Aerospace News
United States approves the sale of F-16 Block 70/72 fighter aircraft to Philippines
According to information released by the United States Department of Defense on June 24, 2021, the U.S. State Department has made a determination a...
Tactical Air Support Inc to provide US Navy F-5N Tiger II with upgrade kits
Tactical Air Support Inc., Reno, Nevada, is awarded a $14,800,000 firm-fixed-price contract. This contract provides for the procurement of six-bloc...
Northrop Grumman completes first flight of Japanese second RQ-4B Global Hawk UAS
On the heels of the successful first flight of Japan’s RQ-4B Global Hawk in early April 2021, Northrop Grumman recently completed additional succes...
Bundestag approves a new step for the Future Combat Air System
According to a tweet published by the French Minister of Defence, Florence Parly, on June 23, 2021, the Bundestag (German Parliament) has just...
British AH-64 Apaches of Sqn 656 completes training with HMS Prince of Wales
The most powerful battlefield helicopter in Britain’s arsenal has completed two weeks’ intensive training on the nation’s newest aircraft carrier, ...
Israel destroys UAVs with airborne laser system
According to i24News, Israel successfully completed its first-ever testing of an airborne, high-power laser defense system that intercepted several...
Boeing-Saab T-7A Red Hawk advanced jet trainer starts phase 2 flight testing
The Boeing-Saab T-7A Red Hawk advanced jet trainer has begun phase 2 flight testing. This series of flights will evaluate the jet’s fighter-like pe...
Boeing wins contract with the United Kingdom for 14 Chinook helicopters
According to ot information published by the U.S. Department of Defense on June 22, 2021, the Boeing Co., Ridley Park, Pennsylvania, received a del...
PLA Chinese Air Force orders more Chengdu J-20 fighter jets
According to information published by China Mil on June 22, 2021, a batch of J-20s, new-generation stealth fighter jets independently developed by ...
Turkish Aerospace build wind tunnel for the TAI TF-X fighter
According to a press release published by Turkish Aerospace on June 18, the firm is building Turkey's biggest and Europe's second-largest subsonic ...
Egyptian Air Force will receive Su-35 fighter jets
According to a tweet from Mahmoud Gamal, Egypt will receive Su-35 fighter jets. 12 Su-35s are currently in Russia, being prepared for delivery to E...
Azerbaijan Air Force trains for Anatolian Eagle 2021 exercises
The flight crew of the Azerbaijan Air Force that will take part in the "Anatolian Eagle 2021" International Flight-Tactical Exercises, has complete...
Ukraine showed video of destruction of Russian military equipment by ACE-1 new attack drone
At the military exhibition Arms and Security-2021 Ukrainian military-industrial enterprises and private companies presented many new products plann...
J-20 stealth fighter makes Northeast China debut with Chinese engines
The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force has equipped a second ace force with the country's most advanced fighter jet, the J-20, as the...
Thales wins contract with Canada for tactical control radars
According to a press release published by the Government of Canada on June 17, 2021, Public Services and Procurement Canada has awarded two co...
EHang 216 autonomous aerial vehicle conducts trial flights in Japan
EHang Holdings, a Chinese autonomous aerial vehicle (AAV) technology platform company based in Guangzhou, announced on June 4 that its flagship pas...
Russia scores second on global market of gunship helicopters
The Rynki Vooruzheniy (Arms Markets) Russian analytical monthly journal published an article about the global market of helicopter gunships in June...
South Korean KF-21 fighter jet assembly line unveiled to the public
According to Asian Defence, the KF-21 prototype has to go through a year or so of ground testing. KAI opened up the KF-21 assembly line to the Hank...
Elbit Systems to upgrade US Army pilots ANVIS night vision systems
Elbit Systems announced on June 17 that its U.S. subsidiary, Elbit Systems of America, recently was awarded two orders with an aggregate value of a...
Russian airlifter aviation faces problems – Part 2
To implement the plans, the enterprise has launched an automatic flow line, which decreases the labor intensity of docking Il-76MD-90A glider 40 pe...
