2021
US Army orders UH-60M and HH-60M helicopters
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., Stratford, Connecticut, was awarded a $30,959,224 modification (P00181) to contract W58RGZ-17-C-0009 for procurement of ni...
Russian military integrates Orlan-10 and Takhion UAVs with Msta-B howitzers
Russia’s artillery units have integrated the newest Orlan-10 and Takhion tactical reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) with 2A65 Msta-B 1...
L3Harris Technologies to provide next-generation electronic warfare system for F-16 multirole fighter
L3Harris Technologies has been awarded a contract from Lockheed Martin for development of a new advanced electronic warfare system to protect the i...
DroneShield demonstrates Trakka Interceptor Package Solution to US Air Force base
DroneShield announces, in partnership with Trakka Systems, a successful demonstration of the TIPS-C (Trakka Interceptor Package Solution) at Eglin ...
Israel Aerospace Industries completes sucessful trials with BARAK ER air defense system
On March 22, IAI completed a series of successful live firing trials with the BARAK Air Defense System. The trials tested the system’s capabilities...
US Air Force expands 168th Air Refueling Squadron with 4 more KC-135 tankers
The Department of the Air Force plans to increase the size of its existing Air National Guard KC-135 Stratotanker squadron at Eielson Air Force Bas...
B-2 Spirit integrates with NATO ally to participate in a series of Bomber Task Force missions
Three B-2 Spirit stealth bombers, assigned to the 509th Bomb Wing, Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, along with more than 100 Airmen, civilians an...
France and Italy to develop new generation of SAMP/T air defense system
The contract for the development of the SAMP/T NG (Surface-to-Air Missile Platform/Terrain New Generation) for France and Italy has been signed on ...
US approves foreign military sale of AGM-114R Hellfire missiles to South Korea
The US State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Republic of Korea of AGM-114R Hellfire Missiles ...
Textron Systems awarded contract by the US Army to upgrade Shadow tactical UAS
Textron Systems Corporation, a Textron Inc. company, announced on March 18 it received a contract for up to $607 million from the U.S. Army to prov...
BIRD Aerosystems to provide additional Airborne Missile Protection Systems to the Czech Air Force
BIRD Aerosystems, the leading developer of Airborne Missile Protection Systems (AMPS) and Airborne Surveillance, Information, and Observation (ASIO...
France orders air-to-air MICA NG missiles to MBDA
During the weekly press briefing on March 18, the spokesperson for the French Ministry of the Armed Forces highlighted the order for 367 New Genera...
First EA-18G inducted for Growler capability modification
The F/A-18 & EA-18G Program Office (PMA-265) commenced the five-year Growler Capability Modification (GCM) program at Naval Air Station (NAS) W...
Airbus delivers seventh H145 for the German Armed Forces SAR service
Airbus Helicopters has handed over the seventh and last H145 for the search and rescue (SAR) service of the Bundeswehr to the Federal Office of Bun...
Rostec to unite UAC, Sukhoi and MiG into a single aircraft construction corporate center
Rostec Corporation said it would unite the UAC (United Aircraft Corporation) , Sukhoi and MiG Companies into a single aircraft construction corpora...
USA: E-2D achieves mission capable goal 5 months ahead of target
The E-2D community reached its mission capable goal five months ahead of schedule recently thanks to efforts made by the E-2/C-2 Airborne Command &...
RQ-4 Global Hawk brings ISR capabalities to US Marine Corps
Pilots and sensor operators from 348th Reconnaissance Squadron provided RQ-4 Global Hawk support to II Marine Expeditionary Force’s 2nd Intelligenc...
US Army completes demonstration of AH-64E helicopter equipped with SPIKE NLOS missiles
On March 17, the US Air Force has publicly released an image of a US Army AH-64E Apache attack helicopter loaded with two Israeli-made Spike NLOS m...
France tests the integration of Scorpion helmet sight for Rafale F4
At the end of January 2021, the DGA Flight Tests center of expertise carried out compatibility tests on the Thales Scorpion helmet sight at the Caz...
Saudi Arabia in discussion to buy armed drones from Turkey
On March 16, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said that Saudi Arabia has requested to buy armed unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) from Turkey.