Aerospace News
US Air Force F-35s start Auto Ground Collision Avoidance System flight tests
Automatic Ground Collision Avoidance System saves lives. That’s the bottom line for those involved in testing the Auto GCAS. The US Air Force's 461...
US Air Force selects airbases for B-21 bomber testing and support
The US Air Force has selected Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, to coordinate maintenance and sustainment of the B-21 Raider and Edwards AFB, Califo...
F-35A drops GBU-49 bomb for the first time in combat training
US Air Force's 388th Fighter Wing’s 34th Fighter Squadron recently returned from a weapons evaluation exercise at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, wh...
Patria wins follow-on order for Norway NH90 fleet support
Patria Helicopters AS has received an order for NH90 helicopters heavy maintenance taking place in Bardufoss, Norway as the Norwegian Defence Logis...
Barhain signs for 12 AH-1Z attack helicopters
Bahrain signed an agreement with a Bell Helicopter to buy 12 AH-1Z attack helicopters under a $912 million contract, the country announced at the B...
Royal Bahraini Air Force receives first C-130J airlifter
Marshall Aerospace and Defence Group has delivered the first Royal Bahraini Air Force C-130J aircraft.Marshall Aerospace and Defence Group has deli...
GA-ASI selected for Australia Project Air 7003
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc., the world’s leading manufacturer of Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS), has been advised that, fo...
QinetiQ to develop LIDAR payload for Airbus Zephyr HAPS
A team led by QinetiQ has won a contract to develop its unique Software Defined Multifunction LIDAR (SDML) technology from a bench-top demonstrator...
TsAGI testing amphibious variant of L-410UVP-E20 aircraft
The Zhukovsky Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute (TsAGI) completed the creation of the hydrodynamic component and tests of the float-type landing g...
UK to double its F-35B fleet by 2022
The UK is set to double its number of world-beating F-35 stealth jets after ordering 17 more aircraft, the British Defence Secretary Gavin Williams...
China's J-20 fighter jet now aerial refueling-capable
China's most advanced stealth fighter jet, the J-20, is now ready for aerial refueling operations that will help the jet reach farther targets, as ...
Northrop Grumman to support South Korea RQ-4 Global Hawk fleet
Northrop Grumman Corporation has signed a contract with the Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) to provide contractor logistics suppo...
Lockheed Martin lands $22.7Bn order for F-35 production
On November 14, the F-35 Joint Program Office awarded Lockheed Martin a $22.7 billion Undefintiized Contract Action to fund more than 250 F-35 airc...
Mi-171A2 chopper starts demo tour in Southeast Asia
Potential customers from Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand and Malaysia can learn about functionality of brand new Мi-171A2 and Ansat helicopters during ...
GKN Aerospace signs new contract for F135 parts production
GKN Aerospace Norway today announced that it has signed an eight-year agreement with Pratt & Whitney for the production of diffuser cases, low ...
HAL HTT 40 basic trainer enters new flight test phase
The HAL HTT 40 (Basic Trainer Aircraft) began the most awaited phase of the `spin test’ by successfully entering in to two turn spin and subsequent...
P&W delivers first PW127G engines for Canadian Fixed-Wing SAR program
Pratt & Whitney Canada, a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp., yesterday announced that it recently started delivering PW127G engines to Ai...
Airbus' H145 selected to enhance New Zealand emergency medical services
The Helicopter Emergency Medical Services New Zealand Limited has selected Airbus’ H145, in response to New Zealand’s Health Ministry’s call to enh...
Russia, Kazakhstan to jointly produce Il-103M utility aircraft
Russia`s Ilyushin Company (a subsidiary of the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC)) and Kazakhstan`s Kazakh Aviation Plant (KAZ) are planning to esta...
European MALE UAV program enters next phase
Shortly before the end of the definition study, launched in September 2016, the Programme Participating States of the European MALE RPAS programme,...