Aerospace News
Rostec will show the Checkmate fighter abroad for the first time at Dubai Airshow-2021
Rostec will present a new Russian fifth-generation Checkmate aircraft at the Dubai Airshow-2021 international air show, which will be held from Nov...
US Air Force awards F-15EX engine contract to General Electric
The United States Air Force awarded a $1,579,662,187 contract to General Electric, GE Edison Works, Cincinnati, Oct. 29, for the purchase of 29 eng...
Spanish firm Indra unveils Talium tactical mission system
According to a press release published by Indra on November 2, 2021, the company has just unveiled one of the most advanced tactical mission system...
Boeing delivers first KC-46A aircraft to Japanese Air Force
According to a press release published by Boeing on November 2, 2021, the company has delivered its first KC-46A tanker to the Japan Air Self-Defen...
Brazilian and Swedish air forces about to receive first Saab Gripen E fighters
The first production Saab Gripen E fighters are being completed and should be dispatched in 2022, Ricardo Meier reports in Air Data News. About 30 ...
Russia ready to supply Mi-171Sh helicopters to Peruvian Air Force
According to information published by Tass on October 29, 2021, Moscow is ready to supply combat aircraft to Peru if the country makes a request, C...
UK: First air-to-air refuelling for Royal Air Force A400M Atlas
According to information published by the Royal Air Force on October 28, 2021, in trials conducted recently by RAF Brize Norton based 206 Squadron,...
Royal Air Force tests TPS-75 ground deployable radar
According to information published by the Royal Air Force on October 28, 2021, the Control and Reporting Center team at the 84th Radar Evaluation S...
Uruguay will soon receive a Bell 212 helicopter from the US
According to information published by Scramble on October 26, 2021, the Bell 212 helicopter will soon be delivered to the Uruguayan Air Force by th...
Ilyushin to gather Russian aircraft manufacturers under its wing
Ilyushin Aviation Complex was joined by the Ulyanovsk Aviastar-SP, Voronezh-based VASO, Myasishchev Design Bureau, as well as companies IL-Resource...
Rheinmetall and Thales to continue taking care of Tiger helicopter simulators in France and Germany
Together with its partner Thales, Rheinmetall will continue to look after the helicopter simulators used for training crews of the Tiger attack hel...
US Space Systems Command awards L3Harris contract to upgrade Counter Communications Systems
L3 Harris Technologies Inc., Melbourne, Florida, has been awarded a $120,766,929 fixed-price incentive-firm contract for a ground-based, deployable...
UK extends Royal Air Force RC-135 Rivet Joint electronic surveillance aircraft support contract
UK’s three RC-135 Rivet Joint electronic surveillance aircraft will benefit from an extension to the support arrangement with the US Government unt...
Two Russian Tu-22M3 bombers perform scheduled flight over Black Sea
Two Russian Tupolev Tu-22M3 long-range bombers performed a scheduled flight over the Black Sea, Russia’s Defense Ministry reported on October 26.
France: Successful launch for Syracuse 4A, a latest generation military satellite
October 24, 2021 is an important date for the French defense space program. The Guyanese Space Center, based in Kourou, was the scene of the succes...
US Air Force Eielson F-35s participate in Weapons System Evaluation Program prior to Pacific deployment
The 356th Fighter Squadron made history as the first F-35A Lightning II unit in the Pacific Air Forces to participate in an air-to-air weapons eval...
US Air Force awards Georgia Tech contract for Advanced Radar Threat System ARTS-V1
Georgia Tech Applied Research Corp., Atlanta, Georgia, has been awarded a $770,000,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for Advance...
Kratos awarded new US Air Force Program of $17.6 Million to develop and test jet UAS for manned-unmanned teaming
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc., a leading National Security Solutions provider, announced on Octobr 26 that Kratos Unmanned Systems ...
US Air Force partners with Twelve to convert CO2 into operationally viable aviation fuel
What if you could access fuel from anywhere on the planet, at any time, no tanker required? The US Air Force thinks it’s possible with ground-break...
Rostec completed factory testing of spy drone sound detection system
The Ataka-Shorokh acoustic reconnaissance module, created by the specialists of the subsidiary holding Ruselectronics, has successfully passed the ...