2021
Finnish Air Force to fly training missions with the US and German Air Forces
The Finnish Air Force will fly training missions with the United States Air Force and German Air Force between 16 and 18 March 2021. The missions, ...
UK: Royal Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office demonstrates new technologies developed with industry partners
Under the banner of BABELFISH 7 (a nod to Douglas Adams' H2G2 ?) , the RAF’s Rapid Capabilities Office has demonstrated new technologies which offe...
MiG-29K fighters go on combat duty on Russian Arctic archipelago for first time
The crews of deck-based MiG-29K fighters have gone on experimental combat duty on the Novaya Zemlya archipelago in the Arctic for the first time, t...
US Air Force E-4B fleet to receive communication modifications
The E-4B fleet is in the process of receiving upgrades designed to revolutionize communication capabilities and effectiveness.
Two Russian Tu-95MS bombers perform scheduled flight over Sea of Japan and Pacific
Two Tu-95MS strategic missile-carrying bombers made a scheduled flight over the Sea of Japan and the northwestern Pacific Ocean, Russia’s Defense M...
US Air Force receives first F-15EX
The U.S. Air Force officially accepted the first F-15EX from the Boeing Co. March 10 at the company’s St. Louis facility.
109th Airlift Wing wraps up Antarctic research support
The New York Air National Guard’s 109th Airlift Wing wrapped up its 33rd season of supporting U.S. science research in the Antarctic.
AeroVironment secures $5.9 Million Puma 3 AE UAS foreign military sales contract award for US ally
AeroVironment, Inc., a global leader in unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), announced on March 11 it secured a $5,922,461 firm-fixed-price U.S. ...
Denmark first F-35 has flown
Earlier this week, L-001, Denmark's first F-35 Lightning II production aircraft flew its inaugural flight. Denmark is the fifth European NATO natio...
US Army uses GA-ASI SC2 software to control Gray Eagle extended range UAS from a laptop
On Jan. 28, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA ASI) and the U.S. Army conducted the first production Acceptance Test Procedure (ATP) fl...
Tu-160M with new engines completes factory trials
The United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) said it had handed over the first upgraded Tu-160M strategic bomber with new NK-32 engines of the 02 series f...
Citadel Defense teamed with Syzygy Integration to develop Tactical Assault Kit custom counter drone application for US DoD
Citadel Defense teamed with Syzygy Integration to develop a custom counter drone application for the Department of Defense and federal government a...
Orange Flag, Black Flag exercises collaborate to accelerate change
Orange Flag, the large force test event carried out three times annually by US Air Force Test Center’s 412th Test Wing, combined with the 53rd Wing...
Aster X 2021: First space exercise in Europe
March 8, 2021 marks the launch of the first space exercise in Europe: “AsterX 2021”. Led by the Space Command of the French Air Force and Space, th...
Hensoldt new airborne surveillance radar PrecISR passes acceptance test
Sensor solutions specialist HENSOLDT has successfully passed the Factory Acceptance Test of its new airborne multi-mission surveillance radar PrecI...
Elbit Systems introduces AMPS NG, extending the capabilities of its multi-sensor payload
Elbit Systems unveils the next generation of its Advanced Multi-Sensor Payload System (AMPS NG), adding Shortwave Infrared (SWIR) technology to the...
US Navy T-45 Goshawk jet trainers to get new oxygen concentrators
Cobham Mission Systems, the U.S.-based world leader in providing military oxygen life support systems for tactical aircraft, announced on March 9 i...
Collins Aerospace brings next-generation sensors to FastJets
Collins Aerospace, a unit of Raytheon Technologies Corp. , was awarded an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract modification by t...
US military wants to arm small drones and manned vehicles with non-lethal weapons
US military wants to develop a suite of compact multi-weapon system payloads that deliver scalable Intermediate Force Capability (IFC) effects comb...
JUMP 20 VTOL UAV selected for USSOCOM Mid-Endurance Unmanned Aircraft Systems program
AeroVironment, Inc., a global leader in unmanned aircraft systems, announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary Arcturus UAV, now operating under the...