Aerospace News
Saab Gripen E completes first test flight with Meteor missile
In October, Saab successfully completed a test flight by a Gripen E aircraft with the Meteor Beyond Visual Range Air-to-Air Missile (BVRAAM) for th...
Phazotron-NIIR completing Zhuk-AM AESA radar development
Phazotron-NIIR Corporation is completing the production of the first active phased antenna array radar for MiG-29 fighter jets, a source in the Rus...
Leonardo and LIG Nex 1 join forces for South Korea IFF upgrade program
At Indo Defence 2018 Expo & Forum (Jakarta 7 – 10 November), Leonardo is proud to announce that it has been selected by the Republic of Korea-b...
KAI signs new deal with Indonesia for KT-1Bs and T-50i uppgrade
Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI), a South Korean defense firm, signed a contract worth 100 billion won (US$89.4 million) with Indonesia on Thursday...
Russian Helicopters lands new Ansat order in China
The Russian Helicopters Holding Company (part of Rostec State Corporation) signed a contract for delivery of 20 Ansat helicopters for Chinese Assoc...
Iran launches mass-production of Kowsar "fourth-generation" fighter jet
Iran started mass-producing locally designed Kowsar fighter jet, Iranian newspapers announced on November 3, 2018. The F-5-derived Kowsar airc...
Equatorial Guinea takes delivery of two Mi-172 choppers
As part of the contract with the government of Equatorial Guinea, Russian Helicopters holding company (part of Rostec State Corporation) produced a...
Sikorsky lands $717M order for M/CH-53E helicopters support
Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, was awarded a performance-based logistics contract with a value of $717 million. The contract will provide sup...
Russian aerospace industry developing new Su-34 ISR/EW variants
The Russian aerospace industry is developing two new variants of the Sukhoi Su-34 (NATO reporting name: Fullback) frontline bomber, namely, an elec...
AVIC AV500W UAV completes FT-8D missile live-fire test
According to news from the Office of the Commission for Integrated Military and Civilian Development of China's Jiangxi Provincial Party Committee ...
Sierra Nevada wins new $23M contrat for Saudi King Air 350 program
Sierra Nevada Corp. (SNC) as been awarded a $23.8 million order for the Saudi King Air 350 program, the US Department of Defense stated on October ...
South Korea partially resumes KUH-1 Surion flights
The Republic of Korea Army (RoKA) has allowed several Surion helicopters to resume maintenance and training flights after grounding all aircraft of...
Belgium to order 2 General Atomics MQ-9B SkyGuardian
The Belgian government has agreed to negotiate with the United States for the purchase of two MALE drone systems. MALE means Medium Altitude Long E...
Belgium officially opts for Lockheed Martin F-35A fighter jet
By Nathan GainThe long-awaited final decision finally happened: the Belgian Air Force will turn to the 5th generation in the coming years. In a pub...
UK requests $3.5 bn FMS for additional Chinook helicopters
The US State Department on Friday 19 a possible Foreign Military Sale to the United Kingdom of 16 CH-47 Chinook (Extended Range) helicopters for an...
Russia donates airfield equipment to Mongolian Air Force
Russia has handed over airfield equipment to Mongolia worth 13 million U.S. dollars as part of an effort to render military-technical assistance to...
Saab receives initial order for USAF T-X trainer EMD phase
Saab has received an order from Boeing for the Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) phase for the Advanced Pilot Training Aircraft, T-X....
Portuguese Air Force orders five AW119Kx helicopters
Leonardo announced today that the Portuguese Ministry of Defence (MoD) has selected the AW119Kx as its new multirole single engine helicopter to me...
RAF Voyager tanker completes first air-to-air refueling of British F-35B
The RAF’s Voyager Air-to-Air Refuelling (AAR) tanker has completed the first UK refuel of the F-35B Lightning II jets, the RAF press service said t...
Unitech LASS weapons pylons for Afghanistan's UH-60A Black Hawks
Unitech Composites, a Unitech Aerospace company and leading supplier of complex composite laminates, components and assemblies for the commercial a...
