Aerospace News
Boeing delivers 150th P-8 Maritime Patrol Aircraft with first deliveries to New Zealand, Korea and Germany scheduled for 2022, 2023 and 2024 respectively
The newest Boeing P-8 maritime patrol, reconnaissance aircraft took to the skies over Puget Sound bringing the total number of P-8s delivered to 15...
Sweden to possibly donate Saab JAS 39 Gripen fighters to Ukraine from 2027
According to Boyko Nikolov in BulgarianMilitary.com, in 2027, the Czech Republic will cease operating the JAS 39C Gripen fighters and intends to ar...
Royal Thai Navy to buy seven Hermes 900 UAVs from Elbit Systems
According to The Bangkok Post and The Nation, Vice Adm Pokkrong Monthatphalin, Royal Thai Navy spokesman, revealed that the navy had chosen seven H...
Myanmar Air Force receives first two Su-30 fighter jets from Russia
As reported by the Myanmar/Burmese newspaper The Irrawaddy on July 4, Russia delivered the first two of six new Su-30 jet fighters to Myanmar in Ma...
Northrop Grumman to build new missile integration facility
Northrop Grumman on July 6 announced the construction of a new 113,000-square-foot facility in West Virginia that will increase the company’s capac...
Malaysian Navy receives third AW139 naval helicopter and activates new Squadron 503
As reported by Asia Pacific Defense Journal and several other media, The Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) has formally received and inducted the first tw...
Indian DRDO conducts flight test of Abhyas high-speed expendable aerial target
As reported by Air Force Technology, the Indian Ministry of Defence announced a second successful flight test of the indigenously developed high-sp...
Fire Blade 2022 helicopter exercice promotes European interoperability and multinational deployments
Fire Blade 2022 (FB22), the 16th Blade exercise performed under the frame of the European Defence Agency’s Helicopter Exercise Programme (HEP), was...
Indian DRDO indigenous stealth UCAV makes maiden flight
As reported by Ajai Shukla on ajaishukla.com, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully conducted the maiden flight of ...
Russian Air Force receives first Su-34M front-line bombers
As the press service of the Russian Eastern Military District reported on July 4, 2022, the bomber component of the Air Force and Air Defense Army ...
Elbit Systems to supply DIRCM and airborne EW Self Protection Systems for Asia-Pacific country
Elbit Systems announced on July 5 that it was awarded an $80 million contract to supply Direct Infrared Counter Measures (DIRCM) and airborne Elect...
Frenh DGA receives first renovated MICA combat and self-defense interception missiles
In a tweet sent on 30 June, the DGA (Direction Générale de l'Armement) announced that it had received, on the previous June 7, a first batch of 14 ...
Rheinmetall showcases LUNA Next Generation airsupported reconnaissance system at ILA 2022
Under the motto “Providing friendly forces with the best-possible protection”, Rheinmetall was spotlighting numerous innovations and further develo...
Saab to supply Swedish Air Force with two GlobalEye AEW&C aircraft
On June 30, Saab signed a contract with and received an order from the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) for the GlobalEye Airborne Ear...
US DoD grants contracts to Textron for Tunisian Air Force T-6C and to Lockheed Martin for Korean Air Force F-16s
The U.S. Department of Defense on June 30 announced several contracts, among which two concern foreign air forces: Textron Aviation Defense for Tun...
Chinese PLA Navy transport aircraft hold simulated landing on 3rd carrier to be equipped with cargo planes
As reported by Liu Xuanzun reports in Global Times, the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy recently held simulation training for transport...
European Defence Agency launches call for papers on integration of military air capabilities in changing aviation sector
European Defence Agency (EDA) has launched a second call for papers from the defence industry, academia and research institutes on the topic of Int...
Hensoldt jamming system proves effectiveness against radars of various types
Sensor solution provider Hensoldt has completed extensive ground and field tests with its "Kalaetron Attack" jamming system, confirming its effecti...
Sikorsky to supply US Army with 120 additional H-60M Black Hawk helicopters
The U.S. Department of Defense on June 27 announced that Sikorsky Aircraft was awarded a $2,278,598,185 firm-fixed-price contract for the procureme...
Teledyne FLIR to deliver Black Hornet nano UAVs to Norway
According to a PR published by Teledyne FLIR Defense on June 24, 2022, the firm announced that it has entered into a framework agreement worth up t...