Aerospace News
Northrop Grumman awarded contract for Royal Netherlands Air Force AN/ALQ-131 ECM pods upgrade
Northrop Grumman Systems has been awarded a $7 million follow-on contract for DRE, Netherlands to provide action for the upgrade of Royal Netherlan...
Taiwan unveils Teng Yun MALE UAV
Taiwan's primary defence research and development agency has unveiled a prototype of a medium-altitude long-endurance (MALE) UAV at the Taipe...
Companies Atkins and AERALIS to develop new training jet aircraft
Atkins, a member of the SNC-Lavalin Group, is collaborating with aircraft designer and manufacturer AERALIS to develop a new family of training jet...
Japan has confirmed the purchase of 40 American F-35B STOVL aircraft
The Japanese Defense Ministry has formally announced on July 17, 2019, the selection of the American-made F-35B cutting-edge stealth fighter jet as...
Australia: Boeing prepares the flight of RAAF Loyal Wingman for 2020
Boeing Australia is rapidly evolving its autonomous systems technology capabilities in the lab and in the field as it prepares for first flight of ...
MiG-41 project to be completed in 2019
Russia is already preparing to develop another interceptor, the PAK DP, also known as the MiG-41. The new aircraft has been considered for a few ye...
BAE Systems selected by DARPA to develop machine learning capabilities for space situational awareness
BAE Systems has been awarded a Phase 2 contract to develop machine learning capabilities aimed to help the military gain better awareness of space ...
Mi-38 transport helicopters to start arriving for Russian troops in 2019
The new Mi-38T military transport helicopters will start arriving for the Russian troops in 2019, Air Force Commander, Deputy Commander-in-Chief of...
Sikorsky S-92A helicopter certified for expanded Brazil operations
Brazil’s National Civil Aviation Agency-Brazil (ANAC) approved the Search and Rescue (SAR) configuration for the Sikorsky S-92A helicopter. The cer...
Russian inspectors make observation flight over the U.S. territory
Russian inspectors are making an observation flight over the U.S. territory on board of a Tu-154M Lk-1 aircraft under the International Treaty on O...
Boeing to upgrade Japanese E-767
Boeing announced on its Twitter account that the first E-767 aircraft of the Japan Airborne Warning and Control System fleet has landed in San Anto...
WMD combined army missilemen phased in helicopter type UAVs
The first lot of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) has entered service under a state defense order with missile units of the Western Military District...
Iran unveils three new homemade smart bombs
In a ceremony in Tehran, Defense Ministry officials celebrated the advent of the National Day of Defense Industries with unveiling two new PGMs of ...
USA: Elbit Systems awarded contract to supply components for the Color HMD System of the CV-22
Elbit Systems Ltd. announced that its subsidiary, Elbit Systems of America LLC was awarded a contract by the US Navy for the supply of components o...
Il-76 aircraft to receive new onboard defense systems
Il-76 military transport aircraft began to be fitted with the latest onboard defense systems that detect approaching missiles by their engine radia...
New Raytheon technology makes GPS more secure and reliable for military systems
Raytheon received security certification for new GPS modules and receivers from the Global Positioning Systems Directorate at the U.S. Air Force Sp...
Chinese Air Force flies new version of fighter bomber based on JH-7
The People's Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force is now flying a new type of warplane that is based on the JH-7 fighter bomber, which Chinese military ...
Belgian F-16s still benefit from updates for SATCOM, nuclear purposes
Although the F-16 AM/BM Fighting Falcon of the Belgian Air Component will be withdrawn from service by 2028, they nevertheless benefit from a last ...
State Department clears sale of 12 MH-60R multi-mission helicopters with support to South Korea
The U.S. State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Republic of Korea of MH-60R Seahawk multi-miss...
Full-scale air and air defense exercises begin in Russian Southern Military District
A full-scale two-side air and air defense exercise has begun in the Southern Military District (YuVO). The drills engage more than 300 aircraft and...