Aerospace News
Altius MALE UAV development to be completed by 2020
The work on the Altius heavy unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) with a combat load of up to two tons is planned to be completed within a year, Russian D...
US oks $1.4bn FMS from Germany for C-130J and KC-130J airlifters
The US State Department approved a possible Foreign Military Sale to Germany of three C-130J-30 aircraft and three KC-130J aircraft for an estimate...
First F-35A training equipment delivered to RAAF
One of the world’s largest aircraft has landed at the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Base Williamtown carrying the first delivery of Australia’s...
RAF scrambles Typhoon fighter jets over the Black Sea
Royal Air Force Typhoons based in Romania have been launched as a response to a Russian aircraft operating near NATO airspace over the Black Sea, t...
BAE Systems, Prismatic unveil PHASA-35 solar-powered UAV
A new solar electric unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), which has the potential to fly for up to a year before needing maintenance, has become a step c...
Diehl, Boeing joint forces to market GBU-54 JDAM in Germany
At the ILA International Air Show in Berlin, Diehl Defence and Boeing Defense, Space & Security signed a Teaming Agreement on cooperation of GB...
TsAGI progressing towards Il-276 airlifter development
The Ilyushin Company that is a transport aviation department of Russia’s United Aircraft Corporation (UAC), and the Zhukovsky Central Aerohydrodyna...
Ukraine and Turkey to jointly work on An-188 airlifter project
Ukraine and Turkey have agreed to jointly implement the production of the An-188 military-transport plane, Ukraine's state defense conglomerate Ukr...
Belgian NH90 helicopter performed first operational mission in Mali
A Belgian Air Component NH90 helicopter performed a first operational mission last week in Gao (Mali) as part of Belgium's participation in the MIN...
Russia's Western Military District air regiment receives new Su-30SMs
Four Sukhoi Su-30SM (NATO reporting name: Flanker-H) multipurpose fighter jets were delivered to a Russian Air Force's Western Military District ai...
USAF names B-21 Raider Bombers' future homebases
The US Air Force announced on May 2 that the B-21 Raider will replace B-1 Lancer and B-2 Spirit aircraft at three existing bomber bases beginning i...
SABCA wins follow-on order for Royal Danish Air Force F-16 support
The "Société Anonyme Belge de Constructions Aéronautiques" (SABCA) on April 23 won a US$ 2.8 million follow-on contract within the Service Life Sus...
Insitu launches ScanEagle 3 UAV at Xponential 2018
Insitu, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Boeing Company, today announced the launch of the newest member of its growing family of Unmanned Aerial S...
Dutch Defence Ministry details AH-64D upgrade program
The Netherlands’ Ministry of Defence wants to modernize the Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) fleet of 28 aircraft AH-64D Apache combat helicopte...
US Air Force selects Raytheon's AN/ALR-69A(V) radar warning receiver
The U.S. Air Force awarded an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity contract for Raytheon's AN/ALR-69A(V), the world's first all-digital radar wa...
Pentagon awards contract to Lockheed Martin for F-35 fleet support
The F-35 Joint Program Office has awarded the Lockheed Martin industry team a $1.4 billion sustainment contract to support operations for the F-35 ...
Czech Air Force's Gripen fighter jets completed MS 20 upgrade
Czech Air Force's JAS 39 Gripen fighter jets are now upgraded and deployed in the latest version, announced the Swedish Defence Materiel Administra...
Iran successfully overhauled another F-4 fighter jet
Iran's Air Force successfully overhauled an F-4 fighter jet, state TV reported on Sunday. The 1.5-year-long project at the Shahid Lashkari Air Forc...
Greek government approves HAF F-16 fighters upgrade program
Greece’s government council for foreign affairs and defense, chaired by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, has approved a plan to upgrade 85 F-16 fight...
US clears $911M FMS from Bahrain for 12 AH-1Z attack helicopters
The US State Department approved a possible Foreign Military Sale to Bahrain of 12 AH-1Z attack helicopters for an estimated cost of $911.4 million...
