Aerospace News
EDA Helicopter Exercise Programme Fire Blade 2022 kicks off in Hungary
Fire Blade 2022, the 16th helicopter exercise organised under the umbrella of the European Defence Agency’s Helicopter Exercise Programme (HEP), ki...
BAE Systems airborne anti-jam GPS receiver broadens compatibility with inertial navigation systems
BAE Systems expanded the capabilities of its Digital GPS Anti-Jam Receiver (DIGAR) by enabling beamforming with Trimble receivers in addition to it...
US Air Force's Next Generation fighter NGAD reaches new phase
According to information published by Opex 360 on June 2, 2022, the United States Air Force's Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) reaches a new ph...
Boeing teams with Canadian industry to offer P-8A Poseidon for CMMA Canadian Multi-Mission Aircraft requirement
Boeing and several Canadian industry partners announced on June 1 their intent to collaborate to provide the capability and sustainability of the p...
NATO conducts drills in Norway with Sweden and Finland Air Forces
According to information published by NATO on June 3, 2022, the Royal Norwegian Air Force is for the first time, leading an advanced cooperative ex...
BAE Systems deploys its Automated Flight Planning Service to the cloud
BAE Systems’ Mobility Air Forces Automated Flight Planning Service, or MAFPS, is transitioning operations to Cloud One, one of the first mission-cr...
US considers selling 4 MQ-1C Grey Eagle MALE UAVs to Ukraine
According to Reuters, the U.S. is considering selling – not giving – four MQ-1C Grey Eagle MALE [Medium Altitude Long Range] drones to Ukraine, a U...
Thirty Chinese aircraft entered Taiwan defense zone
According to information published by the Ministry of Defense of Taiwan on May 30, 2022, thirty People's Liberation Army Air Force (Chinese Air For...
Sukhoi and MiG merge with United Aircraft Corporation
MOSCOW, June 2. /TASS-DEFENSE/. The Sukhoi and MiG companies have merged with the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC), the UAC press office said: “Re...
Indian Air Force and Navy fighter jets to be armed with Astra Mk-I air-to-air missiles
According to Air Force Technology, the Indian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has signed a contract with Bharat Dynamics (BDL) to procure Astra MK-I beyo...
Royal Thai Army to procure 9 more UH-60A Black Hawk helicopters
As reported by Defense Studies, the Department of Transportation of the Royal Thai Army on its website on May 27, 2022, announced it would purchase...
Turkish Baykar showcases AKINCI UAV in Baku's festival
According to information published by Azernews on May 23, 2022, Turkey’s Bayraktar Akinci unmanned combat aerial vehicles have landed in Azerbaijan...
Russian strategic S-70B Okhotnik UAV fires air-to-ground guided missiles
The prototype of the heavy unmanned aerial vehicle Sukhoi S-70 Okhotnik, as part of flight tests, launched air-to-surface guided missiles and hit s...
Royal Norwegian Air Force receives third P-8 Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft
According to information published by Royal Norwegian Air Force on May 27, 2022, the third out of five P-8 Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft has ar...
BTCL Bell Textron to extend life of Royal Canadian Air Force fleet of 85 CH‑146 Griffon helicopters
On May 30, François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, on behalf of Filomena Tassi, Minister of Public Services and ...
Iranian Army unveils underground drone facility
As reported by UAS Vision, the Iranian state television on May 29 broadcasted footage of an air force base for drones under the Zagros mountain ran...
US approves sale of CH-47F Chinook helicopters to Egypt
According to information published by the US government on May 30, 2022, the State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign...
PLA Chinese Air Force J-16 fighter jets deployed in joint strategic patrol with Russian Air Force
In the first such move, China's state broadcaster revealed on May 29 that the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force deployed fighter jet...
Netherlands Air Force to get AIM-9X Block II Sidewinder missiles
The U.S. Defense Coopêration Agency announced on May 26 that the State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sa...
Aeronautics unveils Orbiter 4 tactical UAS with VTOL kit
Aeronautics Group, a provider of integrated holistic solutions based on unmanned systems platforms, payloads and communications for defense and HLS...