Aerospace News
French Air Force A400M airlifter concludes aerial refuelling test campaign with Rafale
The French Air Force A400M strategic airlifter successfully concluded an aerial refuelling test campaign with the Rafale fighter jet, the French De...
SES and Northrop upgrading RJAF AH-1F/S Cobra attack helicopters
As the average age of aircraft inventories rises, military services worldwide are increasingly embracing the cost-effective solution of modernizing...
Russian Air Force expects 3 Il-76MD-90A upgraded airlifters for 2018
Russia’s military transport aviation is planning to receive three Ilyushin Il-76MD-90A planes and one upgraded An-124 Ruslan (NATO reporting name: ...
Bridger Aerospace selected to provide US Interior Department with unmanned service support
Bridger Aerospace is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a contract by the US Department of Interior ("DOI") to supply unmanned service su...
Lockheed Martin to develop hypersonic missile for USAF
The U.S. Air Force awarded Lockheed Martin a $928 million contract April 18 to develop a new missile that will travel more than five times faster t...
UK first four F-35B fighter jets come home to RAF Marham
The United Kingdom yesterday welcomed home its first four F-35B advanced fighter aircraft, which will be flown by the Royal Air Force and Royal Nav...
KRET presents export-oriented N025E mast-mounted radar
Russia`s Radio-Electronic Technologies Concern (KRET, a subsidiary of Rostec) unveiled the N025E (E for export-oriented) mast-mounted radar for the...
Greenlight for EDA's future military airworthiness database
The European Defence Agency’s (EDA) Steering Board has given its green light to the development of a European Military Airworthiness Platform for S...
Leonardo's BriteCloud decoy family extended to transport aircraft
At the Electronic Warfare Europe 2018 conference (5-7 June in Lausanne, Switzerland), Leonardo has unveiled the latest variant in its market-leadin...
Afghan Air Force C-208 successfully completes first emergency combat airdrop
Afghan Air Force C-208 aircrew members conducted their first emergency combat airdrop mission bringing ammunition to Afghan National Police and cit...
US Air Force RQ-4 Global Hawk returns to Misawa AB
The U.S. Air Force deployed a squadron of RQ-4 Global Hawks, June 1, 2018, intra-theater to Misawa Air Base, Japan from Andersen Air Force Base, Gu...
Ukrainian Air Force receives another Su-24MR combat aircraft
Mykolayiv Aircraft Repair Plant "NARP", a subsidiary of UkrOboronProm, transferred another repaired reconnaissance aircraft Su-24MR to Ukrainian Ai...
RAF Marham runway resurfaced ahead of F-35 arrival
Preparations for the arrival of the UK’s new F-35 multi-role combat aircraft have taken a major step forward with the completion of resurfacing wor...
L3 MAS & IAI jointly pitching Heron TP UAV for RCAF requirements
L3 MAS announced on May 31 that it has teamed with IAI to form Team Artemis to offer the state-of-the-art Artemis Unmanned Aerial System (UAS), bas...
Canada moves forward with CH-149 Cormoran MLU and fleet enlargement
Leonardo welcomes the Government of Canada’s intention to proceed with the CH-149 Cormorant Mid-Life Upgrade Program (CMLU) to be carried out by th...
Draken lands $280M USAF contract for ADAIR Services
Draken International has been awarded a $280 million contract for adversary air aggressor services (ADAIR), the US Department of Defense said on Ju...
TsAGI working on double-fuselage transport aircraft
The Zhukovsky Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute (TsAGI) continues to research prospective medium double-fuselage transport aircraft, the institute...
ACCaP program: Belgian Defense Minister final decision imminent
The Belgian Air Component’s fighter jets replacement program (ACCaP) accelerates again, after having definitively closed the so-called “F-16 ...
France, Ukraine clinch deal for 55 Airbus helicopters
The Ukrainian government on Tuesday signed an agreement to purchase 55 helicopters from France, said the Ukrainian Interior Ministry in a statement...
Lebanon takes delivery of four additional A-29 Super Tucanos
The Lebanese Air Force (LAF) received on May 28 morning in Hamat Air base the second batch of four Super Tucano light attack aircraft offered as a ...
