Aerospace News
Bell Boeing awarded US Navy contract to produce 4 additional MV-22B Osprey aircraft
The U.S. Department of Defense of May 5 announced that Bell Boeing Joint Project Office, Amarillo, Texas, is awarded a $482,300,000 fixed-price inc...
French Defense Minster Lecornu confirms delivery of 28 Safran Patroller tactical drones to 61st Artillery Regiment
According to an Opex360 article by Laurent Lagneau published on May 5, the report attached to the draft military programming law (LPM) 2024-30 cont...
BAE Systems unveils new version of Athena 1920 high-definition thermal camera core
BAE Systems unveiled a new version of its Athena 1920 high-definition thermal camera core, which can now support missions requiring 360-degree situ...
Northrop Grumman equipping more US Air Force aircraft with infrared countermeasure systems
Northrop Grumman continues its work for the U.S. Air Force for additional Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasure (LAIRCM) systems. The company rece...
Nigerian Air Force discreetly receives 5 Chinese-made Wing Loong II drones
The Nigerian Air Force has taken delivery of at least five Wing Loong II combat drones from China albeit discreetly, Military Africa writes. This a...
US State Department clears sale of 6 modernized AH-1Z and UH-1Y helicopters to Czech Republic
The U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency on May 3 announced that the U.S. State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreig...
Lockheed Martin awarded USD1.4 Bn contract to keep developing F-35 for USAF USN USMC and Foreign Military Sales
The US. Department of Defense on May 2 announced that Lockheed Martin is awarded a cost-plus-incentive-fee, cost-plus-fixed-fee not-to-exceed $1,43...
US State Department clears sale of 768 APKWS Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System-II to UK
The U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency on April 28 announced that the State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign ...
Ukrainian Su-25 Frogfoot attack aircraft fire American Zuni air-to-ground rockets
The commander of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Lieutenant General Mykola Oleschuk, showed a photo of the Su-25 Frogfoot attack airc...
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems to supply Taiwan with MQ-9B SkyGuardian RPAS
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc., Poway, California, has been awarded a not-to-exceed $217,615,343 undefinitized contract action for Taiwa...
US Army National Guard Units to get 12 GA-ASI Gray Eagle 25M UAS
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) on April 26 announced that the Army National Guard (ARNG) has received a fiscal year 2023 Congr...
Czech Aero conducts successful first flight of serial L-39NG trainer jet aircraft
Czech aircraft manufacturer Aero on April 24 announced it had successfully flown the first series-produced L-39NG aircraft. It is a new historical ...
Northrop Grumman to further develop Active Electronically Scanned Array radars of USAF F-16s
The U.S. Department of Defense on April 27 announced that Northrop Grumman Systems Corp. has been awarded a $28,662,064 cost-plus-fixed-fee modific...
Norwegian Navy to get 6 Sikorsky MH-60R Seahawk multi-mission helicopters
The U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency on April 26 announced that the State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign ...
Arctic Gold 23-2 refines US Air Force 354th FW Agile Combat Employment operations with F-35
The 354th Fighter Wing conducted Arctic Gold 23-2, an exercise designed to practice the wing’s ability to sustain F-35 Lightning II operations from...
Romania to acquire Turkish Bayraktar TB2 Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicles
According to a tweet published by Haluk Bayraktar on April 26, 2023, Romania has signed a contract to acquire Bayraktar TB2 Unmanned Combat Aerial ...
Spain invests 500 million euros in Airbus SIRTAP UAS project
The Spanish Ministry of Defense has received approval from the Ministry of Finance to invest 500 million euros in the Airbus SIRTAP tactical drone ...
Airbus Helicopters unveils first US-made military versions of the H125 Ares
Airbus Helicopters is introducing the first U.S.-built H125 military configurations, known as AH-125 and MH-125 Ares, to the Airbus range of milita...
New Zealand Ministry of Defence looking for new naval helicopters
According to Phil Pennington on Radio New Zealand (RNZ) on April 24, the Ministry of Defence is looking for proposals on buying about $1 billion wo...
US Marine Corps activates second F-35C squadron
3rd Marine Aircraft Wing reactivated Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 311, an F-35C Lightning II squadron, at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif...
