Aerospace News
Ankara accelerates production of TFX 5th Gen Turkish fighter jets
Turkish Aerospace confirms that the TF-X 5th Gen Turkish Fighter will exit the production line on 18 March 2023. A brand new factory within the Tur...
Stealth Black Hawk helicopter used by US Special Forces during Bin Laden raid
According to a Tweet published on the Twitter account jmscaronte on August 4, 2020, the first picture released on the Internet showing a modified v...
Russia wants first S-70 Okhotnik Hunter UAV in 2024 to fly along Su-57 stealth jets
The first Sukhoi S-70 Okhotnik (“Hunter”) attack drone should be delivered to the Russian military in 2024 after the Ministry of Defense demanded t...
Two upgraded Kamov Ka-52M Alligators to be produced in 2020
The first two upgraded Ka-52M « Alligator » attack helicopters have to be ready by the end of 2020. The deadline was fixed by the Defense Ministry....
French Ministry of Defense receives first ALSR light surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft
French Directorate General of Armament (DGA), on July 31, received the first of two light surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft (Avions Légers d...
Chinese army Z-10 attack helicopters conduct sea-crossing assault drills on PLA Navy warship
CAIC Z-10 attack helicopters attached to the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Army recently conducted a series of sea-crossing assault drills on a Na...
Lockheed to supply low frequency sonars for Danish and Indian MH-60R Seahawks helicopter
Lockheed Martin has won a $181.7 million to produce and deliver 39 AN/AQS-22 Airborne Low-Frequency Sonars (ALFS) to the USN and FMS customers, for...
U.S. 101st Combat Aviation Brigade in France for Atlantic Resolve 2020
The 101st Airborne Division, 101st Combat Aviation Brigade, 96th Aviation Support Battalion, is the sixth aviation rotation for Atlantic Resolve 20...
Boeing to supply nine additional MH-47G Chinook Block II helicopters to U.S. Army Special Operations Aviation Command
Boeing has received a $265M order to manufacture and supply an additional nine Block II Chinook helicopters to the U.S. Army's Special Operations A...
European Multinational Helicopter Training Centre MHTC sets course for Portugal
Having to let go of something close, doesn’t need to have a sense of loss. When the European Defence Agency (EDA) sees its home-grown Helicopter Ex...
Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing System JHMCS II undergoes flight testing aboard F-16V
JHMCS II, the newest member of the Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing System family of products, is being flight tested aboard the Lockheed Martin F-16V f...
Successful first test flight of the first Belgian Air Component A400M Atlas
On Thursday, July 30, the Airbus A400M Atlas bearing the serial number MSN106 successfully completed its first test flight at the end of the aftern...
Chinese Navy J-15 carrier-based fighters complete nighttime buddy refuelling in flight
Recently, two J-15 carrier-based fighter jets attached to a ship-borne aviation unit under the PLA Navy (PLAN) have successfully completed the nigh...
Lockheed Martin contract to provide Service Life Extension Program for South Korea F-16 fighter aircraft
According to a contract released by the U.S. DoD (Department of Defense) on July 31, 2020, Lockheed Martin Corp., Fort Worth, Texas, has been award...
Lockheed Martin submits Request for Proposal for F-35 fighter aircraft to Canada
According to a press release published by General Dynamics on July 31, 2020, the U.S government submitted the Request for Proposal (RFP) response f...
Naval Sukhoi Su-24M to get SVP-24 Gefest sighting system
Naval frontline Su-24M Fencer bombers are being equipped with SVP-24 Gefest system which was tested by Russian aircraft in Syria. Su-24Ms of the 43...
Russia successfully tests vertical take-off and landing cyclocopter
A vertical take-off and landing cyclocopter drone successfully passed trials in Russia, Advanced Research Foundation CEO Andrei Grigoryev told TASS...
Brazilian Air Force E-99 aircraft modernization project reaches new milestone
The Modernization Project of the E-99 aircraft concluded, last Friday, July 24 2020, at the Embraer facilities in São José dos Campos, in São Paulo...
ILIAS Solutions signs deal with Lockheed Martin for support and fleet management of Slovak Air Force F-16s
Belgian company ILIAS Solutions announces that Lockheed Martin has, once again, chosen this company and its defense logistics software to support t...
Boeing and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries colaborate on future upgrades to Japan’s F-15J fleet
On July 28, 2020, Boeing Corporation announced that it had signed an agreement with the Japanese corporation Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) unde...