Aerospace News
German army increases Heron drones use in Mali
As part of the United Nations mission MINUSMA (Mission Multidimensionnelle Intégrée des Nations Unies pour la Stabilisation au Mali, United Na...
Lockheed Martin awarded a $51 millions contract with French Air Force for C-130
According to information published by U.S. Department of Defense on May 5, 2021, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Marietta, Georgia, has been award...
NATO successfully tests Rapid Air Mobility procedures
NATO successfully tested procedures to fast-track the airlift of troops and equipment across Europe in a simulated crisis exercise in April. The th...
SCR wins contract with Estonia for aerial targets
According to information published by SCR on May 6, 2021, the Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Estonia has recently signed a framework a...
Russian presidential aviation group to get new domestic aircraft
The Rossiya special aviation group responsible for transporting the country’s top leadership will shortly receive new domestic planes and helicopte...
Germany: DLR develops an unmanned stratospheric aircraft
Earth observation and global communications – these two terms immediately bring satellites to mind. Constructing these satellites and placing them ...
Airbus secures multiple contracts to further increase the communications capability for the UK MoD
Airbus has been awarded a series of contracts during the first quarter of 2021 from the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) both as part of its continuing...
Saab receives order for future development support for Swedish Air Force Gripen
Saab has received an order from the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration, FMV, to provide future development support for Gripen from April 1, 20...
Australian Defence Force to equip new tactical UAS with next generation ISR capabilites
The Australian Defence Force will soon be equipped with world-leading Australian developed camera sensor technology featuring next generation intel...
Bell 505 cargo hook receives EASA certification
Bell Textron Inc., a Textron Inc. company, announced on May 4 tg hat the Bell 505 cargo hook has been approved by European Union Aviation Safety Ag...
Northrop Grumman LITENING color targeting pods enter service
Northrop Grumman Corporation’s LITENING advanced targeting pod has been fielded for the first time with full-color, digital video capability with t...
US Navy receives production approval for next-generation air combat training system
The Naval Aviation Training Systems and Ranges program office (PMA-205) received Milestone C approval for its next-generation air combat training s...
SimX receives new US Air Force contracts to advance VR training programs
SimX continues to expand its partnership with the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force to develop innovative training solutions for special operatio...
Airbus demonstrates C295 FITS mission system operated by ground-based crews
Airbus has successfully concluded a flight test campaign featuring a new capability for the C295 FITS mission system (COMMOMISS) which enables it t...
AeroVironment gets $22M DARPA research project contract
AeroVironment Inc., Simi Valley, California, was awarded a $21,779,908 cost-plus-fixed-fee completion contract for a Defense Advanced Research Proj...
Republic of Singapore Air Force A330 MRTT achieves full operational capability
The Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF)’s A330 multi-role tanker transport (MRTT) aircraft has attained full operational capability (FOC) status...
France sells 30 Rafale fighter jets to Egypt
Egypt has signed a contract with France to buy 30 Rafale fighter jets. On May 4, country's armed forces spokesperson Tamer al-Refai confirmed on Tw...
L3Harris Technologies and Bye Aerospace team to develop all-electric multi-mission aircraft
L3Harris Technologies and Bye Aerospace have signed an agreement to develop an all-electric, multi-mission aircraft that will provide intelligence,...
Loitering ammunition from UAE Adasi Halcon Edge QX Shadow family drone UAV unmanned aerial vehicle
During IDEX 2021, the International Land Defense Exhibition, ADASI and Halcon-UAE (United Arab Emirates) based company, subdivisions of EDGE, have ...
Turkey converts Şimşek target drone into kamikaze UAV
Speaking at CNN Turk TV, Ceo and President of Turkish Aerospace, Professor Temel Kotil said that Şimşek is integrated into UAV and used as a kamika...
