Aerospace News
Sokol producer of MiG-31 Foxhound marks 90 years
Sokol Aircraft Plant in Nizhny Novgorod (NAZ) marked 90 years of existence on February 1. It is an affiliate of the MiG Corporation. The enterprise...
US Air Force inspects HH-60W Jolly Green II rescue helicopter after first year in service
The 41st Rescue Generation Squadron began the first-ever phase inspection of an HH-60W Jolly Green II rescue helicopter Jan. 6, 2022.
Northrop Grumman to develop prototype Artificial Intelligence Assistant
Northrop Grumman Corporation has been awarded a contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA) Perceptually-enabled Task Gui...
Belgium could replace its NH90 TTH and A109 helicopters with Airbus H145M
Belgian Defense Minister, Ludivine Dedonder, on January 28 her STAR plan (Security, Technology, Ambition, Resilience), which updates the 2016 Strat...
US and Japan test interoperability during jump and cargo drop exercise
The 374th Airlift Wing supported Japan Ground Self-Defense Force soldiers assigned to the 1st Airborne Brigade in operation Airborne 22, Jan. 25–26.
US Marines test joint air-to-ground missile on land targets
Marines from Marine Operational Test & Evaluation Squadron 1 (VMX-1) conducted an operational test and evaluation of the joint air-to-ground mi...
US Marine squadron officially transitions to CH-53K King Stallion
Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH) 461 held a re-designation ceremony at Marine Corps Air Station New River, North Carolina, Jan 24. The ceremo...
F-15EX Eagle II successfully fired AIM-120D missile
Flying over the Gulf of Mexico, the US Air Force’s newest fighter, the F-15EX Eagle II, successfully fired an AIM-120D missile Jan. 25.
Collins Aerospace completes Air Launched Effects demonstration for U.S. Army Future Vertical Lift program
Collins Aerospace has successfully demonstrated a ready-now Mission Systems solution to support the operations of Air Launched Effects (ALE) from A...
Lockheed Martin delivers first F-16 from Greenville depot sustainment Program
Lockheed Martin announced it has delivered the first F-16 jet as part of the F-16 Sustainment Depot program back to the U.S. Air Force.
Hypersonix and Kratos sign agreement to develop and fly DART AE hypersonic drone
Hypersonix Launch Systems Ltd. and Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. have signed an agreement to launch the DART AE multi-mission hyper...
US Air Force tests new vehicle drop
The Side by Vehicle (SXV) is the newest Search and Rescue Tactical Vehicle added to the 347th Rescue Group’s arsenal, bringing more firepower and r...
Russian KUB-E kamikaze drone to be exported
Russian authorities have granted the Kalashnikov Group permission to export its KUB-E kamikaze drone.
ideaForge delivers Switch UAVs to Indian Army and wins additional contract
Back in November 2021, the occasion of Hon. Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi handing over ideaForge’s High Altitude SWITCH UAV to the Indian Army ...
Top Aces completes first flight of its F-16 Advanced Aggressor Fighter
Top Aces Corp., a leading provider of advanced adversary training, announced on January 19 the successful initial test flight of its F-16 Adv...
Air regiment in west Russia receives four advanced Su-30SM2 fighters
An air regiment based in the Kaliningrad Region in west Russia has received four advanced Sukhoi Su-30SM2 (NATO reporting name: Flanker-H) fighter ...
Mountain Home US Air Force Base adds Robodog to Security Forces
The US Mountain Home Air Force base introduces their first Security Robodog, “King.” King is considered an Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV)...
US Air Force and Israeli Air Force train during Desert Falcon Exercise
During the second week of January, the Israeli Air Force (IAF) hosted the U.S. Air Forces Central (AFCENT) at Uvda AFB for the “Desert Falcon” join...
Royal Australian Air Force in Guam for Exercise Cope North 2022
The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) will deploy aircraft and personnel to Guam and the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands to conduct Exerci...
US Special Operations Command awards Anduril Industries a $1B counter-drone contract
The US Special Operations Command (SOCOM) has awarded Anduril Industries a 10-year, $1 billion counter-unmanned aerial systems (UAS) integration co...