Aerospace News
QinetiQ sells 59 Banshee Whirlwind targets to Indonesia
QinetiQ’s Target Systems business signed a contract to supply 59 unmanned Banshee Whirlwind targets to Indonesia in May 2019, helping the customer ...
Su-35S to fire R-37M missile
Su-35S multirole fighter jets will be able to fire R-37M air-to-air guided missiles. They will destroy targets in a radius of 200 km and provide an...
GA-ASI flies SkyGuardian in joint flight demonstration with NASA
On April 3rd, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA‑ASI) flew its SkyGuardian Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) in the skies above Southern ...
Lockheed Martin awarded contract for F-16 Block 70 production for Bulgaria
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics, Ft. Worth, Texas, has been awarded a $512,004,418 firm-fixed-price contract for F-16 Block 70 production for the Repub...
Japan Coast Guard orders two more H225 helicopters
Japan’s largest Super Puma operator, Japan Coast Guard (JCG), has placed a new order of two H225 helicopters. This follow-on order brings JCG’s Sup...
US Air Force and Boeing agree on final KC-46 RVS 2.0 design
The US Air Force and Boeing reached two agreements April 2 to implement a final KC-46A Pegasus Remote Vision System design, known as RVS 2.0, and h...
Boeing has delivered first CH-47F Chinook helicopter to Royal Netherlands Air Force
Boeing recently delivered the first CH-47F Chinook with an upgraded cockpit to the Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF), continuing a track record o...
Boeing will deliver three additional MQ-25 unmanned refueling aircraft to US Navy
The U.S. Navy has awarded Boeing a contract modification for three additional MQ-25 unmanned aerial refueling aircraft, bringing the total number o...
Delivery of HC-130J Combat King II for US Air Force Reserve
Lockheed Martin delivered the U.S. Air Force Reserve’s first HC-130J Combat King II today to a crew from the 920th Rescue Wing (RQW) from Patrick A...
New generation of Dornier Seastar completed first flight
The prototype SN1003, a New Generation of the Dornier Seastar amphibious aircraft successfully performed its first flight today at Oberpfaffenhofen...
Japan plans to develop its own stealth fighter
Rejecting designs from Lockheed Martin, Boeing and BAE Systems, Japan is planning to develop a stealth fighter domestically.
Turkish medical aid arrives in Spain and Italy
An Airbus A-400M Atlas cargo plane of the Turkish Air Force carrying medical supplies donated by Turkey reached Spain and Italy on Wednesday, 1 Apr...
Lockheed Martin awarded $23M contract to integrate the government of Belgium into F-35 enterprise
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is awarded a $22,902,038 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract that integrates the government of Belgium...
India completes production of Su-30MKI fighters
India’s aerospace corporation Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has completed the licensed production of 272 Sukhoi Su-30MKI (NATO reporting...
Cobham secures DE&S anti-jam satellite signal contract
Cobham Aerospace Connectivity announces that it has been awarded a contract by the UK MOD’s Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S) to research Ad...
General Atomics completes first production-representative MQ-9B SkyGuardian
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has completed the first production-representative MQ-9B SkyGuardian Remotely Piloted Aircraft (...
US approves sale of F-16 upgrades for South Korean Air Force
The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Republic of Korea to upgrade its F-16 Block 32 airc...
Tupolev completes upgrade of Tu-95MS strategic bombers
The Tupolev Aircraft Company (part of Russia’s United Aircraft Corporation) has completed the small upgrade of the first batch of Tu-95MS strategic...
Boeing receives $1.5 Billion P-8A Poseidon contract from US Navy
The U.S. Navy awarded Boeing a $1.5 billion production contract for the next 18 P-8A Poseidon aircraft. The contract includes eight aircraft ...
Lockheed Martin awarded contract for night vision targeting sensor systems services
Lockheed Martin Corp., Orlando, Florida, was awarded a $7,590,200 cost-no-fee, cost-plus-fixed-fee, firm-fixed-price contract for post-production s...