First training flight for Belgian Air Component Dassault Falcon 7X aircraft
| 2020
On 29 April 2020, the Belgian Air Component executed the first training flight with the recently contracted Falcon 7X. The training took place at K...
Leonardo to provide Japan with further Identification Friend/Foe (IFF) electronics
| 2020
Leonardo has signed a contract worth around €5M with prime contractor Japan Radio Company to provide Mode 5-capable Identification Friend/Foe (IFF)...
Boeing presented the first unmanned Loyal Wingman aircraft to the Royal Australian Air Force
| 2020
A Boeing-led Australian industry team has presented the first unmanned Loyal Wingman aircraft to the Royal Australian Air Force, a historic milesto...
Chemring Australia chosen as supplier of of countermeasure flares to global F-35 fleet
| 2020
Chemring Australia, based in Lara, near Geelong, secured the USD$107.5 million contract for the production and delivery of countermeasure flares fo...
Leidos, Paramount USA and Vertex Aerospace team up to pursue USSOCOM Bronco II armed multi-mission aircraft prototype program
| 2020
Leidos on May 4 announced a teaming agreement with Paramount Group USA and Vertex Aerospace to pursue a new contract to deliver the Bronco II, a ne...
Turkish Aerospace and Havelsan sign cooperation agreement for Turkish Fighter Aircraft program
| 2020
President of Defence Industry Professor. İsmail Demir announced that cooperation agreement was signed between Turkish Aviation and Space Industry (...
Su-57 to get electric drivers
| 2020
The hydraulic systems of the fifth-generation Su-57 fighter jet will be replaced by electric engines to decrease the signature,...
Agility Prime kicks off
| 2020
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the Air Force and its partners pushed forward with the kickoff of Agility Prime this week. The objective of the week...
Northrop Grumman to develop net-centric gateway
| 2020
Northrop Grumman Corporation is rapidly working on developing and fielding a gatewayONE prototype, an open system enabling translation and communic...
Four fighter jets F-35A from Hill AFB will be on loan to the 354th FW at Eielson AFB
| 2020
The U.S. Air Force’s first combat-coded F-35A Lightning II wing is sending aircraft to the Air Force’s newest F-35A wing to help speed their stand-...
Philippines has requested to United States to buy 6 AH-64E Apache attack helicopters
| 2020
On April 30, 2020, the U.S. State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of the Philippin...
General Atomics Aeronautical System partners with Australia to Develop heat exchanger for UAVs
| 2020
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has partnered with Australia-based Conflux Technology on the development of a heat exchanger. T...
Philippines will acquire 6 AH-1Z attack helicopters from United States
| 2020
On April 30, 2020, the U.S. State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of the Philippin...
Lockheed Martin awarded contract for the first phase of satellite integration on DARPA's Blackjack program
| 2020
DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) has awarded Lockheed Martin a $5.8 million contract for the first phase of satellite integration ...
Saab delivers the first GlobalEye to United Arab Emirates
| 2020
Saab delivered the first GlobalEye Swing Role Surveillance System aircraft to the United Arab Emirates on 29 April 2020.
Boeing awarded $8.7M for crew rest modification efforts on US Air Force C-32 fleet
| 2020
Boeing Aerospace Operations Inc., St. Louis, Missouri, has been awarded an $8,733,007 firm-fixed-price task order FA8134-20-F-5701 against basic co...
F-16 Operational Flight Program delivers new capabilities
| 2020
F-16 Operational Flight Program (OFP) M-series 7.2+ was released in April 2020 to more than 600 Block 40/42/50/52 F-16s delivering a wide range of ...
US Government approves a possible sale of AGM-84L Harpoon Block II Air Launched missiles to Morocco
| 2020
On April 14, the US State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Morocco of ten (10) A...
AeroVironment unveils Quantix Recon, fully-automated hybrid VTOL UAS
| 2020
AeroVironment, Inc., a global leader in unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), announced the availability of Quantix Recon, a lightweight, rapidly deploy...
Russian MoD receives two upgraded Tu-160
| 2020
The Russian Defense Ministry accepted two strategic Tu-160 bombers (named the Ivan Yarygin and the Vasily Reshetnikov) from Kazan Aircraft Plant, R...