Aerospace News
India will receive first five French-made Rafale fighter aircraft next Wednesday
According to information released on The Print website of India on July 26, 2020, five French-made Dassault Rafale fighter aircraft will arrive in ...
First HERON TP MALE UAV for Germany completes first successful flight in Israel
According to information released on the Jerusalem Post website on July 26, 2020, the first Heron MALE TP UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) has complet...
Fourth C-130 retired from Belgian Air Component, seven left, all for sale
The Belgian Air Component (Air Force) on Thursday, July 23, withdrew from service a fourth C-130H Hercules, registered CH-04 in service since Octob...
Leonardo’s M-346 fighter attack begins maiden flight equipped with Grifo radar
On the 13th July, the operational version of the M-346 Fighter Attack, equipped with an optimised variant of Leonardo’s Grifo radar, successfully c...
Government of Chile to buy equipment in order to modernize its F-16 fleet
The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Chile of equipment and related s...
Boeing, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Kratos Unmanned Aerial Systems, and Northrop Grumman Systems awarded U.S. Air Force contract for Skyborg Vanguard Program
According to a notice issued on July 23 by the U.S. DoD, Boeing, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Kratos Unmanned Aerial Systems, and Northrop...
Russian Mi-8AMTSh-VN helicopter starts flight trials
Russian Helicopters Holding began a cycle of flight trials of Mil Mi-8AMTSh-VN combat-transport helicopter. The first flight took place in the Mil ...
U.S. Air Force and India start joint development of UAVs
The US Air Force Research Laboratories have signed an agreement with an Indian startup to jointly research and develop unmanned aerial vehicles (UA...
US 416th Flight Test Squadron tests Gray Wolf prototype cruise missile
The 416th Flight Test Squadron recently completed a round of tests of the Air Force Research Laboratory’s “Gray Wolf” prototype cruise missile at E...
Lockheed Martin receives U.S. Army contract for Hellfire missiles
Lockheed Martin was awarded a $702,881,910 modification to contract W31P4Q-18-C-0130 for the procurement of Hellfire missiles. Work locations and f...
U.S. Air Force to receive the eight F-35A stealth fighters made for Turkish Air Force
The eight Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II originally intended for Turkey will be bought by the U.S. for $ 862 million, according to the press se...
Leonardo DRS awarded $120 Million contract for DAIRCM aircraft protection systems
Leonardo DRS, Inc. announced that it has received a contract from the U.S. Naval Air Systems Command to provide engineering design and test hardwar...
U.S. DoD awards contract to Raytheon Missile Systems for miniature aircraft interceptor self-defense missile
According to a piece of information published on July 21 by the U.S. DoD, Raytheon Missile Systems has been awarded a $375,000,000 indefinite-deliv...
Indonesia offers to buy Austrian Typhoon fighters
After initial clearance from the U.S. State Department to buy Bell Boeing MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft, news broke that Indonesian Defense Mini...
Future combat air concepts continues to drive economic advance across the UK
Seven companies representing the breadth of innovation across the UK have signed agreements to progress opportunities to work on future combat air ...
Japan confirms that F-35B jets will operate from Izumo-class helicopter destroyer
Japan published its 2020 Defense White Paper today and in the section on the F-35B, the government has confirmed that the stealth fighter will oper...
Royal Australian Navy HMAS Ballarat and S-100 Camcopter UAV conduct flight trials
The Royal Australian Navy’s (RAN) Anzac Class frigate, HMAS Ballarat, and an S-100 Camcopter Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) have conducted flight tr...
U.S. Air Force awards billion USD contracts to Lockheed Martin, Collins Aerospace and Leidos for C-130J, USSOCOM and other development programs.
Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $15,000,000,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for C-130J development, integration, retrofit a...
US Air Force conducts test capabilities of KC-46A Pegasus as aeromedical evacuation aircraft
According to information released by the U.S. Air Force on July 15, 2020, U.S. Air Force has conducted test capabilities of the KC-46A Pegasus aeri...
China test fires helicopter-based air-to-ground missile
China recently test-launched a new type of helicopter-based air-to-ground missile, which is at a world-leading level, according to the weapon's dev...
