Aerospace News
US Air Force tests StormBreaker smart weapon on F-35 fighter jet
According to a recent news release from Raytheon, the first-ever StormBreaker munition drop test from an F-35 was conducted in late 2021 to test th...
US Air Force orders 15 redesigned Silent Arrow cargo drones
Silent Arrow announced the United States Air Force, through the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), has awarded the company a contract entitled “...
Royal Thai Air Force awards contract for fleet of Beechcraft AT-6 aircraft
Textron Aviation Defense LLC announced a $143 million contract with the Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) for an Integrated System in support of the 41st...
Four modernized L-39s handed over to Kazakhstan
Aero Vodochody and OMNIPOL handed over four overhauled L-39C aircraft to the Kazakh Air Force in October 2021. The overhaul also included an extens...
Technodinamika has created a simulator for the Il-76MD aircraft
The Technodinamika holding of the Rostec State Corporation has equipped the training center of the Federal Service of the National Guard of the Rus...
Russia testing MiG-31 fighter with fly-by-wire control system
Russia is carrying out state trials of the upgraded MiG-31 fighter-interceptor with a fly-by-wire control system, managers of the Sokol aviation en...
Rheinmetall takes over activities of unmanned air vehicle maker EMT
As part of its digitization strategy, Rheinmetall AG of Düsseldorf is taking over the activities of EMT, a well-known German unmanned aerial vehicl...
F-15Es take part in weapons evaluations, enhance readiness
F-15E Strike Eagles from US Air Combat Command participated in Dual Capable Aircraft Nuclear Weapons System Evaluation Program at Nellis Air Force ...
Croatia and France finalize Rafale acquisition
At a ceremony attended by the President of the French Republic Emmanuel Macron and the Prime Minister of the Croatian Republic Andrej Plenković, th...
Final exercise of the Finnish Air Force mass training season in Oulunsalo
The Lapland Air Force will organize the final exercise of the Air Force conscripts' mass training period (JPH 2/21) at the Oulunsalo base on 26 Nov...
Gripen E entering serial delivery phase for Brazilian and Swedish Air Forces
On November 24, Saab held a high-level meeting with authorities from Brazil and Sweden to present the first six serial production Gripen E aircraft...
Boeing to deliver additional Chinook helicopters to US Army Special Operations
Boeing will build six more MH-47G Block II Chinooks for the U.S. Army Special Operations Aviation Command as part of a $246.48 million contract.
Sikorsky signs reseller agreement with CIAC
Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company and the Corporación de la Industria Aeronáutica de Colombia S.A. (CIAC) have signed a reseller agreement allowi...
Royal Air Force completes Exercise Magic Carpet 2021 in Oman
A detachment from the Royal Air Force (RAF) has completed a busy two-week flying programme in which over 112 sorties were flown involving UK and Om...
EDGE and GIFAS ink deal to take UAE-Franco aerospace and defence collaboration to new heights
EDGE, UAE’s leading advanced technology group for defence and beyond, announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with The Gro...
DroneShield selected by Australian MoD for work on AI-enabled computer-vision search, track and classification techniques
DroneShield has been selected by the Australian MoD for a Phase 2 (prototyping) Defence Innovation Hub Contract, as part of a $10 million Artificia...
Progress on X-59 QueSST, quiet supersonic research aircraft
The NASA and Lockheed Martin team behind the X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology (QueSST) have recently removed the aircraft from its jig system, or e...
Ka-226T to complete certification in 2022
Russian Helicopters Holding plans to complete the certification of the latest Ka-226T multirole helicopter in 2022, CEO Andrey Boginsky told TASS.
Batch production of Mi-26T2V helicopter to begin in 2022
The permission for batch production of the world’s heaviest Mi-26T2V military transport helicopter will be obtained by the yearend, Russian Helicop...
Saab launches a new mobile high-mast solution for the Giraffe 4A radar
Saab launches a new mobile high-mast solution with the Finnish partner Conlog Oy, for fast and efficient deployment in order to meet modern threats...