Aerospace News
Saab reports strong 2017 financial results
Demand for and interest in Saab’s world-leading products and solutions are strong, the Swedish company said today, February 16, 2018. In 2017, Saab...
Fortem starts marketing DroneHunter airborne anti-UAV system
Fortem Technologies on February 15 announced the release of DroneHunter, the first military-tested unmanned aircraft that provides perimeter intrus...
Russia's MiG-35 multirole fighter jet completes factory tests
Russia’s MiG Corporation has completed the factory tests of the advanced Mikoyan MiG-35 (NATO reporting name: Fulcrum-F) multirole fighter jet, the...
Indonesia, Russia finally clinch deal for 11 Su-35 jets
Russia and the Ministry of Defense (MoD) of Indonesia have sealed a contract for the delivery of Su-35 (NATO reporting name: Flanker-E+) fighter je...
China: CH-4 UAV live-ammunitions tests completed
The Caihong (Rainbow) CH-4 drone has successfully completed a live-ammunition 6-day bombing test under extreme environmental conditions (including ...
Delivery of Su-30SM fighter jets to Belarus postponed to 2019
The implementation of the contract to deliver Russian Su-30SM fighter jets to Belarus may begin one year later in 2019 after Russia gets rid of dep...
Russian Helicopters progressing towards Progress AAC plant overhaul
Russian Helicopters, a subsidiary of Rostec State Corporation, implemented the first project to reconstruct factory airbase of the Sazykin Progress...
ACCaP Program: And now, over to the evaluation phase
On February 14, 2018, the UK Department of Defense representing Eurofighter Typhoon and the US Joint Program Office representing the Lockheed Marti...
Belgium: two "Best and Final Offers" (BaFO) for the F-16 replacement
On February 14, Lockheed Martin (for the F-35A) and the Eurofighter consortium (for the Typhoon II) handed Belgium their best and final offer, thei...
US Army pilot flies V-280 Valor for the first time
Bell Helicopter's Air Vehicle Concept Demonstrator aircraft, funded under the Joint Multi-Role Technology Demonstration program, was flown for the ...
Poland planning Mi-24 helicopters upgrade
The Polish military is planning to upgrade its Mi-24 gunships, according to local media outlets. Poland is reported to procure new helic...
U-2 pilots to get brand new Garmin wirstwatches
Garmin International, Inc. a unit of Garmin Ltd., today announced that the D2 Charlie aviator watch has been selected by the United States Air Forc...
Philippine DND scraps deal for 16 Bell 412EPI helicopters
The Philippines officially terminated on Tuesday a multimillion dollar helicopter deal with Canada. "The Department of National Defense (DND) ...
Belgium formally joins the MMF program
Belgium today signed a MoU which will see the country officialy join the European/NATO Multinational Multi-Role Tanker Transport Fleet (MMF). Belgi...
Belgian F-16s to get Hensoldt new missile warning system
HENSOLDT, a leading independent sensor house, will equip Belgian Air Force F-16 fighters with its proven AN/AAR-60 (V) 2 MILDS F missile warning sy...
China puts J-20 fighter jet into air force combat service
China's latest J-20 stealth fighters have been commissioned into air force combat service, a spokesperson confirmed Friday. "It marks an impor...
USMC CH-53K successfully demonstrates JLTV vehicle lift
The USMC CH-53K King Stallion successfully lifted (and set down) a Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) during a demonstration, Jan. 18, the Na...
FZ 70mm rocket picked for FAMET, Bundeswehr Tiger helicopters
The Spanish FAMET (Fuerzas Aeromóviles del Ejército de Tierra), and the German Armed Forces (Bundeswehr), who have been involved in different UN-pe...
Lockheed Martin delivers its 400th C-130J Super Hercules
On February 9, Lockheed Martin delivered its 400th C-130J Super Hercules. This Super Hercules is an MC-130J Commando II Special Operations aircraft...
France betting on ACCaP scrap to enforce the Rafale
What if France was betting on the ACCaP program scrap ? In a note unveiled by the Belgian economic newspaper L'Echo, Paris contradicts the legal ad...
