Aerospace News
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 ...
Spangdahlem refuels BTF bombers with VIPER kit for first time
Two B-1B Lancers from Dyess Air Force Base’s 9th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron, currently operating from Royal Air Force Fairford, England, conducted...
L3Harris completes first flight of new US Air Force electronic warfare aircraft
L3Harris Technologies reached a significant milestone in electronic warfare (EW), completing the first flight of what will become the U.S. Air Forc...
US: 53rd unit tests container against chemical and biological attacks
The 28th Test and Evaluation Squadron recently tested a modified shipping container called a Collective Protection Conex against biological and che...
Russian Helicopters will present Ansat and Mi-171A2 at SITDEF-2021
Russian Helicopters holding will take part in the eighth International Exhibition of Defense, Security and Disaster Prevention Technologies SITDEF-...
B-1B Lancers deploy in support of Pacific Air Forces Bomber Task Force mission
U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancers and approximately 200 Airmen deployed from the 28th Bomb Wing, Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., to Naval Support Facilit...
F-15EX undergoes first operational test mission at Nellis AFB
The F-15EX is undergoing its first-ever operational test mission paired with F-15Cs and F-15Es at Nellis Air Force Base Oct. 18-25.
Scorpius T AESA EW threat simulator debuts at exercise Blue Flag 2021
Israel Aerospace Industries' (IAI) subsidiary, ELTA, unveils the Training Scorpius (Scorpius T) system participating in the Blue Flag 2021 military...
US Air Force names Leonardo DRS for range IDIQ support effort contract
Leonardo DRS announced on October 22 that it has been awarded a position on a U.S. Air Force contract to build range electronic warfare threat syst...
Israel Aerospace Industries unveils new communication satellite capabilities
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), in the days leading up to the International Astronautical Congress (IAC) which will be held in Dubai between Oct...
US Air Force Materiel Command reaches IOC as servicing major command for US Space Force
The Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC) declared Initial Operational Capability for its support to the U.S. Space Force (USSF) on Oct. 1, 2021. The I...
Kyrgyzstan buys Turkish Bayraktar TB2 UCAVs
Kamchybek Tashiev, the deputy prime minister of Kyrgyzstan and chairperson of the State Committee for National Security, said that they placed an o...
Bell completes first Bahrain AH-1Z Viper attack helicopter
Bell Textron Inc., a Textron Inc. company, celebrated the completion of the first AH-1Z Viper attack helicopter for the Kingdom of Bahrain on Sept....
Kongsberg awarded MNOK 3 950 contract to supply Joint Strike Missile to Norway fleet of F-35A
Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace AS (KONGSBERG) was awarded a contract with the Norwegian Defence Materiel Agency (NDMA) to supply the Joint Strik...
Leonardo AWHero achieves world first military certification for a Rotary UAS in its category
Leonardo’s leading-edge AWHero RUAS (Rotary Uncrewed Aerial System) has received basic military certification from Italy’s DAAA (Direzione degli Ar...