Defense News Aerospace 2024
USAF Building New Site for Testing B-2 Flight Component RCS and Antenna Calibration
The U.S. Air Force is in the process of constructing a new Composite Aircraft Antenna Calibration Facility (CAACF) at Hill Air Force Base, Utah. Th...
Australia orders $94 Million worth of Joint Strike Missiles to arm F-35A stealth fighters
On September 5, 2024, the Norwegian company Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace signed a contract with the Australian government to supply Joint Strike M...
Chinese reports suggests Hypersonic missiles can be made from steel reach Mach 8 speed
Chinese scientists claim to have discovered a way to use steel, instead of the heavy and expensive tungsten, in the nose cones of hypersonic missil...
NATO order laser guidance kits for air-to-ground precision
NATO’s Support and Procurement Agency has awarded a €120 million ($133 million) contract to RTX, a leading U.S. missile systems manufacturer, for t...
Boeing Offers CH-47 Chinook Block II Heavy Transport Helicopter to Poland
Boeing has proposed the CH-47 Chinook heavy transport helicopter to Poland. The announcement was made during the MSPO International Defense Industr...
Belarusian Air Defense Forces Announce Destruction of Two Russian Shahed Suicide Drones
The Belarusian air defense forces have announced that they shot down two Shahed suicide drones, which entered the country's airspace during a wave ...
Dragonfly new national made bombing UAV presented at MSPO24
The DragonFly is a new loitering munition system designed to meet the growing needs of modern armies on contemporary battlefields. Developed for co...
CyberHEAT: Advanced Loitering Munition System based on Ukraine war feedback
The CyberHEAT is an advanced loitering munition system developed by the Military Armament Technology Institute. It is designed to deliver precise s...
US Air Force F-35s make historic first on highway in Finland
On September 4, 2024, two U.S. Air Force F-35 Lightning II fighter jets from the 48th Fighter Wing, stationed at RAF Lakenheath in the United Kingd...
GIEZ: A Polish Solution for Infantry-Carried Loitering Munitions
Presented for the first time in 2023, the GIEZ, a new loitering munition system, was showcased at the MSPO 20 exhibition. Developed in cooperation ...
France Could Secure Another Sale for its Rafale F4: Greece Colombia Iraq India or Morocco as Potential Clients
In an interview with Europe 1 on August 30, Dassault Aviation CEO Éric Trappier mentioned the possibility of signing a new sales contract by the en...
Breaking News: Netherlands to purchase more F-35A stealth fighters and NH-90 NFH maritime helicopters in €2.4 Billion defense plan
As reported by RTL.nl on September 4, 2024, the Dutch government plans to increase its defense budget by an additional 2.4 billion euros over the c...
90 seconds to midnight: US Judgement Day aircraft over Europe
Various live tracking sites have displayed an E-6B Mercury flying over the European continent towards the United Kingdom. Appearing on these sites ...
British Army Launches a Top Gun Academy for FPV Drone Warfare Training
The British Army is ramping up efforts to train its soldiers in piloting "kamikaze drones" for precision strike missions. These first-person view (...
German Tornado strike aircraft trains with latest US B61-12 thermonuclear bomb in California
On September 3, 2024, TaskForce23 observed a Panavia Tornado, a multi-role combat aircraft operated by the German Air Force (Luftwaffe), returning ...
Patria to Provide Key Modifications for Norwegian Bell 412 Helicopters
Patria has been selected to provide essential design modifications for the Norwegian Armed Forces’ Bell 412 helicopters as part of a modernization ...
UK's Aging Helicopter Military Fleet Set to Be Replaced by Leonardo's Robust AW149 Medium Helicopter
In the context of the highly anticipated UK New Medium Helicopter (NMH) program, valued at $4 billion, Leonardo emerges as the sole contender follo...
Polish Air force scramble again due to Russian drone in national airspace
On the morning of September 4, the Polish military scrambled its fighter jets near the eastern border in response to airstrikes carried out by Russ...
Russia is sending long-range attack bombers Tupolev Tu-160 to South Africa.
Russia is sending one of its long-range attack bombers, the Tupolev Tu-160, to South Africa. However, instead of a military mission or an exercise ...