Aerospace News
Greece buys 18 Dassault Rafale fighters for USD 2.5 billion
Greece signed a EUR 2.3 billion ($2.8 billion) deal with France on January 25 to purchase 18 Dassault Rafale fighter jets. Florence Parly, the Fren...
MBDA to arm Hellenic Air Force new Rafale fighter jets
Lieutenant General Theodoros Lagios, General Director for Defence Investments and Armaments of the Greek Ministry of Defence, and Eric Béranger, CE...
Boeing and Sikorsky present updated Defiant X proposal for US Army FLRAA competition
Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin Company, and Boeing on January 25 released details of their advanced helicopter for the U.S. Army's Future Long-Range A...
SpiritAero awared contract to produce UK Loyal Wingman unmanned aircraft prototype
The Royal Air Force on its Twitter account announced on January 25 that UK’s first fleet of unmanned fighter aircraft a step closer with £30 millio...
Rostec confirms development of PAK DP MiG-41 to replace MiG-31
The Mikoyan MiG-41 or PAK DP (Prospective air complex for long-range interception) is a stealth interceptor aircraft/heavy fighter under developmen...
UAE buys 50 F-35A jets and 18 MQ-9B Reaper armed drones
The United Arab Emirates has reportedly signed a deal for 50 Lockheed Martin F-35As and 18 General Atomics Aeronautical Systems MQ-9B Reaper unmann...
Dynetics conducts third flight test of X-61A Gremlins Air Vehicle
Dynetics, a wholly owned subsidiary of Leidos, announced on January 20 that it successfully completed a third test flight series in which the Greml...
Saab proposes new Saab Sensor Centre in Canada
On 18 January at the AIx Space 2021 Conference, Saab announced that it has offered to establish a new facility in Canada as part of its offer for C...
Northrop Grumman awarded USD 3.6 Bn contract for US Air Force Battlefield Airborne Communications Node
The U.S. Department of Defense announced on 21 January that Northrop Grumman has been awarded a $3,600,000,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quant...
First Greek Air Force upgraded F-16 Viper makes maiden flight
The first of 84 Greek Lockheed Martin F-16 fighters to be upgraded to the F-16V Viper standard took to the skies for the first time on January 17, ...
Russian Aerospace Forces keep receiving new hardware – Part 2
In a distant future, the new Russian airborne system of long-range aviation (PAK DA) will replace the basic strategic bombers. Preliminary trials o...
Boeing awarded USD 2.1 Bn contract to supply 15 additional KC-46 air tankers to US Air Force
The U.S. Department of Defense announced on January 20 that Boeing has been awarded a $2,124,531,149 modification to contract FA8625-11-C-6600 for ...
French and Indian Air Forces hold joint exercises in Jodhpur
The French Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs announces on its website that, for the first time, Indo-French air force exercise sees Rafale jet...
Russian Aerospace forces keep receiving new hardware – Part 1
Several multi-billion rouble contracts for the production of combat jets and helicopters were completed in 2020. The pandemic-related financial dif...
L3Harris Technologies demonstrates antenna technology for US Space Force satellite communications
L3Harris Technologies has successfully completed a technology demonstration, under a Defense Innovation Unit prototype contract, for the U.S. Space...
US Space Force joins the American intelligence community
Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe welcomed the U.S. Space Force (USSF) as the 18th member of the U.S. Intelligence Community (IC).
Airbus developed a UAV launcher for A400M transport aircraft
Airbus has developed a launcher to release unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) from an Airbus A400M military transport aircraft.
French drone supplier Icarus Swarms launched autonomous swarm concept at CES 2021
During CES 2021, French drone manufacturer Icarus Swarms announced a new UAS product line targeting security and emergency first-response industries.
MQ-9B SeaGuardian to get Leonardo Seaspray AESA maritime radar
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) is working with Leonardo to integrate the Leonardo Seaspray 7500E V2 radar into the centerline ...
Russia to withdraw from Open Skies Treaty
Russia is launching domestic procedures to withdraw from the Treaty on Open Skies, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on January 15.
