Aerospace News
Nigerian Navy receives Chinese AVIC AR-500B Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
The Nigerian Navy has taken delivery of at least four AR-500 carrier-based drones from China’s Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC), Lione...
Morocco purchases 150 Israeli VTOL drones manufactured by BlueBird
According to information published by Infodron on September 30, 2022, Morocco has purchased 150 WanderB and ThunderB VTOL drones, manufactured by t...
US Air Force Special Operations Command AC-30 Ghostrider gunships to get AHEL laser weapon system
The fourth-generation Lockheed Martin AC-130 gunship of the US Air Force, called the “Ghostrider”, is finally set to test-fire a high-energy laser ...
Iwakuni-based Marine squadrons conduct AIM-9X missile live fire
MCAS IWAKUNI, Japan – Marine Aircraft Group (MAG) 12 conducted an AIM-9X missile live fire from the southern coast of Japan to exercise their air-t...
Australian Indo-Pacific Endeavour returns in force
Indo-Pacific Endeavour (IPE), one of Australia’s key regional engagement activities, returns to Southeast Asia and the Northeast Indian Ocean from ...
Brazilian Air Force delivers H225M helicopter to Brazilian Navy
The São Paulo Aeronautical Material Park (PAMASP), through the Integrated Maintenance Center (CIM), held, on September 14, 2022, a military ceremon...
Brazilian Air Force receives two more F-39 Gripen aircraft
The Brazilian Air Force (FAB) took another step towards the objective of expanding the defense capacity and guaranteeing the sovereignty of the cou...
GA-ASI partners with Indian AI company for multi-domain situational awareness
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) announces that Indian Artificial Intelligence (AI) Company 114ai has become one of its first pa...
Embraer delivers new generation of SABER M60 radars to Brazil
Embraer delivered the first two SABER M60 2.0 version radars to the Brazilian Army, which will be used in their Anti-Aircraft Artillery Units. In a...
Czech pilots have completed their first flights on the new UH-1Y Venom and AH-1Z Viper helicopters
Since July, a group of pilots and on-board technicians from the 22nd Helicopter Air Force Base in Náměště nad Oslavou have been training on the new...
Elbit Systems awarded a $120 Million contract to supply Hermes 900 UAS to the Royal Thai Navy
Elbit Systems Ltd. announced on September 28 that it was awarded a contract valued at $120 million to supply Hermes 900 Maritime Unmanned Air...
US DOD largest telescope receives mirror recoat, preserves space domain awareness
The US Air Force Maui Optical and Supercomputing site’s Advanced Electro-Optical System, or AEOS, the Department of Defense’s largest telescope, me...
Upgraded Ka-52M receives heated blades
MOSCOW, September 28. /TASS-DEFENSE/. Upgraded Ka-52M helicopter is equipped with heated blades against icing, a defense industry source told TASS.
Royal New Zealand Air Force undertakes advanced tactics training in the United States
RNZAF No. 40 Squadron personnel are attending the Advanced Airlift Tactical Training Centre (AATTC), with a C-130 Hercules, to develop the crew’s p...
KAI unveils LUH, Light Utility Helicopter, equipped with kamikaze drones
During the exhibition DX Korea, held from September 21 to September 25, Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) unveiled a variant of its LAH (light attac...
NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen goes live with Digital Tower from Saab
The first digital air traffic control tower is now live and in operation at NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen in Germany. The base is equipped with a sta...
KC-46A cleared for worldwide deployments following first combat refuel
Gen. Mike Minihan, commander of Air Mobility Command, approved the KC-46A Pegasus for worldwide deployments to meet combatant command taskings effe...
Canadian Defence Minister announces enhancements to RCAF mobility capabilities to support Ukraine and other global missions
On September 26, Defence Minister Anita Anand announced that the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) is enhancing its air mobility operations based in ...
US Army Chinooks conduct deck landings on USS Ronald Reagan
Soldiers from B Company, 3-2 General Support Aviation Battalion, 2nd Combat Aviation Brigade conducted deck landings with CH-47F Chinook helicopter...
UK: Royal Air Force completes live fire exercise with the Royal Navy and US on Navy warship
Aircraft from 41 Test and Evaluation Squadron based at RAF Coningsby conducted a long-planned live fire exercise with the Royal Navy, and United St...