Portugal signs contract for acquisition of five Multi-Mission Airlift KC-390
Embraer KC-390 ÉVORA, Portugal, Aug. 22, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — The Portuguese Government and Embraer signed today, at a ceremony held...
Air Forces
Air2030: Planning decree for the acquisition of new fighter jets
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 $90 Million FORT WORTH, Texas, Sept. 28, 2018 /PRNewswire/ – The...
Boeing wins U.S. Air Force T-X pilot training program contract
Boeing T-X ST. LOUIS, Sept. 27, 2018 – U.S. Air Force pilots will soon train for combat with T-X jets...
Lockheed wins US$ 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...
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...
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...
Strike Planned At Italy F-35 Assembly Line
F-35 ROME - Workers at Italy’s F-35 assembly line have announced a strike next Tuesday to protest the widespread use...
Lockheed Martin to propose stealthy hybrid of F-22 and F-35 for Japan
F-22/F35 TOKYO - U.S. defense contractor Lockheed Martin Corp plans to offer Japan a stealth fighter design based on its...
Brazilian Air Force 1st Fighter Group in the World War II
Jambock The 1oGAVCA (1st Fighter Group/1º Grupo de Aviação de Caça) was formed on December 18, 1943. Its commanding Officer...
UK backs Brimstone missile to 2030 from MBDA
The United Kingdom has awarded MBDA a £400 million contract for the capability sustainment programme (CSP) of the advanced Brimstone...
IAF commits to 324 Tejas fighters, provided a good Mark-II jet is delivered
NEW DELHI - After years of being critical of the Tejas fighter, which is still not combat-ready 35 years after...