ASIO), has won a contra...
BAE Systems gets certification for F-22 Identification Friend or Foe capability
BAE Systems has received certification for its Identification Friend-or-Foe (IFF) transponder for the F-22 Raptor from the Department of Defense AI...
Hungarian air force to get two Embraer KC-390 Millennium multirole air tankers
The Hungarian Government and Embraer signed today a contract for the acquisition of two new generation multi-mission transport aircraft Embrae...
Chinese Y-20 tanker variant apparently conducts aerial refueling for J-20 fighter jet
The development of the aerial tanker variant of China's domestically developed Y-20 large cargo plane is apparently entering the final stages, as a...
Lockheed Martin to support 50 retrofit aircraft to Taiwan F-16 Peace Phoenix Rising program
On November 16, the U.S. Department of Defense announced that Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $53,190,386 hybrid cost-plus-fixed-fee and firm-fi...
Northrop Grumman Litening advanced targeting pods total millions of operational hours
Litening advanced targeting pods are used by aviators worldwide to carry out targeting, surveillance, intelligence, search and rescue, and humanita...