Aerospace News
BAE Systems to provide Identification Friend-or-Foe Technology for E-2D Hawkeye
The U.S. Navy has awarded BAE Systems a $26 million contract for Identification Friend-or-Foe (IFF) spares for the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft. ...
Bulgaria and USA practice low-level tactical flights and airdrop drills in exercise Thracian Summer 21
Bulgarian and American service members participated in the air exercise Thracian Summer 2021, August 17 – September 7. The exercise allowed both Al...
Russian jets arrive in Belarus for joint training
Russian Su-30SM fighter jets arrived in Belarus to create a joint training center of the two countries, the Belarussian Defense Ministry said.
Royal Air Force hands over the NATO enhanced Air Policing mission in Romania to the Royal Canadian Air Force
The RAF detachment that has been conducting the NATO enhanced Air Policing Mission in Romania has handed over the mission to the Royal Canadian Air...
L-3 Communications wins $173M to support Missile Defense Agency Airborne Sensors Program
L-3 Communications Integrated Systems L.P., doing business as L3 Aeromet, Tulsa, Oklahoma, is being awarded an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quant...
India to convert six civil A319s from Air India into AEW aircraft
The Indian Cabinet Committee on Security approved six new made-in-India Airborne Early Warning and Control aircraft (AEW&C).
India to procure 56 C-295MW transport aircraft
In India, the Cabinet Committee on Security approved the procurement of 56 C-295MW transport aircraft. A total of 40 aircraft will be manufact...
Russia and Syria hold first joint exercise of helicopter pilots in desert
Russia and Syria has held the first-ever joint exercise of helicopter pilots in the deserts of the Syrian Arab Republic, the chief of Russia’s air ...
Collins Aerospace awarded three agreements for US Air Force U-2 program
Collins Aerospace was awarded an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) sustainment contract for the U.S. Air Force’s (USAF) U-2 program wi...
Official creation of Franco-German C-130J squadron
On 30 August 2021, the German Minister of Defence Mrs. Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer met with her French counterpart, Mrs. Florence Parly, in Paris. O...
Northrop Grumman demonstrates connectivity for Long Range Command and Control
Northrop Grumman Corporation successfully demonstrated a data link for connecting aircraft in highly contested airspace for long-range command and ...
Archer Aviation enters agreement with US Air Force to collaborate on eVTOL flight testing
Archer Aviation Inc., a leading developer of all-electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, announced an agreement with the USAF to es...
Arktika-M satellite completes flight trials
The flight trials of the Arktika-M hydrometeorological satellite have been completed, a recommendation for commissioning is obtained, according to ...
Airbus delivers first UH-72B Lakota helicopter to US Army National Guard
Airbus Helicopters, Inc. has delivered the first UH-72B, the latest variant of its Lakota helicopter, to the U.S. Army National Guard from its prod...
Sikorsky-Boeing delivers Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft proposal early to US Army
On September 7, the Sikorsky-Boeing team released the following statement on the early submittal of the proposal for DEFIANT X for the U.S. Ar...
Finnish Air Force practices air-to-air refueling exercise with US Air Force
Finnish Air Force F/A-18 Hornets will train with a United States Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker aerial refueling aircraft on 7–9 September 2021.
Argentine Air Force receives first Beechcraft TC-12B Huron
The Argentine Air Force has received its first Beechcraft TC-12B/UC-12B HURONs, which arrived at I Air Brigade in El Palomar on 25 August. A total ...
BAE Systems selected by DARPA to design a full scale demonstrator concept with Active Flow Control at its core
The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) awarded the contract to BAE Systems to design a full scale demonstrator concept with Act...
Turkish Air Force receives first KC-135R upgraded to Block 45 standard
The Turkish Ministry of Defense announced that the first KC-135R Block 45 aircraft, whose modernization has been completed, has been delivered.
Belarus ramps up modernization of R-27 air-to-air missiles
The Belarussian defense industry is ramping up modernization and refurbishment of Vympel R-27 (NATO reporting name: AA-10 Alamo) air-to-air missile...
