Aerospace News
Russian Helicopters to open new MRO center in Egypt next year
Russian Helicopters Holding Company (part of Rostec State Corporation) is completing the creation of maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) center ...
First Law Enforcement-Configured Bell 505 JRX delivered to Sacramento Police Department
Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. company, announced the delivery of the first law enforcement-configured Bell 505 Jet Ranger X to the Sacramento Pol...
Russian Helicopters completes Southeast Asian demo tour
Mi-171A2 and Ansat helicopters, manufactured by the Russian Helicopters holding company (part of State Corporation Rostec), completed a demonstrati...
New C-27J baseline configuration takes to the sky
The new C-27J Spartan baseline configuration — characterized by a brand new avionics system, new cockpit control panels and LED aircraft lights — c...
Airbus, Lockheed join forces to promote A330 MRTT for US defense customers
Lockheed Martin and Airbus have signed an agreement to jointly explore opportunities to meet the growing demand for aerial refueling for U.S. defen...
Russia to integrate unguided bombs on Mi-28N and Ka-52 helicopters
The Russian Defense Ministry reviewed the set of munitions for helicopter gunships. Mi-28N and Ka-52 will be armed with unguided high-explosive bom...
South Korea to partially replace UH-60 fleet with Surion helicopters
The South Korean military plans to change the defense minister's helicopter from the U.S.-made UH-60 to the locally developed Surion, a military so...
Airbus opens world's first Zephyr HAPS flight base
Airbus Defence and Space announced the opening of the world’s first High Altitude Pseudo-Satellite (HAPS) flight base serving as the launch site fo...
New CBRN protective mask for US helicopter pilots
The U.S. Air Force completed field testing last month of an improved chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) protective mask for crew...
Indra and iAltitude jointly fighting pilot hypoxia with new flight trainer
Indra, one of the leading global consulting and technology companies and one of the world's leading simulation manufacturers, is working together w...
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...
