Aerospace News
B-52, JAS Gripen and F-35 on joint mission over Norway
Four American B-52s recently left Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota. On August 18, they joined two Swedish JAS Gripen and two Norwegian F-35 fig...
Russia tests latest Sirius and Orion drones in joint reconnaissance
PATRIOT PARK /Moscow Region/, August 19. /TASS/. Russia has tested Sirius and Orion unmanned aerial vehicles as part of a reconnaissance/strike sys...
Chile receives Boeing E-3D Sentry aircraft
In Chile, Defense Minister headed reception ceremony for the two Boeing E-3D Sentry Mk 1, from the United Kingdom, aircraft that increase Chi...
US offers 6 Bell AH-1Z and 2 UH-1Y helicopters to Czech Republic
The United States announced on Friday, August 19 that it would donate eight combat and multirole helicopters to the Czech Republic, a member of NAT...
Bulgarian Air Force conducts exercise in Black Sea with its NATO Allies
According to information published by NATO on August 19, 2022, the Bulgarian-led multinational live fly exercise Thracian Viper took place in the B...
Russia deploys hypersonic missiles in Kaliningrad
Russia announced on August 18 that it had deployed planes equipped with state-of-the-art hypersonic missiles to Kaliningrad on Thursday, in a conte...
Delivery of the second Airbus A321LR to the German Air Force
Following the ceremonial handover of the first aircraft in June at ILA Berlin, Lufthansa Technik AG also delivered on August 17 the second Airbus A...
Chinese CH-4 UAV makes maiden flight with upgraded engine
China's independently developed CH-4 drone with an upgraded domestic heavy-fuel engine has recently completed its maiden flight. The domestic engin...
UAC and Russian Defense Ministry discussing development of Su-57 two-seat fighter
PATRIOT PARK /Moscow Region/, August 17. /TASS-DEFENSE/. The United Aircraft Corporation (UAC, part of the Rostec state hi-tech corporation) and th...
Contract for Russian S-70 Okhotnik strategic drone serial supplies to be signed in late 2022
PATRIOT PARK /Moscow Region/, August 17. /TASS-DEFENSE/. The state contract for the supply of S-70 Okhotnik unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) is plan...
US Navy expands CH-53K training with additional simulators
The United States Marines will gain additional training opportunities preparing them to operate the Sikorsky CH-53K heavy lift helicopter. The airc...
UAC manufactures four fifth-generation Su-57 fighters for Russian Aerospace Force
PATRIOT PARK /Moscow Region/, August 17. /TASS-DEFENSE/. Four serial fifth-generation Sukhoi Su-57 multirole fighter jets have already been manufac...
Colorado Guard first to receive modernized helicopter capability
The Colorado National Guard Army Aviation Support Facility received the first two of 18 UH-72B Lakota helicopters purchased by the Department of De...
French Air and Space Force starts Pegase 2022 mission in Asia-Pacific
The intrinsic qualities of air power are responsiveness, power and reach. It is indeed the combination of the performance of the aircraft and ...
GA-ASI tests PT6 E-Series engine from Pratt & Whitney on MQ-9B RPA
On July 29, 2022, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) tested a PT6 E-Series model turboprop engine from Pratt & Whitney Canada ...
Korean Air to develop stealth UAV squadron
Korean Air was selected on August 12 as the preferred bidder for the Korean Agency for Defense Development’s (ADD) “stealth UAV squadron developmen...
US Army Future Vertical Lift eyes future skies
Future conflict is likely to occur over wide areas and across multiple domains, according to recent US Army assessments of the future operational e...
Switzerland could set up a popular vote on US fighter jets purchase
Opponents of the purchase of American F-35A fighter jets by Switzerland filed an initiative on August 16 with the authorities to organize a popular...
Russian company UAC to build four prototypes of Su-75 Checkmate fighter
PATRIOT PARK /Moscow Region/, August 16. /TASS/. The United Aircraft Corporation (part of the state tech corporation Rostec) intends to build four ...
Rostec presents BAS-750 rotary drone for the first time
The Russian Helicopters holding company of the Rostec State Corporation showed a universal unmanned aerial system of the BAS-750 helicopter type. I...