Aerospace News
Su-30MKM to shape Royal Malaysian Air Force's backbone
Russian-made Sukhoi Su-30MKM (NATO reporting name: Flanker-H) multirole combat aircraft will shape the backbone of the Royal Malaysian Air Force (R...
$3.8 billion sale and upgrade of Morocco F-16 aircraft approved by US
The US State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to Morocco of F-16C/D Block 72 aircraft and related equ...
Indian Navy may finalise $2-bn deal for MH60R Seahawk multirole naval helicopter
Indian Navy is expected to conclude contract with the US-based aerospace giant Lockheed Martin for 24 MH60R Seahawk multirole naval helicopters by ...
Malaysia and South Korea add Leonardo AW189s to their fire-fighting helicopter fleets
Leonardo's AW189 helicopters enter service with the Malaysian and Seoul city fire brigades. The twin-engine, medium-lift choppers will also soon be...
Raytheon developing new version of advanced synthetic aperture radar for U-2 aircraft
Raytheon is developing a new version of the Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar that flies on the U-2 Dragon Lady aircraft under a $32...
Indian Air Force inducts 4 multi-mission Chinook heavy-lift helicopters
The first four of the 15 CH-47F Chinook helicopters, which were ordered from Boeing in September 2015, were commissioned into the IAF’s 126 Helicop...
Successful trial in Ukraine for the Turkish drone Bayraktar TB2
The testing of the Turkish unmanned combat aerial vehicle Bayraktar TB2 has successfully finished in Ukraine as Ukroboronprom reported.
DARPA presents more details on unmanned aircraft equipped with CODE
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has given further details on the capabilities of its Collaborative Operations in Denied Envir...
US B-52 bombers training in Europe
The U.S. Air Force has sent six B-52 long-range bombers to the United Kingdom for a series of training activities over Europe. The aircraft and ove...
Russian Defense Ministry plans to buy over 100 Il-76MD-90A planes before 2030
The Ulyanovsk-based Aviastar-SP enterprise (part of the transport aviation division within the United Aircraft Corporation) plans to deliver six Il...
General Atomics awarded $123 million Netherlands MQ-9 Reaper drone contract
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc., Poway, Calif., has been awarded a not-to-exceed $123,293,911 undefinitized contract action for MQ-9 Bloc...
UK: Wedgetail to be Royal Air Force's new early warning radar aircraft
Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson has signed a $1.98Bn (£1.51Bn) deal to purchase five E-7 Wedgetail aircraft. The E-7 fleet will replace th...
Russia’s modernized Mi-28NM attack helicopter to get new guided missile
Russia’s modernized Mi-28NM attack helicopter will be fitted with a new guided missile with a range of more than 25 kilometers, an aircraft industr...
First flight for prototype of SB-1 Defiant modern coaxial helicopter
The Sikorsky-Boeing SB1 Defiant helicopter achieved first flight today at Sikorsky's West Palm Beach, Florida site. This revolutionary aircraft, de...
Boeing gets USD 4 bn contract with US Navy for 78 Super Hornets F / A-18E / F Block III
The U.S. Navy has awarded Boeing a contract for the procurement of 78 F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet aircraft between fiscal years 2019-2021, possibl...
Lockheed Martin and Pratt & Whitney confirm pursuit forward with Belgian industry on ESI projects featuring F-35
During a ceremonial signing event on March 21, Lockheed Martin and Pratt & Whitney, together with about twenty industry members from the three ...
UK Government paves the way for the Tempest fighter jet programme
Over 300 industry and Government attendees from across the UK defense supply chain have met for the first opportunity for suppliers to engage with ...
Russia: Northeastern Forces operate Orlan-10 drones
The Northeastern Forces of Russia`s Eastern Military District (Vostochniy Voenniy Okrug, VVO) have been refitted with the Orlan-10 unmanned aerial ...
Rolls-Royce tests hybrid aero propulsion system
Rolls-Royce successfully tested the hybrid version of the M250 gas turbine in a ground demonstration setting in three operating modes: Series Hybri...
DARPA awards BAE Systems contract to further develop autonomous software for air mission planning
The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded BAE Systems a Phase 3 contract worth $3.1 million to continue developing aut...
