Aerospace News
NATO Support and Procurement Agency signs contract with Northrop Grumman for NATO Allied Ground Surveillance in-service support
On 11 August 2021, the NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) signed a contract with Northrop Grumman to provide up to five years of In-Service...
GA-ASI Avenger equipped with Lockheed Martin Legion Pod autonomously follows target aircraft
For the first time ever, over the high desert of southern California on July 2, 2021, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) used an A...
Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile test launch
Air Force Global Strike Command Airmen launched an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile equipped with a test re-entry vehicle f...
Northrop Grumman open architecture UH-60V avionics suite enters service
The UH-60V Black Hawk helicopter, enabled by the Northrop Grumman Corporation integrated avionics suite, has entered service with the Pennsylvania ...
Advanced Tactics and Rotor X unveil design concept of Barracuda HSVTOL aircraft family
The team of Advanced Tactics Inc (AT) of Torrance, California and Rotor X Aircraft Manufacturing Co. (Rotor X) of Chandler, Arizona unveiled their ...
US Air Force conducts first live fire test of advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile using an Infrared Search-and-Track system
The 85th Test and Evaluation Squadron conducted the first-ever live fire of an Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile using an Infrared Search-an...
Lockheed Martin upgraded PAC-3 MSE successfully intercepts ballistic missiles in flight test
n flight tests at White Sands Missile Range on Aug. 9, Lockheed Martin demonstrated new upgrades to its PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) int...
Russian Checkmate fighter jet in high demand on world arms market
Russia’s latest Checkmate fighter unveiled at the MAKS-2021 international air show is in demand on the world arms market, Head of the state tech co...
Republic of Ghana looking to buy 6 Aero Vodochody L-39NG jet trainer
The Republic of Ghana is looking to procure six Aero Vodochody L-39NG aircraft for the Armed Forces of Ghana through a loan agreement worth € 111.3...
Production of upgraded version of Su-57 fighter is to start in 2025
he production of the upgraded version of the fifth generation Su-57 fighter as part of the Megapolis research and development project is expected t...
BAE Systems awarded £135m contract to drive forward the next phase of capability enhancements for Typhoon Eurofighter
BAE Systems has been awarded a contract valued at approximately £135m, to drive forward the next phase of capability enhancements for Typhoon Eurof...
Northrop Grumman to provide US Air Force with countermeasure flares
Northrop Grumman Corporation will provide the U.S. Air Force with its high-performance MJU-73/B and MJU-62A/B infrared countermeasure flares. The c...
US and Royal Saudi air forces continue counter-UAS partnership
Protecting U.S. and allied forces against unmanned aerial system attacks continues to be a top priority in the U.S. Central Command theater of oper...
UK: Torpedo first for Royal Air Force Poseidon submarine-hunter
In a training flight conducted over the Moray Firth a Poseidon (P-8A) aircraft operated by 120 Squadron, based at RAF Lossiemouth, dropped a recove...
MAKS 2021: Russian Helicopters signs with the Russian Emergencies Ministry to supply 9 Mi-38PS helicopters
Russian Helicopters holding (a part of Rostec state corporation) at the MAKS-2021 international aviation and space show has signed a contract...
BAE Systems unveils innovative virtual Testbed to support multi-domain operations
BAE Systems, Inc. unveiled its virtual System of Systems (SoS) Testbed, a platform that models, simulates, and evaluates both fielded and new techn...
$60 million US Air Force partnership with Hermeus start-up for flight testing hypersonic aircraft
Hermeus, aerospace company developing Mach 5 aircraft, announced on August 5 the signing of a $60 million U.S. Air Force partnership for flight tes...
Royal Australian Air Force selects Lockheed Martin for next phase of program to develop Joint Air Battle Management System
On August 5, Lockheed Martin Australia, welcomed announcement by the Minister for Defence, The Hon Peter Dutton MP, and the Minister for Defence In...
BAE Systems has received a $93 million contract to provide critical sustainment support for the F-35 EW system
BAE Systems has received a $93 million, five-year Undefinitized Contract Action from Lockheed Martin to provide critical sustainment support for th...
Two-seat Su-57 fighter jet to be designed for control of Okhotnik UCAV
A fifth-generation Su-57 fighter jet will be designed in a two-seat modification to control a swarm of heavy Okhotnik combat drones, a defense indu...