Aerospace News
Su-57 to get electric drivers
The hydraulic systems of the fifth-generation Su-57 fighter jet will be replaced by electric engines to decrease the signature,...
Agility Prime kicks off
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the Air Force and its partners pushed forward with the kickoff of Agility Prime this week. The objective of the week...
Northrop Grumman to develop net-centric gateway
Northrop Grumman Corporation is rapidly working on developing and fielding a gatewayONE prototype, an open system enabling translation and communic...
Four fighter jets F-35A from Hill AFB will be on loan to the 354th FW at Eielson AFB
The U.S. Air Force’s first combat-coded F-35A Lightning II wing is sending aircraft to the Air Force’s newest F-35A wing to help speed their stand-...
Philippines has requested to United States to buy 6 AH-64E Apache attack helicopters
On April 30, 2020, the U.S. State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of the Philippin...
General Atomics Aeronautical System partners with Australia to Develop heat exchanger for UAVs
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has partnered with Australia-based Conflux Technology on the development of a heat exchanger. T...
Philippines will acquire 6 AH-1Z attack helicopters from United States
On April 30, 2020, the U.S. State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of the Philippin...
Lockheed Martin awarded contract for the first phase of satellite integration on DARPA's Blackjack program
DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) has awarded Lockheed Martin a $5.8 million contract for the first phase of satellite integration ...
Saab delivers the first GlobalEye to United Arab Emirates
Saab delivered the first GlobalEye Swing Role Surveillance System aircraft to the United Arab Emirates on 29 April 2020.
Boeing awarded $8.7M for crew rest modification efforts on US Air Force C-32 fleet
Boeing Aerospace Operations Inc., St. Louis, Missouri, has been awarded an $8,733,007 firm-fixed-price task order FA8134-20-F-5701 against basic co...
F-16 Operational Flight Program delivers new capabilities
F-16 Operational Flight Program (OFP) M-series 7.2+ was released in April 2020 to more than 600 Block 40/42/50/52 F-16s delivering a wide range of ...
US Government approves a possible sale of AGM-84L Harpoon Block II Air Launched missiles to Morocco
On April 14, the US State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Morocco of ten (10) A...
AeroVironment unveils Quantix Recon, fully-automated hybrid VTOL UAS
AeroVironment, Inc., a global leader in unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), announced the availability of Quantix Recon, a lightweight, rapidly deploy...
Russian MoD receives two upgraded Tu-160
The Russian Defense Ministry accepted two strategic Tu-160 bombers (named the Ivan Yarygin and the Vasily Reshetnikov) from Kazan Aircraft Plant, R...
Saab completed first air trials with its new fighter X-band AESA radar
Saab has successfully completed the first air trials with its new fighter X-band Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar, which will be ...
Third Upgraded ATL2 Maritime Patrol Aircraft transfer for the French Navy
The third Atlantique 2 (ATL2) maritime patrol aircraft (MPA) upgraded by Dassault Aviation, Thales and Naval Group was delivered by DGA to the Fren...
Cambodia believed to be first customer of Chinese-made FTC-2000G multirole aircraft
Cambodia might be the first buyer of the FTC-2000G multi-role aircraft manufactured by the Chinese company Guizhou Aircraft Industry Corp (GAIC), h...
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to receive Fotros strategic UAVs
The Armed Land Forces of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) will operate the Fotros strategic Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) for use.
US navy has taken delivery of final Block II Super Hornet aircraft
Since 2005, F/A-18 Super Hornet Block II aircraft have been rolling off Boeing’s production line and serving as the U.S. Navy’s multi-mission capab...
Textron Aviation has delivered first two Cessna Citation Latitude aircraft to Japan Air Self-Defense Force
Textron Aviation Inc., a Textron company, recently delivered the first two Cessna Citation Latitude aircraft configured for flight inspection missi...