The next #HX candidate to participate in the #HXChallenge is Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II. Two F-35As arrived at Pirkkala…
Aerial Warfare
Israeli Air Force F-16 Joint Exercise with French Rafales from Aircraft Carrier Charles de Gaulle
This week, the Israeli Air Force (Zroa HaAvir VeHahalal) and French French Navy Naval Aviation (Armée de l’Air Française) held…
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Launches IGS-Optical 7 Reconnaissance Satellite
Japan launched on 9 February an H-IIA rocket carrying a $272 million reconnaissance intelligence-gathering satellite from the Japan Aerospace Exploration…
India Readying $2.6 Billion MH-60R Seahawk Helicopters Deal Ahead of Trump Trip
India is set to give final approval to a $2.6 billion deal for military helicopters from U.S. defense firm Lockheed…
Indonesian Navy Submits USD375 Million Request for Eight Anti-surface and Anti-submarine Helicopters
According to IHS Jane’s, the Indonesian Navy has submitted a request to the country’s finance ministry for the acquisition eight…
Stealth Fighters Combine Airpower In New Fighter Exercise
More than 600 U.S. Air Force guardsmen, reservists and active duty Airmen completed a new fighter exercise Feb. 7, at…
Honeywell Wins $3.5Bn for Embedded GPS Inertial Navigation System Modernization (EGI/EGI-M)
Honeywell Inc., Clearwater, Florida, has been awarded an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with estimated ceiling of $3,517,000,000 for Embedded GPS Inertial Navigation…
HAL Receives First IOC for Its Light Utility Helicopter (LUH)
The Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has received the Initial Operational Clearance (IOC) for its Light Utility Helicopter (LUH) paving the…
Elbit System Wins $136m Airborne Laser Direct Infra-Red Counter Measure (DIRCM) to Countries in Asia
Israeli defense electronics company Elbit Systems Ltd. announced today that it has been awarded contracts worth $136 million to provide…
Boeing Australia Completes First Loyal Wingman Fuselage
The Boeing Australia team recently completed major fuselage structural assembly for the first Loyal Wingman. The aircraft is one of…
Lockheed Martin And BEL To Explore Opportunities In Indian Air Force F-21 Fighter Programme
Lockheed Martin signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Navratna Defence PSU Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) to explore industrial opportunities…
NATO Airborne Warning & Control System (AWACS)
NATO operates a fleet of Boeing E-3A Airborne Warning & Control System (AWACS) aircraft, with their distinctive radar domes mounted…
Elbit Systems Introduces Airborne EW Training and Simulation System
Elbit Systems launches the Aircrew Mobile Simulation and Training Field (AMSTF), an Electronic Warfare (EW) system enabling effective and efficient…
U.S. Army Awards Aerojet Rocketdyne for Procurement of Stinger Flight Motors
The U.S. Army awarded American rocket and missile propulsion manufacturer, Aerojet Rocketdyne, with a $76,8 million firm-fixed-price contract modification to…
Northrop Wins $172M Order for Two MQ-4 Triton Unmanned Aircraft
Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., San Diego, California, is awarded a $172,424,000 modification (P00004) to a previously awarded fixed-price-incentive-firm-target contract. This…
Kenya Air Force Receives Two C-27J Spartan Military Transport Aircraft
Italian multinational defence Leonardo delivered the first two C-27J military transport aircraft at a ceremony in Nairobi on January 30….
MD Helicopters Unveils New MD 530G Block II Light Scout Attack Helicopter
MD Helicopters, Inc. has unveiled new MD 530G Block II (BII) Light Scout Attack Helicopter at the 2020 HAI Heli-Expo…
Indian Air Force to Complete Flight Tests of Tejas Mk1A Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) by 2022
In addition to 40 Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas aircraft 20 in Initial Operation Clearance (IOC) and 20 in Final…
U.S. Navy Received First Bell Boeing CMV-22B Osprey Tiltrotor Aircraft
The U.S. Navy has received the first CMV-22B Osprey built by Bell Textron Inc., a Textron Inc. company, and Boeing….