Aerospace News
Germany to decommission Transall C-160 transport aircraft this year
The Transall C-160 will be retired from the Bundeswehr by the end of this year and the tasks will be taken over by the A400M from Lufttransportgesc...
AeroVironment awarded $26 Million Switchblade 600 tactical missile systems contract by US Special Operation Command
AeroVironment, Inc. , a global leader in unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), announced on April 27 that it was awarded a cost-plus-fixed-fee contract ...
Airbus to test helicopter autonomous features through Project Vertex
Airbus is introducing autonomous features to its helicopter Flightlab through a project code-named Vertex. These technologies aim to simplify missi...
HMLA-267 demonstrates offensive air support during distributed maritime operations
As hostile forces seized nearby islands, isolating western portions of the III Marine Expeditionary Force Area of Responsibility, they cut off vita...
Maiden trial of Python-5 air-to-air missile fired by Tejas light combat aircraft
Tejas, India's indigenous Light Combat Aircraft, added the 5th generation Python-5 Air-to-Air Missile (AAM) in its air-to-air weapons capability on...
Lockheed Martin awarded contract to equip Taiwanese F-16A/Bs with Auto-GCAS
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Corp., Fort Worth, Texas, has been awarded a not-to-exceed $138,000,000 modification to contract FA8615‐12‐C‐6016 for t...
Kaman announces first flight of unmanned K-MAX TITAN helicopter
Kaman Air Vehicles, a division of Kaman Aerospace Corporation, announced on April 21 the first flight of its new unmanned helicopter, the K-MAX TIT...
Leonidas system by Epirus to counter swarm of drones
Californian company Epirus says it has developed a transportable energy weapon that can immobilize an entire swarm of drone.
Episode 3/4 Video Weekly April 2021 Aviation Defense security news Web TV
Air Recognition, defense aviation Web TV news channel latest news and breaking news of international aviation and aerospace, defense, securit...
Successful precision-airdrop GPS-guided pallets test in Kuwait
Soldiers deployed to support 1st Theater Sustainment Command's logistical support of U.S. Central Command airdropped four pallets April 22 within 7...
Korea Aerospace Industries to export two additional T-50TH trainer jets to Thailand
According to industry sources cited by South Korean media on April 23, the Thai government and Korea Aerospace Industries negotiated an additional ...
NHIndustries chooses Thales TopOwl helmet system for special forces NH90 pilots
NHIndustries has chosen the new-generation TopOwl Digital Display helmet from Thales for the special forces variant of the NH90 helicopter. This va...
Belgian Chief of Defense visits 80th Flying Training Wing at Sheppard Air Force Base
The Belgian Chief of Defense, Admiral Michel Hofman, toured the Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training program at Sheppard Air Force Base, from wh...
Qatar Emiri Air Force orders two Pilatus PC-24s
According to the Pilatus Annual Report of 2020, the Qatar Emiri Air Force signed last November a contract for two PC-24 jets.
Leonardo to acquire a 25.1% stake in HENSOLDT
Leonardo has entered into a definitive agreement with Square Lux Holding II S.à r.l., a portfolio company controlled by funds advised by Kohlberg K...
Russia successfully test-fires new ABM interceptor missile
Russia’s Aerospace Force has successfully test-launched a new interceptor missile of the country’s anti-ballistic missile (ABM) defense system at t...
TAI Aksungur successfully drop tests KGK-SIHA-82 glide bomb
The Aksungur armed Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, produced by the Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) has achieved a new success. Taking off from Ankara w...
Logos Technologies tests Wide-Area Motion Imagery sensor on RQ-21A Blackjack UAV
Logos Technologies LLC announced on April 22 that it successfully flew its wide-area motion imagery (WAMI) sensor aboard an RQ-21A Blackjack ...
Embraer and Brazilian Air Force sign a MoU to study Unmanned Aircraft System
Embraer and the Brazilian Air Force (FAB) signed on April 23 a memorandum of understanding (MoU) that establishes a cooperation for the study...
US approves foreign military sale of MQ-9B Remotely Piloted Aircraft to Australia
The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Australia of MQ-9B Remotely Piloted A...
