Aerospace News
USA approves P-3C Orion anti-submarine aircraft sale to Argentina
The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to Argentina of equipment, support and services in support...
French Air Force Reaper drones test laser-guided bombs
French Air Force’s Reaper drones are now able to drop laser-guided bombs and, soon, to launch air-to-ground missiles. They carried out their first ...
Embraer and Brazilian Air Force to study joint development of a new light military transport aircraft
Embraer and the Brazilian Air Force (FAB) signed on December 19 a memorandum of understanding whi...
Leonardo new, larger Osprey 50 AESA radar takes flight for first trials
Leonardo has announced the first flight trials of its Osprey 50 Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar, the new, larger-aperture variant ...
BAE Systems wins US Navy contract for laser-guided rockets
The American Navy has signed a $2.68 billion IDIQ contract for thousands of combat-proven, low-cost APKWS Laser-Guided Rockets manufactured by BAE ...
US Air Force names newest helicopter Grey Wolf
Air Force Global Strike Command named the MH-139A helicopter, the “Grey Wolf” during a naming ceremony here, Dec. 19, 2019. Gen. Timothy Ray, AFGSC...
Saab receives order for Gripen support and maintenance operations
Saab has received an order from the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) on behalf of the Swedish Armed Forces to provide support and main...
Leonardo unveils new radar sensing technology for Tempest aircraft
Leonardo UK has demonstrated the performance of a new radar receiver/warner technology as part of its on-going development work for Tempest, the ne...
Elroy Air launches autonomous cargo UAV
Elroy Air on Dec. 16 announced the release of the Chaparral, an unmanned hybrid electric aircraft capable of carrying up to 300 pounds of cargo ove...
Lockheed Martin hosts Bahrain ambassador at F-16 production line
Lockheed Martin -hosted Shaikh Abdullah bin Rashed Al Khalifa, ambassador of the Kingdom of Bahrain to the United States, at the company's F-16 pro...
Northrop Grumman Litening constant evolution continues to meet the changing needs of warfighters
When Northrop Grumman delivered its first LITENING advanced targeting pod two decades ago, it brought unprecedented precision and situational aware...
NASA’s X-59 Quiet Supersonic research aircraft cleared for final assembly
NASA’s first large scale, piloted X-plane in more than three decades is cleared for final assembly and integration of its systems following a major...
F-35A formally enters South Korean service
The Lockheed Martin F-35A has entered operational service with the Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF) following a ceremony in the central city of ...
Bell receives $815 Million contract to support US Marine Corps UH-1Y and AH-1Z helicopter fleet
The US Navy has awarded Bell Textron a contract worth $815 million involving repair, upgrade and replacement of components under its H-1 Upgrade Pr...
Raytheon awarded contract for Command and Control Switching Systems
Raytheon Co., Largo, Florida, has been awarded a ceiling of $611,500,000 firm-fixed-price, cost-plus, fixed-fee, cost reimbursable no fee, indefini...
Turkey to get Asisguard Songar UAVs armed with machine gun
The Turkish army is about to be equipped with a drone armed with a 5.56mm machine gun, possibly coupled to a 40mm grenade launcher. This will make ...
Airbus Helicopters delivers AS365N3 Dauphin to Bulgarian Navy
The Bulgarian Navy received its second Airbus Helicopter AS365N3 + Dauphin II (tail number 905) naval helicopter on December 6, 2019, at the Chaika...
Atos and RAFAEL win the German Army Glass Battlefield study tender
Atos GmbH, as prime, has teamed up with RAFAEL Advanced Defense Systems and various partners, to demonstrate use of UAS in conjunction with combat ...
Russia to export 17 Mi-8/171-family rotorcraft to Kazakhstan
Russia’s holding Russian Helicopters (a subsidiary of state corporation Rostec) and Kazakhstan’s companies Kazakhstan Engineering and No.405 Aviati...
Rheinmetall’s Asterion simulator lets crews train even before delivery of the first NH90 NTH Sea Lion helicopter
Thanks to advanced simulation technology from Rheinmetall, ground personnel of the German Navy’s new NH90 NTH Sea Lion helicopter are already able ...