Aerospace News
Boeing awarded $2.6 Billion for fifth KC-46A tanker production lot
The U.S. Air Force today awarded Boeing a $2.6 billion contract for 15 KC-46A tanker aircraft, spares, support equipment, spare engines and wing ai...
UK: Advanced Typhoon delivered to the Royal Air Force
BAE Systems handed over the jet as work continues on delivering the capabilities required to ensure Typhoon remains the operationally-effective bac...
Boeing awarded contract for GBU-57A/B Massive Ordnance Penetrator
The Boeing Corp., St. Louis, Missouri, has been awarded a $70,000,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for the procurement of GBU-5...
Raytheon awarded contract for StormBreaker Small Diameter Bomb II
Raytheon Missile Systems, Tucson, Arizona, has been awarded a $200,000,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for Small Diameter Bomb...
Russia to carry out observation flight over Hungary
Russian pilots will perform an observation flight over Hungary from September 30 until October 4, the Krasnaya Zvezda (Red Star) newspaper reported...
US Army awards Lockheed Martin contract to develop Sentinel A4 radar
Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $281 million contract by the United States Army to develop the Sentinel A4 radar system.
US Army testing modernized UH-60V Black Hawk digital cockpit
Combat aviators are conducting operational tests of Army modernization efforts using three UH-60V Black Hawk helicopters.
Russia’s latest attack drone Okhotnik performs 1st joint flight with Su-57 fifth-generation plane
Russia’s latest Okhotnik (Hunter) heavy attack drone has performed its first flight with the most advanced Su-57 fighter jet, the Defense Ministry ...
Iranian IRGC force equipped with home-made helicopters
During a ceremony held the Central province of Isfahan on September 23, General Taqizadeh said that 3 Shahed 278 and one Shahed 285 helicopte...
UAE and Dutch Apache gunships to be equipped with Modern Target Acquisition Units
Lockheed Martin Corp., Orlando, Florida, was awarded an $18,433,152 Foreign Military Sales (Netherlands and United Arab Emirates) firm-fixed-price ...
Switzerland selects Thales for national airspace surveillance and protection
SkyView has been selected by the Swiss Federal Office for Defence Procurement (armasuisse) to upgrade the country’s FLORAKO air surveillance system...
Boeing Australia collaborates on AI research for unmanned systems
Boeing is partnering with Australia’s Trusted Autonomous Systems Defence Cooperative Research Centre (DCRC) to develop advanced artificial intellig...
Il-78-2 air tanker makes first test flight
Upgraded Il-78-2 air tanker made the first test flight, the Ilyushin Company said.
First flight for Korea Aerospace Industries' VTOL UAV
Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) announced that the company succeeded in flying an unmanned helicopter, NI-600VT (Night Intruder-600 Vertical Take-...
Raytheon providing next batch of radar warning receivers for Air Force tankers
Raytheon Company is providing 111 ALR-69A systems, including spares, to outfit the U.S. Air Force's newest tanker, the KC-46 Pegasus. Raytheon will...
Naval aviation achieves SECDEF readiness target, shifts focus to readiness sustainment
Commander, Naval Air Forces (CNAF) announced Sept. 24 that Naval Aviation has achieved its Secretary of Defense-mandated readiness target of an 80 ...
US Navy awards Lockheed Martin with $352M contract for F-35 helmet
Pentagon’s No.1 weapons supplier Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $352,6 million contract modification for the procurement of Generation III helm...
Romania, US, Ukraine to conduct Open Skies observation flight over Russia
The US, Romanian and Ukrainian military will conduct an Open Skies observation mission over Russia on September 23-27, while Russia will carry out ...
USA approves sales for AH-6i light attack reconnaissance helicopters to Thailand
The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to Thailand of eight (8) AH-6i light attack reconnaissance...
Sikorsky Combat Rescue Helicopter approved to enter production
Lockheed Martin announced the Sikorsky HH-60W Combat Rescue Helicopter (CRH) program achieved a Milestone C decision from the U.S. Air Force, which...
