2021
Boeing celebrates 60th anniversary of CH-47 Chinook first flight
The iconic tandem-rotor helicopter made its first flight on Sept. 21, 1961, and will lead heavy-lift readiness for decades to come.
Royal Air Force receives 6th Poseidon Mk1 maritime patrol aircraft
RAF base Lossiemouth welcomed its newest Poseidon Mk1 maritime patrol aircraft, ZP806, on September 21, Defense Brief reports. The antisubmarine wa...
Chinese PLA J-16D electronic warfare jet to fly at Airshow China 2021
According to Liu Xuanzun in Global Times, the J-16D, the electronic warfare variant of the Chinese Air Force's J-16 fighter jet, will make its debu...
Morocco receives first Turkish Bayraktar TB2 Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
According to information published by Daily Sabah on September 21, 2021, Morocco has received the first units of Turkey’s Bayraktar TB2 unmanned co...
French A400M can now drop paratroopers through both doors
This is unprecedented: the French Air Force has authorized the "extended" drop of paratroopers from the A400M Atlas. This means that paratroop...
Boeing selects Australia for company first final assembly facility outside North America
Boeing, in partnership with the Queensland Government, has selected Toowoomba as the preferred site for the company’s first aircraft assembly ...
Kaman unveils KARGO UAV
Kaman Corporation unveiled on September 21 the KARGO UAV, the newest addition to its family of purpose-built, autonomous unmanned systems designed ...
Italy joins UK development of next-generation Eurofighter Typhoon radar
Italy has joined the UK’s development of the new European Common Radar System Mark 2 (ECRS Mk2) radar for the Eurofighter Typhoon. The first stage ...
Collins Aerospace MS-177 ISR sensor now supporting RQ-4B Global Hawk operational missions
The United States Air Force (USAF) recently completed its first RQ-4B Global Hawk Block 30 unmanned aerial system (UAS) operational mission carryin...
Finnish Air Force to start Ruska 21 exercise in October
The Finnish Air Force will organize the Ruska 21 air operation exercise from October 4 to October 9. 50 aircraft and about 3,300 people from all ov...
US Navy upgrades adversary tactical fighter improving safety, readiness
The Navy’s Specialized and Proven Aircraft program office (PMA-226) recently delivered the first F-5N aircraft to Naval Air Station Patuxent River,...
MQ-25 conducts first air-to-air refueling with F-35C
The Navy’s Unmanned Carrier Aviation (PMA-268) program completed its first aerial refueling of an F-35C Lightning II aircraft by the Boeing-owned M...
Lockheed Martin unveils LMXT strategic tanker
Lockheed Martin introduces the LMXT as America's next strategic tanker. Offered in response to the U.S. Air Force's KC-Y Program, the LMXT represen...
GA-ASI flies MQ-9A UAS in the Canadian Arctic
In a flight that originated from its Flight Test and Training Center (FTTC) near Grand Forks, N.D., General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-...
Russian Defense Ministry may consider purchase of Checkmate fighter
Russia’s Defense Ministry may consider the purchase of single-engine Checkmate fighters under a future state program for armaments, Deputy Prime Mi...
ZALA 421-16E5G hybrid UAV performs 12 hours flight
Hybrid UAV ZALA 421-16E5G performed flight, which lasted more than 12 hours and covered a distance of more than 1,130 kilometers.
BriteCloud test programme with US Air National Guard races towards final stages
Upcoming flight trials set to pave the way for a procurement decision on Leonardo’s expendable active decoy by the United States Government. BriteC...
£400m investment for the Royal Air Force
The UK's Chinook helicopters will be enhanced with state-of-the-art defensive systems, while the RAF's C-17 Globemaster fleet will receive a softwa...
BAE Systems and Malloy Aeronautics to explore the development of an all-electric heavy lift UAS
BAE Systems and Malloy Aeronautics have announced plans to explore the development of an all-electric ‘heavy lift’ uncrewed air system (UAS) as a p...
Leonardo contracts next stage of Tempest flight test aircraft Excalibur
Leonardo has placed the latest in a series of contracts with UK-based aviation services company 2Excel to commence the next stage of the Tempest fl...