2022
Swiss Air-Rescue Service Rega orders 12 additional five-bladed Airbus H145 helicopters
The Swiss Air-Rescue Service Rega has ordered a second batch of 12 five-bladed Airbus H145 helicopters to be operated from its mountain bases. They...
Northrop Grumman & US Air Force unveil B-21 Raider aircraft
According to a PR published by Northrop Grumman Corporation on December 2, 2022, the firm and the U.S. Air Force unveiled the B-21 Raider to the wo...
BAE Systems and Red 6 to collaborate to bring ATARS augmented reality to Hawk jet trainer aircraft
BAE Systems will collaborate with Red 6 to explore the integration of the Advanced Tactical Augmented Reality Systems (ATARS) onto the Hawk fast je...
JASDF Japanese air force to get two more Boeing KC-46A tankers
Boeing announced on November 29 that it has been awarded a contract to deliver two additional KC-46A Pegasus tankers to the Japan Air Self-Defense ...
Safran Euroflir 610 optronic observation system chosen for MALE UAV Eurodrone
Safran Electronics & Defense announced on November 29 that it has signed a contract with Italian company Leonardo to develop and supply the Eur...
Finnish Air Force to receive AIM 9X Block II Sidewinder tactical missiles and AGM-154 Joint Stand-Off weapons
The U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency on November 28 announced that the State Department has made a determination approving a possible Forei...
Thai Air Force still willing to get two F-35 stealth fighters to start with
Thailand continues discussing the possibility to acquire two Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II fighter jets, the country’s media reports echoed by ...
Chinese aviation manufacturers widely use 3D printing on newly developed military aircraft
According to Liu Xuanzun in Global Times, China's aviation industry has started applying world-leading 3D printing technologies on new-generation w...
Chinese Air Force publicly unveils J-20 stealth fighter jet on the ground at AirShow China 2022
AirShow China 2022 marks the first time Chengdu Aerospace publicly displays its J20 stealth fighter on the ground, providing the public with the op...
Royal Netherlands Air Force receives 20th CH-47F Chinook helicopter
According to a PR published by Boeing on November 14, 2022, the company delivered the 20th CH-47F Chinook to the Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF...
Airshow China 2022: CASC unveils FH-97A loyal wingman autonomous drone
Developed by Feihong Company under the 9h Academy of the state-owned China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC), the FH-97A loyal wi...
US approves sale of AIM-120C-8 air-to-air missiles for Belgian Air Force
According to information published by the US government on November 9, 2022, the State Department has made a determination approving a possible For...
Northrop Grumman to equip two additional USAF modified Bombardier E-11A business jets with Battlefield Airborne Communications Node Gateways
The U.S. Air Force recently awarded Northrop Grumman a contract for the purchase and integration of the Battlefield Airborne Communications Node (B...
Romanian Air Force to get 32 ex-Norwegian Air Force F-16 fighters for EUR 388Mn
Following the RFI answer received in 2020, Romania has since 2021 expressed interest in acquiring former Norwegian Air Force F-16A/B fighters as pa...
Airshow China 2022: Chengdu GJ-2 UAV performing flight demonstrations
The Chinese-designed Wing Loong II, or GJ-2 unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), is set to make flight demonstrations at Airshow China 2022 in Zhuhai. Th...
Airshow China 2022: Chinese Air Force H-6K bombers now armed with new ALBM air-launched ballistic missile
At Zhuhai, China has unveiled a new air-launched ballistic missile (ALBM) to arm its People's Liberation Army Air Force's (PLAAF) Xi’an H-6K bomber...
Airshow China 2022: China displays Wing Loong-10 electronic warfare UAV entering service with PLA Air Force
China’s Wing Loong-10 UAV has already been tested for a while and is now speculatively entering service with the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), Sa...
LCH Light Combat Helicopter Prachand to be inducted into Indian aviation brigade based in Assam
The Indian Army is set to operationalise the first squadron of indigenous Light Combat Helicopters (LCH) this month, Ajay Banerjee reports in The T...
First Northrop Grumman MESA sensor installed for Royal Air Force E-7 Wedgetail fleet
Northrop Grumman Corporation’s first Multi-role Electronically Scanned Array (MESA) sensor was successfully installed on an E-7 Wedgetail Mk1 Airbo...
US Air Force Special Operations Command receives final AC-130J Ghostrider gunship
U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) received its 31st and final AC-130J Ghostrider, completing the command’s transition from the lega...