Aerospace News
Abaco Systems wins order to support upgrade of AC-130J gunships
Abaco Systems, Inc. announces a design win with an initial value of $505k, and a lifetime potential of $4.5m supporting a major defense prime upgra...
DroneShield rolls out next generation AI software
DroneShield Ltd announced the rollout of its first fully Machine Learning/AI based detection and classification software to all of its existi...
US 378th Air Expeditionary Wing trains Royal Saudi Air Force Police Wing members in counter UAS exercise
Personnel from the US 378th Air Expeditionary Wing trained with Royal Saudi Air Force Police Wing members in a joint counter unmanned aerial system...
First upgraded Ka-52M attack helicopters may arrive for Russian troops in 2022
The Russian Helicopters Group (part of the state tech corporation Rostec) has assembled the first two prototypes of upgraded Kamov Ka-52M ‘Alligato...
US Army looking for Long Range Precision Munition shoot-off demonstration for FARA aircraft in 2022
The US Army is looking for manufacturers to put forward potential Long Range Precision Munition (LRPM) candidates, to be integrated on Future Attac...
Two Russian Tu-160 strategic bombers perform flight over Arctic seas
Two Russian Tu-160 strategic missile-carrying bombers performed a flight over the neutral waters of the Barents, Greenland and Norwegian seas, Russ...
First Japan Air Self-Defense Force Boeing KC-46 tanker takes flight
The first Boeing KC-46 tanker destined for the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) took to the skies on its maiden flight on February 8. This succ...
Sagetech Avionics receives US DoD AIMS certification for mode 5 micro IFF transponder for drones
Sagetech Avionics, an aerospace technology company providing industry-leading situational awareness solutions for Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS), an...
Mountain Horse Solutions teams with Tpgroup and Digital Concepts Engineering to win US Air Force autonomous target contract
Mountain Horse Solutions, a U.S. Defense and Mission Critical Equipment Supplier, and two groups from the United Kingdom, tpgroup and Digital Conce...
Russia: Northern Fleet MiG-31BM fighters complete month-long experimental combat duty in Arctic
The first replacement of flight personnel and Mikoyan MiG-31BM (NATO reporting name: Foxhound) fighters of a separate composite air regiment took p...
Finnish Air Force Hornets to train with US Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker
The Finnish Air Force Hornets will be training with the U.S. Air Force's KC-135 Stratotanker 9-10. February 2021.
Aero India 2021: Russia unveils Ka-226T rotorcraft for India
The Russian aerospace industry has unveiled a variant of Kamov Ka-226T rotorcraft for India at the Aero India 2021 aerospace show being held in Ben...
US B-1B Lancer debuts at Aero India 2021
The government-sponsored Aero India 2021, Asia's largest trade show opened its doors at Yelahanka Air Force Station Feb. 3, ushering in foreign del...
Aero India 2021: RAC MiG modernizes human-machine interfaces
The Russian Aircraft Corporation (RAC) MiG (a subsidiary of Rostec’s United Aircraft Corporation) is improving the human-machine interface of Mikoy...
RUAG International to modernize Royal Thai Navy Dornier 228
RUAG MRO International is comprehensively modernizing Dornier 228 aircraft for the Royal Thai Navy. The upgrade includes the installation of glass ...
DARPA initiates design of LongShot UAV
DARPA's LongShot program, which is developing an air-launched unmanned air vehicle (UAV) with the ability to employ multiple air-to-air weapons, ha...
Bell announces sale of six Bell 505s to Jamaica Defence Force
Bell Textron Inc., a Textron Inc. company, announced on February 8 a signed purchase agreement for six Bell 505 aircraft to the Jamaica Defence For...
Russia: Su-57 fifth-generation fighter gets maximally automated cockpit
Russia’s Su-57 fifth-generation multirole fighter received the cockpit with the maximum degree of automated processes, the United Aircraft Corporat...
First F-35A welcomed into BAE Systems Australia’s maintenance depot
The first F-35 Joint Strike Fighter arrived at BAE Systems Australia’s Williamtown facility recently and was officially welcomed at an event on Feb...
Aero India 2021: HAL receives RFP for basic trainer HTT40 from Indian Air Force
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has received a Request for Proposal (RFP) from the Indian Air Force for their Basic Trainers requirement at the...