Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) Ltd., Lod, Israel, has been awarded a $240,000,000 estimated ceiling indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for the acquisition of…
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Spanish Air Force Buys 24 Pilatus PC-21 Turboprop Trainers in €205 Million Deal
The Spanish Air Force (Ejército del Aire ) will acquire 24 Swiss-produced Pilatus PC-21 single-engine turboprop training aircraft to replace…
Safran Signs Contract to Support Portuguese Air Force EH101 Merlin Helicopter Engines
French multinational aircraft engine Safran Helicopter Engines has signed a 10-year contract with Portuguese Air Force (Força Aérea Portuguesa) to…
Airbus C295 Tanker Performs Wet Contacts During Trials
The Airbus C295 tactical airlifter has successfully achieved its first wet contacts during an air-to-air (AAR) tanker flight test campaign…
Raytheon Wins $403M for Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band (NGJ-MB)
Raytheon Electronic Warfare Systems was awarded a $403M System Demonstration Test Articles contract with the U.S. Navy for Next Generation…
Russia to Upgrade Pantsyr Medium-Range Surface-to-Air Missile Systems with Hypersonic Missile
Shipunov Design Bureau of KBP Instrument Design Bureau stated that Russia’s Pantsyr-S medium range surface-to-air missile and anti-aircraft artillery weapon…
Israel Aerospace Industries to Unveil Extended-Range Heron UAV at Singapore Airshow
Israel Aerospace Industries (ha-ta’asiya ha-avirit le-yisra’el) will unveil the new HERON MK II Unmanned Aerial Vehicle at the upcoming Singapore…
US Air Force Launches Procurement of First Four F-15EX Fighters
The U.S. government’s contract opportunities hub announced the U.S. Air Force’s intent to procure both upgraded Boeing-made F-15EX fighters and…
Vietnam Orders Russian Yak-130 Jet Trainers in $350 Million Deal
Vietnam Ministry of National Defence (Bá»™ Quốc phòng) has signed a $350 million deal last year to buy Yakovlev Yak-130…
Polish Ministry of National Defence Will Sign $4.6 Billion Deal for 32 F-35 Fighter Jets
The Polish Ministry of National Defence has confirmed that Polish Air Force (SiÅ‚y Powietrzne) would buy 32 Lockheed Martin F-35A…
Portugal to Sell Five More Surplus F-16s to Romania in €130M Deal
Romanian Air Force (ForÈ›ele Aeriene Române) plans to acquiredr five surplus Lockheed Martin F-16s from Portuguese Air Force (Força Aérea…
Russia Signs First Export Contract for Mil Mi-38 Transport Helicopter
Russia’s exports defense-related company Rosoboronexport JSC (part of the Rostec State Corporation) signed the first foreign trade contract for the…
Russia Delivers Second S-400 Triumf Regiment to China
Russia had concluded procurement of a second S-400 Triumf (Triumph) missile system regimental set to China via maritime transport, the…
Saab Starts Production in Support of U.S. Air Force Boeing T-7 Red Hawk
Saab started assembly production on January 10, 2020 of its section of the Boeing T-7A “Red Hawk” advanced jet trainer…
U.S. Navy First Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton Unmanned Aircraft Deploy To Guam
The first two Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft arrived in Guam over the weekend, marking a significant step toward…
Spanish Army Receives Final Airbus Tiger HAD Attack Helicopter
Airbus Helicopters SAS (formerly Eurocopter Group) delivered the final Spanish Tiger HAD attack helicopter to the Spanish Army (Ejército de…
Russian Airborne Forces to Receive Two BMD-4M and BTR-MDM Battalion in 2020
According to the defence newspaper Krasnaya Zvezda, Russian Airborne Forces (Vozdushno-desantnye voyska Rossii) will receive two battalion sets of BMD-4M…
Bell Boeing CMV-22B Osprey Tiltrotor Completes First Flight
The first CMV-22B Osprey, built by Boeing and Bell Textron Inc., a Textron Inc. company, completed first flight operations at…
Viking Air Guardian 400 Special Mission Aircraft
Guardian 400 Twin Otter is a special mission variant of the Series 400 Twin Otter aircraft designed and developed by…