2021
Leonardo BriteCloud decoy launched from GA-ASI MQ-9 RPAS
Leonardo and General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) are working together to bring the world-class protection offered by Leonardo’s Bri...
GA-ASI Avenger ER receives FAA experimental certificate
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA‑ASI), a leading manufacturer of Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) systems, radars, and electro-optic a...
Saab to lead European development of Detect and Avoid capabilities for remotely-piloted aircraft system
The European Commission has selected the EUDAAS (European Detect and Avoid System) consortium, with Saab as leading partner, to develop Detect and ...
Indian Army signs a $20 million contract with ideaForge to procure SWITCH UAV
The Indian Army has signed an approximately $20 million contract for undisclosed quantities of a high-altitude variant of ideaForge’s SWITCH UAV wh...
US Army partners with US Air Force THOR for base defense
In an effort to counter the increasing threat posed by enemy drones and other airborne threats, the U.S. Army is making an investment in directed e...
Korea Aerospace Industries and Israel Aerospace Industries enter a collaboration agreement for manned & unmanned teaming systems
Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) and Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) have signed a Memorandum of Understandings (MOU) for collaboration in which ...
Indian Air Force participates for the first time in Exercise Desert Flag in UAE
Indian Air Force (IAF) will participate for the first time in Exercise Desert Flag which is beginning in Al-Dhafra airbase in UAE from March 3.
UAE orders Denel Dynamics Seeker 400 UAV system for Presidential Guard
The United Arab Emirates Armed Forces have ordered a Seeker 400 unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) system for the Presidential Guard.
F-35Bs begin sea trials aboard Italian Navy aircraft carrier
Two F-35B Lighting II jets landed aboard Italian aircraft carrier ITS Cavour (CVH 550). Test pilots flew the specially instrumented U.S. F-35Bs fro...
Elbit Systems awarded a $300M contract to supply Hermes 900 UAS to an Asian country
Elbit Systems announced on March 2 that it was awarded an approximately $300 million contract by a country in Asia to provide Hermes 900 Unmanned A...
DroneShield company joins two US Department of Defense consortiums
DroneShield Ltd has been accepted into two key US Department of Defense (DoD) consortiums - System of Systems Consortium (SOSSEC) and Sensors, Comm...
Japan Ground Self Defense Force expands its Textron Aviation Special Missions King Air 350 fleet
Textron Aviation announced it recently delivered a Beechcraft King Air 350i aircraft equipped with multiple special mission modifications to Japcon...
Australian government invests a further $115 million in the Boeing Loyal Wingman program
Australian government announced it will to co-develop a further three Loyal Wingman aircraft to advance the air-teaming vehicle, payloads and assoc...
Electronic warfare system production starts for US Air Force F-15s
BAE Systems has received a $58 million contract from Boeing to start Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP) of the F-15 Eagle Passive Active Warning an...
Belgian company Sabca wins maintenance contract for 80 US Air Force F-16 fighter jets
The Gosselies (Charleroi, Belgium) site of Sabca awarded US Air Force contract for maintenance its 80 F-16s on European soil. The contract represen...
Bell delivers three Bell UH-1H-II helicopters to the Lebanese Air Force
In February , Bell delivered three Bell UH-1H-IIs to the Lebanese Air Force (LAF). These aircraft will augment their existing fleet and be utilized...
Russian KYB Kamikaze UAV to complete trials in 2021
The KYB unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) developed by the ZALA Aero Company will complete its state trials in 2021, a spokesperson for the Kalashnikov...
GA-ASI new centerline avionics bay increases MQ-9A capability
For the first time on Feb. 3, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) flew a company-owned MQ-9A Block 5 Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA...
USAFE completes CJADC2 demonstration
U.S. Air Forces in Europe-Air Forces Africa, in conjunction with the Department of the Air Force’s Chief Architect’s Office, conducted a Combined, ...
Lockheed Martin unveils Speed Racer UAS design
Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works advanced projects bureau has officially revealed the design of its Speed Racer air vehicle.