2021
US: 53rd unit tests container against chemical and biological attacks
The 28th Test and Evaluation Squadron recently tested a modified shipping container called a Collective Protection Conex against biological and che...
Russian Helicopters will present Ansat and Mi-171A2 at SITDEF-2021
Russian Helicopters holding will take part in the eighth International Exhibition of Defense, Security and Disaster Prevention Technologies SITDEF-...
B-1B Lancers deploy in support of Pacific Air Forces Bomber Task Force mission
U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancers and approximately 200 Airmen deployed from the 28th Bomb Wing, Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., to Naval Support Facilit...
F-15EX undergoes first operational test mission at Nellis AFB
The F-15EX is undergoing its first-ever operational test mission paired with F-15Cs and F-15Es at Nellis Air Force Base Oct. 18-25.
Scorpius T AESA EW threat simulator debuts at exercise Blue Flag 2021
Israel Aerospace Industries' (IAI) subsidiary, ELTA, unveils the Training Scorpius (Scorpius T) system participating in the Blue Flag 2021 military...
US Air Force names Leonardo DRS for range IDIQ support effort contract
Leonardo DRS announced on October 22 that it has been awarded a position on a U.S. Air Force contract to build range electronic warfare threat syst...
Israel Aerospace Industries unveils new communication satellite capabilities
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), in the days leading up to the International Astronautical Congress (IAC) which will be held in Dubai between Oct...
US Air Force Materiel Command reaches IOC as servicing major command for US Space Force
The Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC) declared Initial Operational Capability for its support to the U.S. Space Force (USSF) on Oct. 1, 2021. The I...
Kyrgyzstan buys Turkish Bayraktar TB2 UCAVs
Kamchybek Tashiev, the deputy prime minister of Kyrgyzstan and chairperson of the State Committee for National Security, said that they placed an o...
Bell completes first Bahrain AH-1Z Viper attack helicopter
Bell Textron Inc., a Textron Inc. company, celebrated the completion of the first AH-1Z Viper attack helicopter for the Kingdom of Bahrain on Sept....
Kongsberg awarded MNOK 3 950 contract to supply Joint Strike Missile to Norway fleet of F-35A
Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace AS (KONGSBERG) was awarded a contract with the Norwegian Defence Materiel Agency (NDMA) to supply the Joint Strik...
Leonardo AWHero achieves world first military certification for a Rotary UAS in its category
Leonardo’s leading-edge AWHero RUAS (Rotary Uncrewed Aerial System) has received basic military certification from Italy’s DAAA (Direzione degli Ar...
Israel Aerospace Industries ADA system integrated into advanced IAF airborne platforms
Israel Aerospace Industries’ (IAI) innovative ADA Anti-Jam GPS System, designed to protect GPS/GNSS navigation from jamming, has been integrated in...
UK: Royal Air Force's Typhoons jets join Israeli Exercise Blue Flag 21
According to information published by the Royal Air Force on October 21, 2021, an RAF detachment of Typhoon jets has joined units from several coun...
Mil and Kamov modify Mi-8/17 helicopters - Part 2
Russia has designed another modification of the famous Mil Mi-8/17: the Mi-8AMTSh-VN. It was developed from Mi-8AMTSh. The prototype was for the fi...
General Atomics delivers two MQ-9A Reapers to US Marine Corps
According to a press release published by General Atomics on October 20, 2021, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) completed the transfer...
Turkish Aerospace Industries delivers first Aksungur UAV to Turkish navy
According to Daily Sabah, the Turkish military on Wednesday, October 20, received the first Aksungur, a domestically produced medium-altitude, long...
Mil and Kamov modify Mi-8/17 helicopters - Part 1
The Mil and Kamov helicopter center completed the R&D to upgrade Mi-8MTV-5-1 helicopter. The Russian Helicopters Holding said the upgraded roto...
HENSOLDT will be present at the International Astronautical Congress 2021 in Dubai
According to a press release published by Hensoldt on October 20, 2021, the European cutting-edge technology centre with regards to designing, deve...
BAE Systems and Sierra Nevada Corporation open architecture signals intelligence technology selected for first phase of US Air Force GHOST program
The U.S. Air Force has awarded the BAE Systems-Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) team a contract to provide a prototype design for the next-generatio...