Aerospace News
Russia: Third Ka-62 prototype takes off
The third Ka-62 helicopter prototype took off at the test station of the Sazykin Progress enterprise. The hovering flight was successfully held in ...
Finnish Air Force to test 5 different fighters during HX Challenge
The Finnish Air Force will organise the HX Challenge testing and evaluation event from 9 January to 26 February 2020. The hub of the event will be ...
Lockheed Martin delivers 134 F-35s in 2019, exceeding annual commitment
On December 30, Lockheed Martin delivered the 134th F-35 aircraft for the year 2019, exceeding the joint government and industry 2019 delivery goal...
Burkina Faso orders one C295 transport aircraft
December was a busy month for C295. Alongside Ireland and the Czech Republic, Burkina Faso has also chosen the C295.
Turkish Aerospace Industries to deliver Aksungur UAVs to Turkey in 2020
“TAI’s new Aksungur unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) will be delivered to Turkish security forces within the first month of 2020,” Temel Kotil, CEO of...
Lockheed Martin awarded $100M for F-35 Next Generation Electro-Optical Distributed Aperture System
Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, was awarded a $98,948,397 cost-plus-fixed-fee order against a prev...
PT Dirgantara Indonesia roll out Medium Altitude Long Endurance UAV
Indonesia's state-owned aerospace company Dirgantara Indonesia introduced on Monday two prototypes of the new medium-altitude long-endurance unmann...
Russia’s aerospace forces to receive about 100 planes and helicopters in 2020
Russia’s aerospace forces will receive about 100 new and modernized aircraft in 2020, the Russian defence ministry said on Wednesday.
United Kingdom would like to accelerate development plan of Tempest stealth fighter
For the next 12 months, the United Kingdom would like to accelerate its plan to develop the next-generation stealth fighter under the Tempest progr...
Russian Air Force cadets using Syrian experience in training
The training centre of the Zhukovsky and Gagarin Air Force Academy in Syzran in the Volga area is using the experience gained by army aviation unit...
Most consulted and popular news in 2019
In order to finish 2019 on a high note, Air Recognition offers you a retrospective of the ten's more consulted news on its website. It is also a go...
Piaggio Aerospace signs 196M€ contract with Italian Ministry of Defence for 9 Avanti EVO
Just five days after the signing of an agreement on the Chinook helicopter’s engines worth € 50 million, Piaggio Aerospace has announced it signed ...
Boeing awarded contract for C-17 simulator training supporting NATO partners
Boeing Co., Saint Louis, Missouri, has been awarded a $9,500,000 modification to previously awarded contract FA3002-16-D-0006 for C-17 simulator tr...
Pakistan Air Force has launched the first batch of JF-17B dual seats JF-17 fighter aircraft
On Friday, December 27, 2019, Pakistan Air Force has launched the first batch of its JF-17 indigenous double-seat fighter jets dubbed JF-17B. An of...
Pakistani new JF-17 Block 3 fighter aircraft has performed its first flight in China
The first JF-17 Block 3 fighter aircraft has performed its first flight on December 15, 2019, on a factory runway in China. The new version of the ...
Greece has awarded a contract to Lockheed Martin to upgrade F-16 fighter to F-16V standard
The government of Greece has awarded a $280 million contract to American Company Lockheed Martin Corporation to upgrade its F-16 fighter jet fleet ...
US contract for Raytheon to deliver AMRAAM air-t-air missiles to US and 23 foreign countries
U.S. Department of Defense has announced on December 27, 2019, that Raytheon Missile Systems Co., Tucson, Arizona, has been awarded a $768,283,907 ...
US Air Force, Navy and Army conduct first real world test of Advanced Battle Management System
In the first field test of a novel approach to warfighting, communicating and decision-making, the Air Force, Navy and Army used new methods and te...
US Navy buys three MQ-4 Tritons and upgrades jamming systems on EA-18G Growler aircraft
The US Navy awarded Northrop Grumman a pair of contracts worth nearly $287 million to buy unmanned surveillance aircraft and to develop upgraded ta...
First batch of Russian-made Su-30SM fighters arrives in Armenia
The first pair of Russian-made Su-30SM multirole fighters purchased by Armenia at the beginning of 2019 landed at an aerodrome in Southern Caucasus...
