Aerospace News
BAE Systems and Malloy Aeronautics to explore the development of an all-electric heavy lift UAS
BAE Systems and Malloy Aeronautics have announced plans to explore the development of an all-electric ‘heavy lift’ uncrewed air system (UAS) as a p...
Leonardo contracts next stage of Tempest flight test aircraft Excalibur
Leonardo has placed the latest in a series of contracts with UK-based aviation services company 2Excel to commence the next stage of the Tempest fl...
Belarus tests new radars during exercise at Ashuluk range
The Belarusian military has tested new radars during an exercise at the Ashuluk range in the Astrakhan Region, Russia, according to State Military-...
UAV Corp announces successful pre-flight testing of DATT MA 600 hybrid electric airship prototype under US Air Force AFWERX
UAV Corp’s Skyborne Technology (STI), Research in Flight (RIF) as Prime contractor, Auburn University and Gulf Coast State College have successfull...
USA: CH-53K King Stallion logs first successful fleet mission
The US Marine Cops CH-53K King Stallion successfully recovered a US Navy MH-60S Knighthawk helicopter from Mount Hogue in the White Mountains of Ca...
Royal Air Force next-generation Remotely Piloted Aircraft takes to UK skies
A pre-production example of the UK’s new Protector aircraft has taken to the UK skies as part of preparations for the arrival of Protector to RAF W...
Northrop Grumman demonstrates Next Generation Electronic Warfare and radar interoperability at Northern Lightning
Making its first test flight, the Northrop Grumman Corporation Next Generation Electronic Warfare (NGEW) system joined the AN/APG-83 Scalable Agile...
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 ...