Aerospace News
Thales, Rheinmetall progressing towards Tiger helicopter simulator upgrade
Armed forces need access to instruction and training resources based on the latest technologies. To make the right decisions at every decisive mome...
China's GJ-2 UAV to boost border control and counter-terrorism efforts
A professor at the National Defense University of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) revealed on Thursday the first details of China's new armed re...
Irkut readying Russian Air Force final batch of Su-30SM fighters
An air formation of the Russian Western Military District will receive a pair of Su-30SM fighter jets from the Irkutsk Aviation Plant (an affiliate...
Rockwell Collins to upgrade B-1 Lancer training system
Rockwell Collins has been selected by Aero Simulation, Inc. to provide modifications to the B-1 Lancer training system for the U.S. Air Force. Rock...
Second MQ-9B RPA joins GA-ASI SkyGuardian development program
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. received a Special Airworthiness Certification in the Experimental Category from the FAA for its second ...
RAF F-35B training for the first time with US and French fighter jets
Britain's new fleet of warplane F-35B Lightning jets have passed a significant milestone by conducting their first exercise with U.S. and French Ai...
Sierra Nevada lands $329 million order to provide Nigeria with 12 A-29
Sierra Nevada Corp. has been awarded a US$329 million contract for the delivery of 12 A-29 Super Tucano aircraft for the Nigerian Air Force, the US...
Logos demonstrates Redkite airborne imagery sensor in The Netherlands
Logos Technologies announced today that it successfully demonstrated its Redkite wide-area motion imagery (WAMI) sensor to a large number of repres...
Egypt requests $1Bn FMS for 10 AH-64E Apache helicopters
The US State Department approved a possible Foreign Military Sale to Egypt of ten AH-64E Apache Attack Helicopters for an estimated cost of $1.0 bi...
UAC rolls out Il-112V airlifter first prototype
UAC's Il-112V airlifter first prototype has been rolled out yesterday. "The first flight prototype of Il-112V light transport aircraft has bee...
U.S. Military eyeing on Workhorse's SureFly eVTOL personal air vehicle
Workhorse Group Inc. announced yesterday that it entered into a CRADA (Cooperative Research and Development Agreement) with a branch of the U...
UK opens new Chinook Mk 6 training facility
A new, purpose built facility replicating real-life operations for RAF Chinook Mk 6 helicopter crews with the very latest technology has been offic...
Lockheed contracted for Legion Pod production and integration on F-15C fighter jet
Lockheed Martin secured two contracts from the F-15 prime contractor, Boeing, for the integration and production of Legion Pod. These include a 28-...
China reportedly working on Y-20 tanker variant
China is modifying its domestically made strategic transport aircraft Y-20 to take on new missions like aerial refueling, a military insider said.&...
CAE launches CAE Rise training system for the defense market
Today at the Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation, and Education Conference (I/ITSEC), the world’s largest military training and simulation e...
Lockheed secures 108M$ order for IRST21 Sensor System
Lockheed Martin received a contract for phase II of the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet Block II Infrared Search and Track (IRST) program for the U.S. Navy,...
Russian Southern Military District received six Ka-52 attack helicopters
The army aviation of the Russian Southern Military District has received six Ka-52 reconnaissance strike helicopters, Vadim Astafyev, the district’...
Iran ready to export indigenous fighter jets and trainers
Iran is ready to export indigenous fighter jets, the managing director of the Iran Aviation Industries Organization (AIO) said Monday. "We hav...
Embraer completes KC-390 troop evacuation tests
Embraer successfully completed the troop unloading, evacuation by hatch and evacuation tests through the front and rear doors of the KC-390 multi-m...
Serbia receives first H145M twin-engine helicopter
The Serbian Minister of Defence Aleksandar Vulin visited the Airbus Helicopters Donauwörth site to accept the first H145M for the Serbian Air Force...
