Aerospace News
Citadel Defense secures new $5M C-UAS contract from US DoD
Citadel Defense has received a follow-on urgent contract award from the U.S. Department of Defense to protect servicemen and servicewomen from smal...
B-2 Spirit aircraft conclude historic Bomber Task Force
B-2 Spirit aircraft from the 509th Bomb Wing, Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, flew the final mission of the most recent Bomber Task Force deploy...
Russian latest Il-112V military transport plane successfully completes 2nd test flight
Russia’s latest Il-112V military transport plane successfully completed its second flight from the airfield of the Voronezh Aviation Plant on March...
Saab trials 3D-printed part on Gripen for battlefield damage repairs
Saab has successfully conducted the trial which marked the first time an exterior 3D-printed part has been flown on a Gripen, rather than internal ...
Russia: Central Military District integrates Orlan-10 UAVs with BM-21 Grad MRLs
The units of the Central Military District (CMD) have integrated their BM-21 Grad 122 mm multiple rocket launch (MRL) systems with Orlan-...
Japan Coast Guard to add two H225 helicopters to its fleet
Japan Coast Guard (JCG) will expand its fleet with two new H225 helicopters, taking its total Super Puma fleet up to 17, comprising two AS332s and ...
Sikorsky and DARPA fly OPV Black Hawk helicopter with supervised autonomy
Sikorsky and the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) are working to dramatically improve flight safety and operations so humans ...
Altius becomes first Russian drone with satellite communications
Altius unmanned aerial vehicle is the first Russian drone equipped with satellite communications, Chief Designer of the vehicle Ilya Matveev told R...
Akinci combat drone 3rd prototype completes maiden flight
The third prototype for Turkey’s state-of-the-art unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) Akinci has completed its maiden flight, Selçuk Bayraktar, t...
British Army Apache helicopters tested in the arctic circle
In recent weeks, UK's Apache Attack Helicopter pilots and crew have been training in challenging arctic conditions on Exercise Clockwork, to ensure...
Raytheon awarded contract for Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles
Raytheon Missiles and Defense, Tucson, Arizona, has been awarded a $518,443,821 firm-fixed-price, incentive contract for Advanced Medium Range Air-...
Singapore receives its first H225M helicopter
The Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) has taken delivery of its first H225M helicopter in Singapore.
Norwegian F-35 aircraft take part in Red-Flag exercise
For the first time in history, Norwegian F-35 aircraft are used in exercise "Red-Flag" at Nellis Airforce Base in Nevada.
Royal Saudi Air Force to participate with US and Pakistan air forces in ACES Meet 2021-1 exercise
Contingents of Royal Saudi Air Force arrived at an operational airbase of Pakistan Air Force on March 26 to participate in a two-week long multinat...
Nigeria receives JF-17 Thunder fighter jets from Pakistan
The Nigerian Air Force received three JF-17 multirole fighters from Pakistan. Since mid-2020, Nigerian Air Force pilots and crew for the...
Ilyushin Il-112V airlifter to make second flight on March 30
The light Il-112V airlifter will make its second test flight on March 30 from the airfield of Voronezh Aircraft Plant, a source in the industry tol...
Ilyushin Il-76MD-90A airlifters used to design specialized aircraft
New design methods and technologies allow developing a family of special-designation aircraft on the basis of Il-76MD-90A airlifters, the United Ai...
Kongsberg signs agreement with Lockheed Martin for part deliveries to F-35
Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace has signed a new agreement with Lockheed Martin Aeronautics worth 1.750 mn NOK for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter ...
GA-ASI Gray Eagle surpasses 1 million flight hours
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) announced on March 24 that the family of Gray Eagle Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) surpass...
AeroVironment awarded $21 million contract option for Raven radio frequency modifications under existing US Army FCS contract
AeroVironment, Inc., a global leader in Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), announced on March 25 that the United States Army exercised the second of ...