Aerospace News
Turkish fighter pilot completes first flight in US with F-35 jet
A Turkish Air Force pilot completed the first flight in US with Turkey's F-35 fighter jet, the country's Armed Forces announced on August 2018. Thi...
Russia eyes new combat and transport chopper for its airborne troops
Russian military and designers are considering a new helicopter for the country's airborne troops not so much as an aerial vehicle but rather as a ...
Berkuty demo team plans to switch to Mi-28NM helicopter
Pilots of Russia’s sole aerobatics group Berkuty (Golden Eagles) flying combat helicopters expect a delivery to troops of new Mi-28NMs for demonstr...
Turkey receives 7th CH-47F Chinook transport helicopter
Turkey has started to receive a second batch of five CH-47F Chinook heavy lift helicopters from the U.S., despite the ongoing crisis with the count...
DynCorp lands USAF VIP aircraft fleet support contract
On August 23, The Department of Defense awarded DynCorp International (DI) a contract to support the United States Air Force at Joint Base Andrews ...
Leidos wins $27M contract for US Army Saturn Arch capability
Leidos has been awarded a US$27 million contract for Saturn Arch Quick Reaction Capability Aircraft, the US Department of Defense announced on Augu...
China-made AG600 amphibious aircraft prepares for water-surface tests
China's independently-developed large amphibious aircraft, the AG600, has completed trial ground flights and entered a new test phase on the water-...
Beriyev to roll out first Be-200 powered with Sa-M146 engine in 2021
The G.M. Beriyev Aviation Scientific-Technical Complex, the producer of the Be-200 amphibious aircraft, will equip its first Be-200 with a new Sa-M...
Boeing lands $208M order for F-15C Legion Pod production
Boeing has been awarded a US$208 million US Air Force contract for F-15 Legion Pod infrared search-and-track (IRST) pods, the US Department of Defe...
NSPA receives first lot of Precision Guides Munitions through NATO initiative
On August 22, the NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) received the first lot of Precision Guided Munitions (PGMs), acquired through a NATO p...
US MALD-X program completes free flight demonstration
The Office of the US Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering's Strategic Capabilities Office (SCO), with Air Force Miniature Air La...
US Marine Corps places $500M order for 29 AH-1Z helicopters
Bell Helicopter has been awarded a US$509 million contract for the manufacture and delivery of 29 Lot 15 production AH-1Z Build New aircraft in sup...
Latvia eyes UH-60M Black Hawk procurement
Ministry of Defence of Latvia is currently looking into possibility of signing an intergovernmental agreement with the US for purchase of four new ...
Japan receives first of two new Air Force One
The Japanese Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) took delivery of the first of two new "Air Force One", a modified Boeing 777-300ER jet airliner which w...
Faradair introduces BEHA M1-AT autonomous firefighting platform
Following on from a very successful Farnborough Airshow in July, Faradair Aerospace Ltd yesterday announced a drone variant of the turboprop powere...
Austria to procure additional Black Hawk helicopters
The Austrian Armed Forces will receive an undisclosed extra budget to procure three additional S-70A Black Hawk helicopters, the country's MoD anno...
Serbia receives two more MiG-29 fighter jets from Russia
Serbia took delivery of two more Russian MiG-29 fighter jets, the country's Ministry of Defense announced yesterday. Those two secondhand jets are ...
Upgraded Mi-28NE combat chopper makes public appearance at Army-2018
Russian Helicopters has presented a new version of the Mi-28NE attack helicopter at the International Military-Technical Forum&...
Leidos wins $620M USAF contract for F-16 avionics support
Leidos was awarded a prime contract by the U.S. Air Force Sustainment Center to provide single-point integration services for F-16 fighter jet avio...
US Air Force's second GPS III satellite approved for launch
As the first Lockheed Martin-built GPS III satellite prepares to ship to the launch pad, the U.S. Air Force has declared that the second GPS III sa...
