Aerospace News
US Navy orders 23 Raytheon LRIP JPALS landing systems
The US Navy has awarded Raytheon of Fullerton, Calif., a US$ 234 million, fixed-price-incentive, firm-target contract for the low-rate initial prod...
Paris Air Show 2019: First KC-390 will be delivered to the Brazilian Air Force after the event
The Brazilian Air Force (FAB) will receive its first KC-390 shortly after the Paris Air Show in France, which runs from June 17 to 23, revealed Nel...
Australia: Diamond Storm exercise conclusion
Exercise Diamond Storm is one of the Royal Australian Air Force’s practical components of training for students of the Air Warfare Instructor’s Cou...
USA: F-35A and F-15EX might soon fly with Q-58 Valkyrie drones by their side
The US. Air Force is investigating how to control unmanned drone from its latest fighter jets, the F-35A Joint Strike Fighter and the F-15EX. The u...
Leonardo BriteCloud decoy flies toward service on RAF Typhoons
Leonardo has been contracted by the UK Ministry of Defence to support a series of trials in which the ‘BriteCloud 55’ Expendable Active Decoy (EAD)...
VVO radar experts train to search for adversary aircraft in Arctic zone
Servicemen of a radar unit of the Eastern Military District (VVO) have trained to search for and detect reconnaissance aircraft of the conditional ...
Russia: Tu-22M3 bomber transfer to Navy looks inappropriate
The modernization of Tu-22M3 bombers and the development of new arms for them, including supersonic Kh-32 antiship missiles and Kinzhal air ballist...
Sweden, Finland and Norway will host Arctic Challenge Exercise 2019
The Air Forces of Sweden, Finland and Norway will host multinational Arctic Challenge Exercise 2019 (ACE 19) from 22 May to 4 June 2019. More than ...
Sierra Nevada Corp awarded contract for a Degraded Visual Environment System for US Air Force HH-60G
Sierra Nevada Corp., Sparks, Nevada, has been awarded a $74,902,132 definitive C-type contract for installation of a Degraded Visual Environment Sy...
BRAHMOS-A air-launched cruise missile successfully strikes land target
The BRAHMOS-A air-launched cruise missile (ALCM) being developed by the Russian-Indian joint venture BrahMos Aerospace has successfully destroyed a...
Air taxis for US Air Force autonomous, search and rescue vehicle
The US Air Force wants a drone that can fly out the back of an air transport, land, pick up a soldier, airman, or Marine trapped behind enemy lines...
China delivers first overhauled JF 17 fighter jet to Pakistan
China has delivered the first overhauled multi-role JF-17 Thunder fighter jet to Islamabad (Pakistan) as part of a project undertaken by the two co...
Gripen E aircraft in flight by the end of 2019
Four Gripen E are currently being assembled at the Saab plant in Sweden. These are the first series aircraft whose models are not intended for Braz...
Elbit Systems BrightNite declared operational by an Air Force of a NATO country
Having being declared operational, Elbit Systems delivered BrightNiteTM systems for Puma330 helicopters of an Air Force of a NATO country. Users' f...
Russian inspectors fly on An-30B surveillance aircraft over Czech Republic
Russian inspectors are making an observation flight over the territory of the Czech Republic onboard of an An-30B surveillance aircraft as part of ...
KPBA of the KRET Concern creates nucleus of piloting devices for helicopter drones
The Design Bureau of Industrial Automatics (KPBA) of the KRET Concern displayed the nucleus of the piloting and navigational complexes for helicopt...
Greece receives first modernized P-3B Orion maritime patrol aircraft
The Hellenic Navy has received its first modernized P-3B Orion maritime patrol aircraft from Lockheed Martin, the Greek Defense Ministry said.
India delivers first Mi-24 helicopters to Afghanistan
India delivered the first two of Mi-24 attack helicopters as replacement to the Afghan Air Force to help against insurgency and fight terrorism.
US Air Force fighter pilots get GAU-5A carbine in ejection seat survival kits
The US Air Force is now issuing new survival rifles, the GAU-5/A Aircrew Self Defense Weapon, to at least some units, The Drive reports. It offers ...
Russia: Su-25SM fire armor-piercing shells at Kirgizia drills
Su-25SM aircraft of the Russian Kant military base in Kirgizia fired armor-piercing projectiles at a tactical exercise in the mountains of Central ...