Aerospace News
General Atomics awarded $123 million Netherlands MQ-9 Reaper drone contract
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc., Poway, Calif., has been awarded a not-to-exceed $123,293,911 undefinitized contract action for MQ-9 Bloc...
UK: Wedgetail to be Royal Air Force's new early warning radar aircraft
Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson has signed a $1.98Bn (£1.51Bn) deal to purchase five E-7 Wedgetail aircraft. The E-7 fleet will replace th...
Russia’s modernized Mi-28NM attack helicopter to get new guided missile
Russia’s modernized Mi-28NM attack helicopter will be fitted with a new guided missile with a range of more than 25 kilometers, an aircraft industr...
First flight for prototype of SB-1 Defiant modern coaxial helicopter
The Sikorsky-Boeing SB1 Defiant helicopter achieved first flight today at Sikorsky's West Palm Beach, Florida site. This revolutionary aircraft, de...
Boeing gets USD 4 bn contract with US Navy for 78 Super Hornets F / A-18E / F Block III
The U.S. Navy has awarded Boeing a contract for the procurement of 78 F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet aircraft between fiscal years 2019-2021, possibl...
Lockheed Martin and Pratt & Whitney confirm pursuit forward with Belgian industry on ESI projects featuring F-35
During a ceremonial signing event on March 21, Lockheed Martin and Pratt & Whitney, together with about twenty industry members from the three ...
UK Government paves the way for the Tempest fighter jet programme
Over 300 industry and Government attendees from across the UK defense supply chain have met for the first opportunity for suppliers to engage with ...
Russia: Northeastern Forces operate Orlan-10 drones
The Northeastern Forces of Russia`s Eastern Military District (Vostochniy Voenniy Okrug, VVO) have been refitted with the Orlan-10 unmanned aerial ...
Rolls-Royce tests hybrid aero propulsion system
Rolls-Royce successfully tested the hybrid version of the M250 gas turbine in a ground demonstration setting in three operating modes: Series Hybri...
DARPA awards BAE Systems contract to further develop autonomous software for air mission planning
The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded BAE Systems a Phase 3 contract worth $3.1 million to continue developing aut...
MBDA to develop the next generation of the MICA air-to-air missile and more
MBDA has received significant domestic orders in 2018, including a contract from the French DGA to develop the next generation of the MICA air-to-a...
US Air Force to get 80 F-15EXs in the next 5 years
The US Air Force plans to spend $7.86 billion over the next five years buying 80 F-15EXs, new Eagles to replace aging F-15Cs.
European Defence Fund on track with €525 million for Eurodrone and other joint research and industrial projects
The Commission has today adopted work programmes to co-finance joint defence industrial projects in 2019-2020 worth up to €500 million. A further €...
Thermobaric warhead for CIRIT 2.75 in laser guided rocket by Roketsan
With the longest range in its class, Roketsan’s CIRIT 2.75 in laser guided rocket continues to expand its capabilities by adding a thermobaric warh...
Russia: TsAGI completed the design of a large-scale model of Il-276 airlifter
The Zhukovsky Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute (TsAGI) completed the design of a large-scale model of Il-276 airlifter. It will be used to test v...
BAE Systems, Lockheed Martin and MBDA enhancing the UK F-35
A team of BAE Systems, Lockheed Martin and MBDA engineers are enhancing the capability of the UK’s fleet of F-35 Lightning aircraft by commencing w...
Raytheon and Hensoldt to provide integrated air surveillance radars to Dutch and German customers
Raytheon Company and German sensor specialist Hensoldt, both leading air traffic radar providers, will provide two European customers integrated ai...
Russian drone-mounted rifle to counter UAS
On March 12, Russia’s Federal Service for Intellectual Property posted the registration of a novel counter-drone drone, an unmanned aerial intercep...
USA and India collaborating on air-launched drone
The USA and India are working on development of a small, air-launched unmanned system that could be launched from cargo aircraft, according to Pent...
Australia: RAAF to get 4 modified Gulfstream G550s for electronic warfare support
Minister for Defence, the Hon Christopher Pyne MP and Minister for Defence Industry, Senator the Hon Linda Reynolds CSC, announced the $2.46 billio...