Aerospace News
US navy has taken delivery of final Block II Super Hornet aircraft
Since 2005, F/A-18 Super Hornet Block II aircraft have been rolling off Boeing’s production line and serving as the U.S. Navy’s multi-mission capab...
Textron Aviation has delivered first two Cessna Citation Latitude aircraft to Japan Air Self-Defense Force
Textron Aviation Inc., a Textron company, recently delivered the first two Cessna Citation Latitude aircraft configured for flight inspection missi...
Hensoldt developed Kalaetron Attack, a modular airborne electronic combat system
Sensor solution provider Hensoldt has developed a modular airborne electronic combat system: Kalætron Attack. By neutralising enemy fire control ra...
Royal Canadian Air Force's third CC-295 FWSAR aircraft completes production flights ahead of its delivery
The Royal Canadian Air Force’s third CC-295 Fixed Wing Search and Rescue (FWSAR) aircraft is completing production flights ahead of its delivery pr...
Northrop Grumman's advanced anti-radiation guided missile continues to protect the US Navy
The U.S. Navy awarded Northrop Grumman Corporation $165 million for Lot 9 full rate production (FRP) of the AGM-88E Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided ...
Northrop Grumman digital cockpit completes initial operational test and evaluation
Northrop Grumman Corporation supplied digital cockpit upgrades to the integrated avionics suite for the U.S. Army’s UH-60V Black Hawk, which recent...
PCO SA and Rafael sign MOU for local co-production of Toplite EOS
PCO S.A. of Poland and RAFAEL Advanced Defense Systems of Israel have signed a Mem...
Germany plans to buy 93 Eurofighters and 45 F-18s
Germany plans to buy 93 Eurofighters and 45 US-made F-18s to replace ageing combat jets, Defence Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer said Tuesday, ...
Australia buys more Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton UAVs
The U.S. Department of Defense is to award Northrop Grumman a sole-source contract to supply the Royal Australian Air Force with two more MQ-4C Tri...
USA and Norway to continue partnership in advancing solid fuel ramjet technologies
The U.S. Department of Defense and the Norwegian Ministry of Defence announced their intent to continue a bilateral effort to explore advanced soli...
Black Swift Technologies to develop tactical weather drone for US Air Force
Black Swift Technologies (BST), a specialized engineering firm based in Boulder, CO, announced that it has been awarded a USAF SBIR Phase II contra...
RQ-4 Global Hawk drones to be delivered to South Korea
On Sunday, April 19, Harry Harris, the U.S. ambassador to South Korea, announced the delivery of additional Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk long-...
US Air Force selects Raytheon Missiles & Defense to develop long-range standoff nuclear weapon
The Air Force announced plans to continue the Long-Range Standoff Weapon’s development with Raytheon Company as a sole-source contractor. The...
Croatian Armed Forces receive Hellfire missiles
The delivery of Hellfire Rockets for Kiowa Warrior Helicopters earned the Croatian Armed Forces a new heavy anti-armour warfare capability.
Italy to order 15 AW169 military helicopters
The Italian Army is up to place an order with Leonardo for 15 AW169M helicopters.
Russia plans Mi-28N helicopter upgrade
The Russian Defense Ministry plans to upgrade Mi-28N helicopters to the Mi-28NM level. A prototype can make the first flight in the autumn of 2020....
Airbus achieves world’s first fully automatic refuelling contacts
Airbus has achieved the first ever fully automatic air-to-air refuelling (A3R) operation with a boom system. The flight test campaign, conducted ea...
Inaugural flight of first A-29 Super Tucano light attack aircraft of Nigerian Air Force
Embraer Defense & Security and Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) announced the first of 12 A-29 Super Tucano light attack, combat and reconnaissa...
Kratos awarded contracts for 21 high-performance jet target drones
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. , a leading National Security Solutions provider, announced on April 15 that the Kratos Unmanned Syst...
US Marine Corps makes first operational flight in Middle East using MQ-9A Reaper UAS
On March 20, 2020, U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) pilots and sensor operators from Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron 1 (VMU-1) conducted their firs...
