Aerospace News
Spanish Ministries of Defence and Interior sign for 36 Airbus H135 helicopters
The Spanish Ministries of Defence and Interior have ordered 36 Airbus H135 helicopters. This signature takes place in the context of the stimulus p...
Italian Army UH-169B training helicopters set first major operational milestone logging 1000 flight hours
The Italian Army’s two AW169 basic training twin engine helicopters recently set a first important milestone by accruing 1,000 flight hours in oper...
Indonesia eying F15-EX or Rafale fighter jet and abandons plans for Su-35
Recently, the Indonesiasn Air Chief Marshal Fadjar Prasetyo said that Indonesia is seeking a 4.5-generation mediumweight or heavyweight fighter.
France orders the H160M for its Joint Light Helicopter programme
The French Armament General Directorate (DGA) has signed a contract with Airbus Helicopters for the development and procurement of the H160M in the...
US approves foreign military sale of 800 Hellfire AGM-114R2 missiles to Australia
The US State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Australia of Hellfire AGM-114R2 Mi...
UK and Japan to develop future fighter jet engine demonstrator
The UK and Japan announce plans to develop a future fighter aircraft engine demonstrator and agree to explore further combat air technologies.
BAE Systems and Embraer team to explore potential defence variants for the Eve eVTOL aircraft
BAE Systems and Embraer Defense & Security have announced plans to embark on a joint study to explore the development of Eve’s electric Ver...
US Department of Defense exercises options for 36 Leonardo TH-73A helicopters
Leonardo welcomes the announcement made by the U.S. Department of Defense to award AgustaWestland Philadelphia Corp. a $159.4 million USD firm-fixe...
Bell delivers Huey II to Bosnia and Herzegovinia
Bell Textron Inc., a Textron Inc. company, announced the delivery of four Bell Huey II aircraft to the Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina (AFBi...
Northrop Grumman completes successful Anti-Access - Area Denial missile flight test
Northrop Grumman Corporation successfully completed the second flight test of its new anti-access/area denial (A2/AD) missile, demonstrating capabi...
Orion UAV successfully hits aerial target during test
The Russian Ministry of Defense had released a video showcasing the first use of the Orion drone against an aerial target.
Ghana Air Force to get six L-39NG aircraft
On December 17, the Parliament of Ghana approved a €111.4 million performance sales and purchase agreement for the supply of six L-39 Next Gen...
Michigan National Guard trains first Latvian UH-60 Black Hawk maintainer
When the Latvian Air Force recently purchased new UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters, the call went out for a potential UH-60 maintenance training locati...
Boeing awarded contract to upgrade Royal Saudi Air Force AWACS to reach interoperability with US Air Force
The Boeing Co., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, has been awarded a $397,921,549 firm-fixed-price contract for the Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF) Airborne Wa...
Northrop Grumman and Raytheon Technologies team complete Next Generation Interceptor System requirements review
The Northrop Grumman Corporation and Raytheon Technologies Next Generation Interceptor (NGI) team has completed its System Requirements Review (SRR...
Rapid Dragon first live fire test of a Palletized Weapon System deployed from a cargo aircraft destroys target
The Air Force Rapid Dragon Program, a fast-paced experimentation campaign led by the Air Force Strategic Development Planning and Experimentation (...
Brazilian Army to address communication challenges in the Amazon with new HF system from Collins Aerospace
Collins Aerospace has been selected by the Brazilian Army to provide its High Frequency (HF) Cellular communications system as part of the Brazilia...
Su-57 fifth-generation fighter may get flat nozzle for stealth purposes
The unique flat nozzle demonstrated during the roll-out of the latest S-70 ‘Okhotnik’ (‘Hunter’) heavy strike drone will most likely be installed o...
OFFSET swarms take flight in final field experiment
Researchers, roboticists, and technologists deployed swarms of autonomous air and ground vehicles to test mission capabilities in the final field e...
Royal Air Force concludes exercise season with Qatar National Day flypast
Three Royal Air Force (RAF) Typhoons have flown in the Qatar National Day fly past over Doha on December 18 alongside aircraft from the Qatar Emiri...