Air Forces

Modernization of Chile’s F-16 fighters

July 27, 2020 0

WASHINGTON — The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of...

First Nigerian Air Force A-29 Super Tucano light attack aircraft successfully completes inaugural flight

April 17, 2020 0

Jacksonville, EUA, April 17, 2020 – Embraer Defense & Security and Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) announced the first of 12...

Raytheon to upgrade air traffic surveillance radars for Brazilian Air Force

April 1, 2020 0

DULLES, Va., March 24, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) is modernizing the Brazilian Air Force's surveillance radars across...

Draken International’s MIRAGE F1 Takes Flight Over Florida

November 20, 2019 0

Draken International successfully completed the maiden voyage of its first regenerated Mirage F1 on November 12 at Lakeland Linder International...

Portugal signs contract for acquisition of five Multi-Mission Airlift KC-390

August 22, 2019 0

Embraer KC-390 ÉVORA, Portugal, Aug. 22, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — The Portuguese Government and Embraer signed today, at a ceremony held...

Air2030: Planning decree for the acquisition of new fighter jets

May 16, 2019 0

BERN – At its meeting of May 15, 2019, the Federal Council decided to continue the procedure concerning the Air2030...

PHOTOS: Russian combat drone and new Su-57 painting

January 23, 2019 0

Sukhoi Okhotnik The first photo of combat drone Sukhoi Okhotnik (Hunter), built by the Novosibirsk Aviation Plant, which completed its...

Russia’s Sukhoi Su-57 fighter jet gets advanced stealth coating

January 11, 2019 0

Sukhoi Su-57 MOSCOW — A new composite material with enhanced radar wave absorbing properties was used to make the cockpit...

UK declares IOC for F-35B fighters

January 10, 2019 0

Defence Secretary Sets Sights on Next Century of British Air Power Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson has today revealed that Britain’s...

Brazilian Air Force confirms Leonardo as AMX logistic support supplier

January 3, 2019 0

AMX ROME — The Brazilian Air Force General Command of Support (COMGAP) has confirmed Leonardo as the supplier of long-term...

First M-345 Production Aircraft Performs its Maiden Flight

January 2, 2019 0

M-345 HET ROME —The first M-345 HET (High Efficiency Trainer) production basic/advanced trainer aircraft successfully performed its maiden flight at...

Embraer successfully performs first flight of the series production KC-390 multi-mission airlift

October 13, 2018 0

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

September 28, 2018 0

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

September 27, 2018 0

Boeing T-X ST. LOUIS, Sept. 27, 2018 – U.S. Air Force pilots will soon train for combat with T-X jets...

Lockheed wins US$ 1.1 bn order for 16 Bahrain F-16V fighters

June 25, 2018 0

Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas; and Lockheed Martin, Greenville, South Carolina, have been awarded a...

China: Plane Y-20 Conducts 1st Airdrop Drills

May 9, 2018 0

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...