CAIGA's AG600 amphibious aircraft completes high-speed taxiing test on water
| 2018
China's AG600 amphibious aircraft has successfully completed the high-speed taxiing test on water in Jingmen, central China's Hubei Province, accor...
Lockheed Martin lands $632M FMS contract for AGM-114 Hellfire II missile production
| 2018
Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $632 million Foreign Military Sales contract to procure a variety of AGM-114 Hellfire II missile variants in con...
OCCAR launches Tiger Mk III attack helicopter de-risking phase
| 2018
The European defence procurement agency OCCAR-EA has placed two contracts with a consortium composed of Airbus Helicopters Tiger, Thales AVS and MB...
F-35 reaches lowest price per unit in program history
| 2018
The U.S. Department of Defense and Lockheed Martin have finalized an $11.5 billion contract for the production and delivery of 141 F-35 aircraft at...
IAF Su-30MKI successfully testfires Astra BVRAAM
| 2018
India has successfully testfired its home-made air-to-air missile Astra off the coast of the eastern state of Odisha, India's Defence Research and ...
China's FTC-2000G fighter jet completes maiden flight
| 2018
China's self-developed FTC-2000G versatile aircraft successfully conducted its maiden flight Friday in the city of Anshun in southwest China's Guiz...
Bell unveils V-247 Vigilant VTOL unmanned combat drone mock-up at Modern Day Marine Expo 2018
| 2018
On 25 September, Bell unveiled a full-scale mock-up of its next-generation V-247 Vigilant vertical take-off and landing unmanned aerial system at M...
Rostec creates test complex for PD-35 aircraft engine
| 2018
United Engine Corporation (UEC), a part of Rostec, will build a test complex for the prospective PD-35 aircraft engine, which is proposed to be use...
TsAGI completes Ansat helicopter upgraded rotor testing
| 2018
The Zhukovsky Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute (TsAGI) completed the research of the new aerodynamic scheme of the lifting rotor of Ansat helicop...
Russian combat helicopters to receive new S-13DF unguided rockets
| 2018
Russian Ka-52 and Mi-28N helicopter gunships will be able to destroy the adversary in fortified shelters - pillboxes and concrete buildings. The Ru...
Royal Thai Air Force expands H225M helicopters fleet
| 2018
Airbus Helicopters has secured an additional order of four H225M (previously known as EC725) multirole utility helicopters from the Royal Thai Air ...
Russian Helicopters refuses to provide support for AAF overhauled Mi-17V-5 choppers
| 2018
Due to the received information on the unauthorized overhaul of one Mi-17V-5 helicopter of the Defense Ministry of Afghanistan by the Slovak Aircra...
Cubic lands new order for F-35 Air Combat Training Systems
| 2018
Cubic Corporation yesterday announced its Cubic Global Defense (CGD) business division, was awarded a contract from Lockheed Martin to deliver its ...
French Air Force to Field 12 A330-MRTT Phénix Aircraft by 2023
| 2018
French Minister of the Armed Forces, Florence Parly, announced today that the delivery rate of MRTT Phénix will be accelerated: by 2023, the French...
Final Assembly of Sikorsky's First HH-60W Combat Rescue Helicopter Underway
| 2018
Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, announced that final assembly of the first HH-60W Combat Rescue Helicopter Weapons System and Operational Flig...
Rockwell Collins selected to install Real Time Information in the Cockpit system in USAF legacy KC-135R
| 2018
Rockwell Collins has been selected by the U.S. Air Force (USAF) to advance communications capabilities for its KC-135R fleet with the implementatio...
iGov Technologies wins TACP-MCS communication system Block 2 delivery order
| 2018
iGov Technologies, Inc., provider of C4ISR systems and support programs, announced today they received an $85.1 million DO award under the $538 mil...
Lockheed Martin wins $7.2Bn USAF order for 22 GPS III Follow-On satellites
| 2018
The U.S. Air Force announced selection of Lockheed Martin for a fixed-price-type production contract for 22 GPS III Follow-On satellites with a tot...
F/A-18 fighter jet to receive upgraded Deployable Flight Incident Recorder Set
| 2018
Leonardo DRS, Inc. announced today it has been awarded a contract to develop upgraded Deployable Flight Incident Recorder Set (DFIRS) technology fo...
NORAD F-22s scrambled as Russian bombers approach Alaska airspace
| 2018
Two North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) F-22 Raptor fighter jets positively identified and intercepted two Russian Tu-95MS Bear strate...