Aerospace News
US Air Force completes test drop of B61-12 nuclear bomb mockup from F-35 fighter aircraft
According to a statement published on November 23, 2020, A mockup B61-12’s strike in the dusty Nevada desert successfully completed the first in a ...
Australian Air Force C-17A performs first season Antarctic flight to Wilkins Aerodome
According to a tweet ôsted by the Royal Australian Air Force on November 30, the first flight of the season for Op Southern Discovery has delivered...
Elbit Systems to supply rotary-wing mission training center to European customer
Elbit Systems announced on November 29 that it was awarded a contract valued at approximately $96 million to supply an undisclosed European country...
Embraer delivers first modernized E99 Airborne early warning and control aircraft to Brazilian Air Force
According to a press release published on November 27, 20020, during a ceremony held on November 27, 2020, at the Embraer facility in Gavião Peixot...
French Air and Space Force receives its first A330-200 Phenix
Florence Parly, French Minister of Defense, announced in June 2020 the military component of the aeronautics support plan. Three A330-200 planes we...
Malmstrom Air Force Base first to receive new MH-139 Grey Wolf helicopters
U.S. Air Force officials said Cascade County, Montana-based Malmstrom Air Force Base will be the first site to receive new MH-139 Grey Wolf helicop...
KnAAZ fulfils Sukhoi Su-35S fighter jet contract
The aircraft plant in Komsomolsk-on-Amur (KnAAZ) handed over multirole Su-35S fighter jets to the Defense Ministry, the UAC said. “We have complete...
Japan Air Force retires its last F-4EJ Phantoms
Japan’s Air Force officially retired its last Phantom fighter jets on November 20 with a live broadcast ceremony. The McDonnell F-4 flew for the Ja...
101 Airborne soldiers help with design of Army V-280 Valor Future Assault Aircraft
Soldiers from the famed 2-506th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) descended on the Bell Helicopter ...
European Air Chiefs hold virtual meeting
This week, General Aviator Thierry Dupont, chief of the Belgian Air Component, chaired a meeting with the seven partner countries of the European A...
Lockheed Martin awarded contract to integrate AARGM-ER into F-35 programme
On the 23rd of November, the U.S. Department of Defense announced that Lockheed Martin Aeronautics has been awarded a $9,326,062 cost-plus-fixed-fe...
Northrop Grumman awarded contract for A-10 Aircraft Structural Integrity Program
Northrop Grumman has been awarded a $185,700,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for the A-10 Aircraft Structural Integrity Progra...
European MALE RPAS programme completes negotiations between Airbus and OCCAR
After several months of intensive negotiations between Airbus Defence and Space and OCCAR, the European Medium Altitude Long Endurance Remotely Pil...
FCMS, Indra and Thales start designing sensors that will contribute to NGWS-FCAS superiority
Germany, Spain and France the three driving forces of the NGWS/FCAS program, have entrusted FCMS, Indra and Thales with the development of the inno...
Royal Air Force remembers arrival of first CH-47 Chinook in 1980
The arrival at RAF Odiham on 22nd November 1980 of the first Royal Air Force CH-47 Chinook helicopter has been remembered. This significant milesto...
Russian military aviation exports reach 800 combat aircraft
Russia has exported more than 800 combat aircraft since late 2000, a spokesperson for JSC Rosoboronexport (a subsidiary of state corporation Rostec...
Five NATO countries sign multinational project on Next-Generation Rotorcraft Capabilities
According to information published by the NATO website on November 20, 2020, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, and the United Kingdom announced the l...
Multinational Multirole Tanker Transport Unit receives third Airbus A330 MRTT
The third Airbus A330 MRTT for the Multinational Multirole Tanker Transport Unit arrived at Eindhoven Air Base in the Netherlands on Thursday 19 No...
US 109th Airlift Wing deploys LC-130 Super Hercules to New Zealand for emergency missions to Antarctica
Airmen and Aircraft from the New York Air National Guard's 109th Airlift Wing will not be flying to Antarctica this year to provide logistics suppo...
AVIC Harbin Z-20 to become most delivered Chinese military helicopter
China's latest commissioned and fully domestically made tactical utility helicopter, the Harbin Z-20, is expected to become the country's most-deli...
