Aerospace News
Bell Textron to deliver eight UH-1Y and four AH-1Z helicopters to Czech Republic
Bell Textron Inc., Fort Worth, Texas, is awarded a $272,161,641 fixed-price-incentive-firm-target contract for the production and delivery of eight...
Two more P8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft for RAF nearing completion
The next two Boeing P8A (MRA1) Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft are in the final phases of production in Seattle. Once missions systems are instal...
Russian army Southern district receives Mi-28UB helicopter
The 4th air force and defense army of the Southern Military District received Mil Mi-28UB training helicopter. The rotorcraft is deployed in the ai...
Austria will enter negotiations with Indonesia for the sale of 15 Eurofighters
Indonesia has expressed interest in acquiring Austria’s fleet of Eurofighter Typhoon fighter jets, in yet another surprise defense procurement plan...
U.S. and Australian armies demonstrate rapid long-distance airstrike capabilities
The U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Air Force and Australian Defence Force took a major step toward multinational interoperability as a combined task force...
Korea Aerospace Industries launch final assembly of KF-X fighter prototype
According to a press release published on September 3, 2020, Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd.(KAI) announced that the final assembly of the KF-X adv...
US approves the sale of components for C-130 military transport aircraft of France
According to a contract released by the U.S. DoD (Department of Defense on September 2, 2020, the U.S. State Department has made a determination ap...
Canadian CF-18 jets start enhanced Air Policing mission in Romania
The Canadian Armed Forces Air Task Force – Romania formally received their readiness certification from NATO during a certification ceremony held a...
Collective simulations for European improved air training
A new European Defense Agency (EDA) research project, for which the Agency Steering Board has just given its go-ahead, will help participating Memb...
Longbow Ltd to supply mast mounted assembly radar electronics units of AH-64E
Longbow Limited, Orlando, Florida, was awarded a $164,606,754 firm-fixed-price contract for AH-64E helicopter mast mounted assembly/radar electroni...
BAE Systems and Leonardo awarded contract to develop next generation radar for RAF Typhoon
BAE Systems and Leonardo have been awarded a £317m contract to develop the Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA), the European Common Radar Sy...
Raytheon to deliver AIM-120C AMRAAM missiles to Spanish Air Force
According to a notification issued on Sept.2 by the U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency, the U.S. State Department has made a determination ap...
US Army demonstrates Future Vertical Lift aircraft "Raider" and "Defiant" in action
On July 29, 2020, Lockheed Martin and the Sikorsky and Boeing Team demonstrated Future Vertical Lift aircraft in action, showing how RAIDER and DEF...
Northrop Grumman EGI-M navigation system completes Critical Design Review
Northrop Grumman has successfully completed the critical design review (CDR) milestone for the Embedded Global Positioning System (GPS) / Inertial ...
Su-34 bombers to redeploy at reconstructed Voronezh base
An air regiment of Su-34 frontline bombers will redeploy to Baltimore airfield in Voronezh in October. The airbase has been radically upgraded. It ...
Chinese KJ-600 first carrier-based early warning aircraft makes maiden flight
China's first aircraft carrier-based, fixed-wing early warning aircraft, reportedly called the KJ-600, successfully made its maiden flight in late ...
Boeing delivers first MH-47G Block II Chinook helicopter to US Special Forces
According to a press release published on September 1, 2020, Boeing is delivering new technologies and performance improvements to U.S. Special Ope...
Airbus wins contract to procure Spanish NH90 maintenance
According to Infodefensa TV, the Spanish Airbus company has been awarded a €41.7 million contract for the maintenance of Ground Spain Army's NH90 h...
Belgian Air Component withdraws last B-Hunter UAV from service
As announced last June, the Belgian Air Component (Air Force) has withdrawn from service its last Israeli-built B-Hunter UAVs. On 28 August 2020, a...
Schiebel Camcopter S-100 and Nordic Unmanned carry out world’s first full-scale offshore UAV flight
Schiebel, together with partner Nordic Unmanned, successfully demonstrated to Norwegian energy company Equinor the cargo delivery capability of its...
