Aerospace News
GA-ASI executes joint training with US Army 7th Special Forces Group Airborne
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) supported a Military Free Fall (MFF) High-Altitude Training exercise for the U.S. Army’s 7th Sp...
DEFIANT helicopter slaloms, lifts external loads and demos single-engine capability
In three demonstrations during the same flight, the Lockheed Martin Sikorsky-Boeing SB>1 DEFIANT helicopter demonstrated it is not only maneuver...
Fleet Readiness Center Western Pacific inducts first US Marine Corps V-22 Osprey for maintenance
Fleet Readiness Center Western Pacific (FRC WESTPAC) is inducting its first United States Marine Corps V-22 Osprey with Japanese industrial partner...
US Air National Guard retires first of 16 E-8C JSTARS aircraft
The Georgia Air National Guard’s 116th Air Control Wing, in cooperation with the 461st Air Control Wing, officially retired the first E-8C Joint Su...
Royal Air Force Typhoons escort Bomber Task Force in Middle East mission
In the early morning of 14th February 2022, Typhoons from Royal Air Force (RAF) Akrotiri, Cyprus joined with a United States Air Force B-52 bomber ...
Russia missile attack early warning system to get new-generation radars by 2030
New-generation radars will make up the mainstay of Russia’s missile attack early warning system by 2030, Head of the Russian Aerospace Force’s Miss...
Bell receives market research investment to advance US DoD High-Speed VTOL capabilities
Bell Textron Inc., a Textron Inc. company, announced its advancement to the next phase of the AFWERX High-Speed Vertical Take-Off and Landing (HSVT...
Tu-160M demonstrated to Russian Minister of Industry and Trade
The newly manufactured Tu-160M was demonstrated to the Minister of Industry and Trade of Russia.
Cockpit avionics upgrade for Peruvian Air Force L-100 transport aircraft
Astronautics Corporation of America’s full cockpit avionics modernization of a second L-100 transport aircraft for the Peruvian Air Force (FAP) has...
Russian Tu-22M3 bombers and MiG-31K fighters deploy to Syria for Mediterranean drills
Tu-22M3 bombers and MiG-31K fighters carrying Kinzhal hypersonic missiles have deployed to Russia’s Hmeymim air base in Syria to participate in the...
Chinese UAV WZ-7 Soar Dragon conducts live combat training
According to information published by the Chinese Ministry of Defense last November, the new Chinese-made WZ-7 "Soar Dragon", High-Altitude Long En...
US Air Force grants F-16 operational clearance for BriteCloud 218 decoy
The United States Air Force (USAF) Seek Eagle Office have cleared Leonardo’s BriteCloud 218 expendable active decoy for operational testing on-boar...
Aircraft plant in Siberia to upgrade Okhotnik UAV production facilities
The Novosibirsk-based Aircraft Plant named after V. Chkalov (an affiliate of the Sukhoi Company) will upgrade Okhotnik UAV production sites and bui...
Finnish Air Force to fly training missions with Belgian Air Component
The Finnish Air Force will fly training missions with the Belgian Air Force on 16‒17 February 2022. The missions will involve two Finnish and two B...
Philippine Army welcomes back the return of Cessna 421B Golden Eagle
In Philippines, the Aviation “Hiraya” Regiment welcomed back the return of the Cessna 421B Golden Eagle , 09 February 2022 at its Headquarters in F...
Silent Arrow GD-2000 cargo drone awarded US DoD Warfighter Lab Incentive Fund contract
On February 14, Silent Arrow announced that the company’s GD-2000 UAS platform was selected for a U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), Warfighter Lab ...
US and UK armies agree to share Future Vertical Lift program info
Army leaders from the United States and United Kingdom signed a Future Vertical Lift Cooperative Program Feasibility Assessment project arrangement...
South Korea selects Boeing to support readiness for F-15K, CH-47 and AEW&C fleets
Boeing has received three performance based logistics (PBL) contracts from the Republic of Korea's Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA...
A330 SMART MRTT auto refuelling system completes development phase
The Airbus A330 Multi Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) aircraft has completed its automatic refuelling system (A3R) development phase after a successfu...
UK and Japan start research on JAGUAR Universal Advanced RF system
Japanese MOD and UK MOD have started a cooperative research on the technology demonstrator of a Japan and Great Britain Universal Advanced RF syste...
