AVX-L3 team submits proposal for US Army’s Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft program
| 2018
AVX Aircraft Company and L3 Technologies announced on December 20 the submission of a joint proposal for the U.S. Army’s Future Attack Reconnaissan...
Gorbunov Aircraft Plant launches Tu-160M bomber production
| 2018
The Gorbunov Aircraft Plant in Kazan (KAZ) is beginning to produce new upgraded strategic Tu-160M bombers, the Russian Deputy Defense Minister Alex...
Saab wins new order for Swedish Air Force Gripen E program
| 2018
Saab has received an order from the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) regarding new equipment for Gripen E. This is a supplementary con...
South Korean Army resumes operations of KUH-1 Surion helicopter
| 2018
South Korea's Army resumed the operation of dozens of its Surion choppers Monday, after they were grounded for months following the July crash of t...
L-39NG Jet Trainer Made Maiden Flight
| 2018
The first pre-serial L-39NG trainer and light attack aircraft with serial number 7001 made its first flight on 22ndDecember, at Aero Vodochody Airp...
NSPA delivers final H215 helicopter to Spanish Air Force
| 2018
The NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) Aviation Programme has completed the procurement of a new H215 Super Puma helicopter for the Spanish...
Marshall secures 14-year contract for RNLAF C-130H fleet support
| 2018
Marshall Aerospace and Defence Group has secured a contract with the Royal Netherlands Air Force to sustain its C-130H fleet through to its out of ...
Hensoldt launches Captor-E e-scan antenna production
| 2018
The Eurofighter will be equipped with a new generation of radar which will enhance the aircraft’s capabilities and survivability. In the Euroradar ...
Royal Canadian Mounted Police receives first H145 chopper
| 2018
Airbus has delivered Canada’s first H145 helicopter to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP). RCMP’s Air Support Unit will utilize the versatile...
Boeing awarded $48M order for further Little Bird MELB kits
| 2018
Boeing was awarded a $48 million IDIQ contract for the production of Mission Enhanced Little Bird (MELB) kits to upgrade the USSOCOM A/MH-6 helicop...
Turkey, Philippines sign MoU for T129 combat helicopter purchase
| 2018
Turkey and the Philippines on December 18 signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for defense cooperation in the Philippine capital Manilla. The...
FLIR Star SAFIRE 380-HDc selected for USAF UH-1N replacement program
| 2018
FLIR Systems announced today it has been selected by Boeing to provide the FLIR Star SAFIRE 380-HDc EO/IR surveillance sensor for the United States...
Pakistan officially inducts new Mi-35M helicopters
| 2018
The Pakistani military has officially adopted four Russian-made Mil Mi-35M (NATO reporting name: Hind-E) transport-combat helicopters, a source fro...
L3 selected as prime contractor for US Air Force's F-16 Simulators Training Program
| 2018
L3 Technologies has been selected as the prime contractor for the F-16 Simulators Training Program (STP) by the U.S. Air Force. Valued at $350 mill...
Hungary becomes launch customer for Saab's Deployable Aircraft Maintenance Facility
| 2018
Saab has signed an order to provide enhanced aircraft maintenance capability to the Hungarian Air Force, using the mobile solution Deployable Aircr...
Lockheed Martin hands over first AGM-158C missiles to USAF operational units
| 2018
Lockheed Martin has delivered the first Long Range Anti-Ship Missiles (LRASM) to U.S. Air Force operational units, achieving Early Operational Capa...
Korea Aerospace Industries unveils prototype of light attack helicopter
| 2018
On 18 December 2018, the prototype of South Korea's home-made light attack helicopter was unveiled by Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) after years ...
NATO receives final upgraded AWACS aircraft
| 2018
Boeing delivered the final Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft modernized with avionics and a digital cockpit to the North Atlanti...
Norwegian army to receive decommissioned British Seaking Mk.4 helicopter
| 2018
A Sea King Mk.4 helicopter, currently stored in HMS Sultan’s helicopter graveyard, is to be gifted to the Norwegian military, Forces Network report...
China testing J-10B mid-air refueling at night
| 2018
China's armed forces successfully performed a complex mid-air refueling for its J-10B fighter jet at night, local medias said on December 17, 2018.