2021
US DoD working with Norway to develop high-speed propulsion technologies
The US Defense Department and the Norwegian Ministry of Defense jointly announced in April that they will partner on the development of an advanced...
Aerovel raises $2.5M to support continued development of its Flexrotor UAS
Aerovel, manufacturer of Flexrotor, the most advanced Group 2 vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) unmanned aircraft, announced that it has raised ...
AeroVironment get $45M modification contract for Switchblade Weapon System for the UK
AeroViroment Inc., Simi Valley, California, was awarded a $44,961,750 modification to contract W31P4Q-20-C-0024 for the Switchblade Weapon System
Kratos SRP-4 vehicle team supports US Space Force sounding rocket launch
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. , announced on March 12 that its Sounding Rocket Program (SRP)-4 launch vehicle team under subcontrac...
Rafale fighter jets on F3-R standard put into operational service
On March 8, 2021, the operational commissioning of the Rafale F3-R combat aircraft was decided by Admiral Pierre Vandier, Chief of the Navy Staff a...
US approves foreign military sale of CH-47 pilot training and logistic support to the Netherlands
The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of the Netherlands of CH-47 Pilot Traini...
US approves foreign military sale of AH-64 pilot training and logistic support to the Netherlands
The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of the Netherlands of AH-64 Pilot Traini...
Turkey: Akinci UCAV successfully completes another test
The second prototype of Turkey’sunmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) Akinci has successfully passed another test, the manufacturer announced.
Russian Grom UAV to control and change missions of drone swarms
Russia’s latest Grom (Thunder) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) will be capable of controlling a swarm of 10 Molniya (Lightning) small-size drones in ...
Turkey will use Ukrainian engines for T-929 helicopter
The chairman of the Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI), Temel Kotil, said the company will be switching to Ukraine for the supply of engines f...
Lockheed Martin receives first F-16 for depot sustainment program
Lockheed Martin has received its first F-16 from the U.S. Air Force as part of the $900 million indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) cont...
Russia and Belarus to set up joint Air Force and Air Defense combat training center
A joint Belarusian-Russian combat training center for the Air Force and air defense forces will be set up in Belarus under the agreements reached b...
Royal Saudi Air Force in Greece for joint air drills
In the context of the bilateral Military Cooperation between Greece and Saudi Arabia and the coordinated effort of the competent bodies of the Gene...
MiG-35S fighter jets supplied to Russian armed forces
The Russian armed forces received multirole MiG-35S fighter jets in March, the Krasnaya Zvezda newspaper said.
Northrop Grumman Common Infrared Countermeasures System ready for full-rate production
The U.S. Army has declared the Northrop Grumman Corporation Common Infrared Countermeasure (CIRCM) system operationally suitable, effective and rea...
Grom drone to carry Kh-38 missiles
Prospective Grom combat speed drone will be armed with guided air-to-surface Kh-38 missiles, a defense industry source told TASS.
U-UAP successfully completes training of Indian Mi-171A2 pilots
The Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant Training Center under the Russian Helicopters holding company (part of the Rostec State Corporation) has successfully c...
Collins Aerospace awarded multi-year contract to support CH-47F fleet for the Royal Netherlands Air Force
Collins Aerospace, a unit of Raytheon Technologies Corp., has been awarded a multi-year Performance Based Logistics avionics support contract to th...
Korea Aerospace Industries and Elbit Systems to Cooperate on next-gen UAS solution for ISTAR missions
The Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. (KAI) and Elbit Systems Ltd. signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to expand cooperation in the field of U...
US Space warriors lend support to Red Flag exercise
Soldiers from U.S. Space and Missile Defense Command’s 1st Space Brigade recently participated in Exercise Red Flag 21-1, the U.S. military’s first...