Aerospace News
Indian Ministry of Defense approves the purchase of 106 local-made HHT-40 trainer aircraft
According to news released by The Print website on August 11, 2020, the Indian Defense Ministry has approved the purchase of 106 local-made HHT-40 ...
US Air Force HH-60W Jolly Green II combat rescue helicopter conducts first aerial refueling
According to information released by the U.S. Air Force website on 10 August 2020, a new U.S. Air Force HH-60W Jolly Green II combat rescue helicop...
US Air Force conducts test-launch of AGM-183A hypersonic weapon from B-52 bomber
According to information published by the United States Air Force on August 8, 2020, the U.S. Air Force took another step towards fielding a hypers...
Textron Aviation receives a contract to deliver two Cessna Grand Caravan EX aircraft for Rwanda
According to a press release published by Textron on August 11, 2020, Textron Aviation announced it was awarded a contract by ATI Engineering Servi...
Royal Australian Air Force EA-18G Growlers to get even better capabilities
Australia has expanded its partnership with the United States to develop the Next Generation Jammer system for the EA-18G Growler. Minister for Def...
Airbus Military receives a contract from US SOCOM to modernize CASA 212-200 CC60 aircraft
According to a contract released by the U.S. DoD, on August 7, 2020, Airbus DS Military Aircraft Inc., Mobile, Alabama, was awarded a $10,000,000 m...
US Air Force conducts exercise with F-35 fighter to evaluate air defense of B-2 and RQ-170
According to information published by the U.S. Air Force on August 6, 2020, the U.S. Force 53d Test and Evaluation Group planned and executed a $1....
Ankara accelerates production of TFX 5th Gen Turkish fighter jets
Turkish Aerospace confirms that the TF-X 5th Gen Turkish Fighter will exit the production line on 18 March 2023. A brand new factory within the Tur...
Stealth Black Hawk helicopter used by US Special Forces during Bin Laden raid
According to a Tweet published on the Twitter account jmscaronte on August 4, 2020, the first picture released on the Internet showing a modified v...
Russia wants first S-70 Okhotnik Hunter UAV in 2024 to fly along Su-57 stealth jets
The first Sukhoi S-70 Okhotnik (“Hunter”) attack drone should be delivered to the Russian military in 2024 after the Ministry of Defense demanded t...
Two upgraded Kamov Ka-52M Alligators to be produced in 2020
The first two upgraded Ka-52M « Alligator » attack helicopters have to be ready by the end of 2020. The deadline was fixed by the Defense Ministry....
French Ministry of Defense receives first ALSR light surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft
French Directorate General of Armament (DGA), on July 31, received the first of two light surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft (Avions Légers d...
Chinese army Z-10 attack helicopters conduct sea-crossing assault drills on PLA Navy warship
CAIC Z-10 attack helicopters attached to the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Army recently conducted a series of sea-crossing assault drills on a Na...
Lockheed to supply low frequency sonars for Danish and Indian MH-60R Seahawks helicopter
Lockheed Martin has won a $181.7 million to produce and deliver 39 AN/AQS-22 Airborne Low-Frequency Sonars (ALFS) to the USN and FMS customers, for...
U.S. 101st Combat Aviation Brigade in France for Atlantic Resolve 2020
The 101st Airborne Division, 101st Combat Aviation Brigade, 96th Aviation Support Battalion, is the sixth aviation rotation for Atlantic Resolve 20...
Boeing to supply nine additional MH-47G Chinook Block II helicopters to U.S. Army Special Operations Aviation Command
Boeing has received a $265M order to manufacture and supply an additional nine Block II Chinook helicopters to the U.S. Army's Special Operations A...
European Multinational Helicopter Training Centre MHTC sets course for Portugal
Having to let go of something close, doesn’t need to have a sense of loss. When the European Defence Agency (EDA) sees its home-grown Helicopter Ex...
Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing System JHMCS II undergoes flight testing aboard F-16V
JHMCS II, the newest member of the Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing System family of products, is being flight tested aboard the Lockheed Martin F-16V f...
Successful first test flight of the first Belgian Air Component A400M Atlas
On Thursday, July 30, the Airbus A400M Atlas bearing the serial number MSN106 successfully completed its first test flight at the end of the aftern...
Chinese Navy J-15 carrier-based fighters complete nighttime buddy refuelling in flight
Recently, two J-15 carrier-based fighter jets attached to a ship-borne aviation unit under the PLA Navy (PLAN) have successfully completed the nigh...
