2021
Kazakhstan: Shagala UAV is undergoing field trials
According to the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Kazakhstan, test flights of the new reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicle "Shagala" took p...
Duke Robotics enters collaboration agreement with Elbit Systems for global marketing and distribution of TIKAD armed quadcopter
UAS Drone Corp., a leader in robotics technology and drone solutions, announced that its wholly owned Israeli subsidiary, Duke Airborne Systems Ltd...
Scientific Research Corp wins potential $95M US Air Force intelligence support contract
Scientific Research Corp., Atlanta, Georgia, has been awarded a $95,000,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for Full Spectrum Inte...
Indian Air Force takes delivery of its first Cheetal helicopter
India’s Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) handed over the first Cheetal helicopter to the IAF during at Aero India 2021 as part of the 10 contrac...
Citadel Defense wins US contract for AI counter-drone system
Citadel Defense has received a multi-million-dollar government contract for their Titan, an AI-powered, radiofrequency (RF) based counter drone sys...
Leonardo new airborne HF radio to equip US Navy E-2D Advanced Hawkeye fleet
Leonardo has been awarded a contract by Northrop Grumman to provide its new high frequency (HF) radio system, the SRT-400, for the U.S. Navy’s flee...
Royal Australian Air Force joins US and Japan for exercise Cope North 21
The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) has deployed two aircraft and approximately 170 personnel to Guam to enhance trilateral interoperability with...
Aero India 2021: Russia and India discussing Il-76 plane upgrade
Russia and India are in talks on the upgrade of Ilyushin Il-76 (NATO reporting name: Candid) military transport aircraft in service with the Indian...
US Air Force adds Lockheed Martin to Platform One, an advanced software development program
Platform One is a standardized and widely-mandated Department of Defense (DoD) DevSecOps Infrastructure program used for future software developmen...
Finland: Flight training system ready for transition to HX era
The Finnish Air Force and partner companies develop LVC (Live, Virtual & Constructive) training environments together in Finland.
India clears $6.5 billion deal for 83 Tejas fighter jets
India cleared the country’s largest-ever indigenous defense deal worth $6.5 billion for the purchase of 83 LCA MK1A Tejas light combat aircraft.&nb...
Russia defines conceptual design of new missile for Tor-M2 anti-aircraft system
The Vympel Design Bureau (part of Tactical Missiles Corporation) has prepared an engineering project that defines the conceptual design of a new sm...
Lockheed Martin unveils upgraded sensor suite for new production F-16
Building on decades of proven performance, Lockheed Martin has updated the sensor suite of the F-16 to even further increase its capabilities. The ...
USA: 103rd showcases C-130H capabilities integral to combat operations of tomorrow
As the U.S. Air Force rethinks what will be required to establish and maintain air dominance in an increasingly-complex global environment, 103rd A...
Bell Boeing receives $81M contract to develop nacelle modification kits for CV-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft
The Naval Air Systems Command awarded Bell Boeing an $81 million contract to develop, design and install nacelle modification kits and install conv...
GA-ASI plans to demonstrate maritime capability in UK
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA‑ASI) announces its plan to take a company-owned SkyGuardian Remotely Piloted Aircraft to the United ...
Russian Space Forces launch Soyuz-2 carrier rocket from Plesetsk spaceport
A Soyuz-2.1b medium carrier rocket with a military satellite has been successfully launched from the Plesetsk cosmodrome in the Arkhangelsk Region ...
Aero India 2021: Airbus showcases a wide selection of its advanced sustainable aerospace technologies and services
Airbus showcases a wide selection of its advanced sustainable aerospace technologies and services at the prestigious ‘Aero India 2021’ exhibition&n...
Russia in talks with India to upgrade Su-30MKI fighters
The project of modernizing Su-30MKI multirole fighters operational in the Indian Air Force is at the stage of discussion, head of the delegation of...
Bell Autonomous Pod Transport carries 110 lbs of payload
On Dec. 9, the Autonomous Pod Transport flew with 110 lbs. of payload over an 8-mile route at Bell’s testing site near Fort Worth, Texas. To date, ...