2021
Eurofighter receives final offer request from Finland for F-18 replacement
On January 29, Eurofighter received a formal request from the Finnish Defence Forces to submit its Best and Final Offer (BAFO) to the HX fighter ac...
Logos Technologies selected by US Army to develop low-signature airdrop system
Logos Technologies LLC, a leader in wide-area sensors and airborne processing systems, announced that it was awarded a Phase I development contract...
Aero India 2021: Rosoboronexport to present new Russia’s aviation, AD and EW products
JSC Rosoboronexport (part of Rostec State Corporation) is organizing a joint display of Russian industrial enterprises at the Aero India 2021 inter...
Lockheed Martin awarded Foreign Military Sales contract for large F-16 foreign fleets
The U.S. Department of Defense announced on January 29 that Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $64,266,809 supply contract for F-16 Foreign Militar...
Dassault Aviation receives order for 12 Rafales for French Air and Space Force
Eric Trappier, Chairman and CEO of Dassault Aviation, on January 29 signed a contract for the sale of 12 Rafale fighters with Florence Parly, Frenc...
Tu-142M3 ASW aircraft complete scheduled 11-hour flight over Bering and Chukchi Seas
Two long-range anti-submarine Tu-142МЗ planes of the Pacific Fleet performed a scheduled flight over the Bering and the Chukchi Seas, the press ser...
Skyros exceptional training mission for French Air Force in the United Arab Emirates
From January 24 to 28, 2021, French airmen deployed as part of the Skyros mission stopped in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) where the Air and Space...
Astrata and Ilias Solutions join forces to improve air force readiness
Astrata, a provider of location-based solutions for the connected fleet, supply chain, government and aviation sectors, and Ilias Solutions, a comp...
US President Biden suspends sales of F-35 to UAE and of munitions to Saudi Arabia
U.S. President Joe Biden has suspended the sale of F-35 jets (worth some USD 23 Bn) to the United Arab Emirates, Bloomberg's defense reporter Antho...
Three new Indian Air Force Rafale fighters land in India
This batch of Rafale fighters is the third set of deliveries of the French-origin Dassault aircraft to the Indian Air Force which has ordered a tot...
MiG develops system to limit maximum flight modes for MiG-35
Engineers of the MiG Corporation of the United Aircraft Corporation have patented a complex system for limiting the maximum flight modes of a maneu...
China delivers 5 CASC CH-4 UAVs to Pakistan
According to open-source export-import records, the Chinese defence contractor Aerospace Long-March International (ALIT) delivered five CASC CH-4 u...
Sikorsky and Rheinmetall expand German industrial partnership on CH-53K heavy lift helicopter
Sikorsky and the members of the German CH-53K industry team have reaffirmed their commitment to cooperation through a new teaming agreement.
Greece buys 18 Dassault Rafale fighters for USD 2.5 billion
Greece signed a EUR 2.3 billion ($2.8 billion) deal with France on January 25 to purchase 18 Dassault Rafale fighter jets. Florence Parly, the Fren...
MBDA to arm Hellenic Air Force new Rafale fighter jets
Lieutenant General Theodoros Lagios, General Director for Defence Investments and Armaments of the Greek Ministry of Defence, and Eric Béranger, CE...
Boeing and Sikorsky present updated Defiant X proposal for US Army FLRAA competition
Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin Company, and Boeing on January 25 released details of their advanced helicopter for the U.S. Army's Future Long-Range A...
SpiritAero awared contract to produce UK Loyal Wingman unmanned aircraft prototype
The Royal Air Force on its Twitter account announced on January 25 that UK’s first fleet of unmanned fighter aircraft a step closer with £30 millio...
Rostec confirms development of PAK DP MiG-41 to replace MiG-31
The Mikoyan MiG-41 or PAK DP (Prospective air complex for long-range interception) is a stealth interceptor aircraft/heavy fighter under developmen...
UAE buys 50 F-35A jets and 18 MQ-9B Reaper armed drones
The United Arab Emirates has reportedly signed a deal for 50 Lockheed Martin F-35As and 18 General Atomics Aeronautical Systems MQ-9B Reaper unmann...
Dynetics conducts third flight test of X-61A Gremlins Air Vehicle
Dynetics, a wholly owned subsidiary of Leidos, announced on January 20 that it successfully completed a third test flight series in which the Greml...