Sikorsky, Boeing Provide First Look At SB>1 DEFIANT™
Sikorsky and Boeing provided the first look at the new SB>1 DEFIANT™ helicopter. The aircraft’s rotor system will allow it...
Year: 2018
Second Gripen E test aircraft takes flight
Saab Gripen E 39-9 On 26 November, Saab completed the successful first flight of the second Gripen E test aircraft...
Saab receives order for Carl-Gustaf M4 to Slovenian Armed Forces
Saab has received an order for deliveries of the new Carl-Gustaf M4 multi-role weapon system to the Slovenian Armed Forces....
Gripen E Flies with Meteor Beyond Visual Range Air-to-Air Missile
In October, Saab successfully completed a test flight by a Gripen E aircraft with the Meteor Beyond Visual Range Air-to-Air...
Embraer successfully performs first flight of the series production KC-390 multi-mission airlift
GAVIÃO PEIXOTO, Brazil – Embraer achieved another important milestone today with the completion of the maiden flight of the first...
F-35 price reduced in new production contract
Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II F-35A aircraft now below $90 Million FORT WORTH, Texas, Sept. 28, 2018 /PRNewswire/ – The...
Boeing wins U.S. Air Force T-X pilot training program contract
Boeing T-X ST. LOUIS, Sept. 27, 2018 – U.S. Air Force pilots will soon train for combat with T-X jets...
Boeing MH-139 to replace U.S. Air Force UH-1N Huey fleet
AW139 S/N 31427 AMI PHILADELPHIA, Pa. – Boeing will provide its MH-139 helicopter and related support to the U.S. Air...
Philippine Navy: delivery of two AW159 Wildcat helicopters set for March 2019
AgustaWestland AW159 "Wildcat" By Priam Nepomuceno MANILA – The Philippine Navy (PN) will receive its first two anti-submarine helicopters, AgustaWestland...
Iveco Defence Vehicles to deliver 10 Centauro II armored vehicles to the Italian Army
Iveco Centauro II (Iveco photo) BOLZANO, Italy – In the presence of the Italian Army Chief of Staff and of...
Saab to provide RAF’s Typhoons with new smart self-protection system
RAF Typhoon Saab has received an order from BAE Systems for development of a new pyrotechnic smart self-protection system for...
Lockheed wins US$ 1.1 bn order for 16 Bahrain F-16V fighters
Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas; and Lockheed Martin, Greenville, South Carolina, have been awarded a...
Leonardo welcomes Canada’s CH-149 Cormorant Mid-Life Upgrade and Fleet Augmentation
AW101 Cormorant - photo courtesy Mike Reyno Leonardo and Team Cormorant will deliver a comprehensive upgrade to Canada’s AW101 primary...
First Leonardo AW101 Commando Merlin delivered to the UK’s Commando Helicopter Force
AW101 Commando Cormorant Delivery of the first AW101 Commando Merlins announced by the UK’s Minister for Defence Procurement at RNAS...
China: Plane Y-20 Conducts 1st Airdrop Drills
Plane Y-20 China's largest domestically-developed transport aircraft, the Y-20, recently conducted its first joint airdrop training with the country's airborne...
MiG-31 Air-Launched Missiles on Test Combat Duty
Russian Air Force MiG-31 Ten MiG-31 fighter jets (NATO reporting name: Foxhound) fitted with the air-launched Kinzhal (Dagger) hypersonic missile...
Air Force: Second Phase of Light Attack Experiment Underway
Sierra Nevada/Embraer A-29 Super Tucano Pilots are flying the Sierra Nevada/Embraer A-29 Super Tucano and the Textron Aviation AT-6B Wolverine...
Leonardo and the Australian Ministry of Defence sign agreement to establish local helicopter transmission repair and overhaul facility
Autralia NH90 Operations are expected to start in mid-2020 in Melbourne to support Australian MRH Taipan (NH90), foreign NH90s and...
Lockheed Martin opens new facility to support F-35 production growth
The ribbon is cut April 30 for a new Lockheed Martin manufacturing facility in Pinellas Park, Florida, that will create...
US building new drone base in Niger
drone base in Niger Rising from a barren stretch of African scrubland, a half-finished drone base represents the newest front...