Aerospace News
US Air Force selects Raytheon's AN/ALR-69A(V) radar warning receiver
The U.S. Air Force awarded an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity contract for Raytheon's AN/ALR-69A(V), the world's first all-digital radar wa...
Pentagon awards contract to Lockheed Martin for F-35 fleet support
The F-35 Joint Program Office has awarded the Lockheed Martin industry team a $1.4 billion sustainment contract to support operations for the F-35 ...
Czech Air Force's Gripen fighter jets completed MS 20 upgrade
Czech Air Force's JAS 39 Gripen fighter jets are now upgraded and deployed in the latest version, announced the Swedish Defence Materiel Administra...
Iran successfully overhauled another F-4 fighter jet
Iran's Air Force successfully overhauled an F-4 fighter jet, state TV reported on Sunday. The 1.5-year-long project at the Shahid Lashkari Air Forc...
Greek government approves HAF F-16 fighters upgrade program
Greece’s government council for foreign affairs and defense, chaired by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, has approved a plan to upgrade 85 F-16 fight...
US clears $911M FMS from Bahrain for 12 AH-1Z attack helicopters
The US State Department approved a possible Foreign Military Sale to Bahrain of 12 AH-1Z attack helicopters for an estimated cost of $911.4 million...
TAI, Aselsan sign preliminary agreement for TF-X development
Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) and Aselsan signed a preliminary agreement on April 26 for the development of Turkey's future National Fighter J...
Cobham lands USAF T-38C trainer radio retrofit contract
Cobham Aerospace Communications has been awarded the contract to supply Boeing with advanced FliteLineTM communication and navigation radios for re...
Russian MoD could order up to 40 SSJ-100 airliners
The Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Company may deliver up to 40 75-seat SSJ-100 planes to the Russian Defense Ministry and up to 10 aircraft of the same typ...
Leonardo to establish new NH90 service center in Australia
Leonardo and the Australian Ministry of Defence have agreed to establish a helicopter transmission repair and overhaul facility in Melbourne capabl...
BAE to protect US Army aircraft with next-generation missile warning system
The U.S. Army has awarded BAE Systems a contract worth up to $97.9 million to develop a Quick Reaction Capability (QRC) next-generation missile war...
French Air Force's C-130H aircrews to be trained in Belgium
French Air Force C-130H Aircrews are set to be partly trained in Belgium, according to a contract announcement issued today by the European "Tender...
Finland officially sends tender requests for F/A-18 Hornet replacement
The Finnish ministry of defense has completed the tender requests to five producers that are expected to participate in the purchase of the new fig...
ILA 2018: Hensoldt introduces TwInvis passive radar system
HENSOLDT, a leading German sensor solutions provider, is presenting its passive radar system called "TwInvis" to the public for the first time in l...
ILA 2018: DLR to convert Falcon 2000 LX into iSTAR flight test vehicle
On 25 April 2018, at the Berlin Air Show ILA 2018, the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) and Dassault signed...
GE completes T-901 engine Preliminary Design Review
GE Aviation hosted the U.S. Army for the successful Preliminary Design Review (PDR) of the T901-GE-900 engine in early March. The T901 is GE Aviati...
Netherlands requests $110M FMS for US-based F-16 training
The US State Department approved a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Netherlands of defense articles and services in support of continuation of...
Airbus and Dassault join forces on Europe's Future Combat Air System
Airbus and Dassault Aviation have decided to join forces for the development and production of Europe’s Future Combat Air System (FCAS), which is s...
European Defense Giants team up for EuroMALE future ISTAR function
Four European Champions in the area of Defence Mission Systems intend tocombine their unique and complementary capabilities to provide the drone pr...
Meggitt selected for KF-X advanced total braking system
Meggitt PLC, a leading international company specialising in high performance components and sub-systems for the aerospace, defence and energy mark...