2020
Boeing unmanned Loyal Wingman conducts first high-speed taxi test
Boeing Australia and the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) have completed the first high-speed taxi test of the Loyal Wingman in preparation for fi...
Russian armed forces to receive 10 Mi-8AMTSh-VN helicopters in 2021
Russian Deputy Defense Minister Alexei Krivoruchko has visited the Ulan-Ude Aircraft Plant, a subsidiary of the Russian Helicopters Group. Krivoruc...
US Air Force conducts new captive-carry test of hypersonic missile on B-52H bomber aircraft
According to information released by the American Company Lockheed Martin, an Air Launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW) hypersonic weapon also call...
Embraer delivers the fourth C-390 Millennium airlifter to Brazilian Air Force
According to a press release published on December 19, 2020, Brazilian company Embraer delivered the fourth C-390 Millennium multi-mission medium m...
US Air Force has successfully demonstrated data exchange between F-22 F-35 fighter and XQ-58A Valkyrie UAV
According to information and pictures published by the U.S. Air Force on December 14, 2020, On December 9, 2020, the U.S. Air Force joint force too...
Raytheon contract to provide support of Enhanced Integrator Sensor Suite of RQ-4 Global Hawk drone
According to a contract published on December 18, 2020, by the United States Department of Defense, American company Raytheon Co., El Segundo, Cali...
General Atomics to continue support of MQ-9 Block V drone of French Air Force
According to a contract published by the United States Department of Defense (DoD) on December 18, 2020, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc.,...
US Air Force launches first automated drone-based perimeter security system
According to a video released by the U.S. Air Force on December 17, 2020, the 60th Security Forces Squadron of U.S. Air Force, in collaboration wit...
India plans to acquire six A320 planes to be converted into Airborne Early Warning AEW aircraft
According to information published by the "The Times of India" website on December 16, 2020, India plans to acquire six A320 airliners from the exi...
Boeing to deliver first KC-46 military aerial refueling aircraft to Japan in early 2021
According to information published on December 16, 2020, the first KC-46 military aerial refueling and strategic military transport aircraft could ...
36th Airbus A400M Atlas now operated by Luftwaffe German Air Force
The Luftwaffe received its 36th Airbus A400M in Wunstorf on December 4. With a total of 53 units ordered, Germany's armed forces are the largest us...
Boeing awarded US Navy contract for New Zealand P-8A Poseidon training
The U.S. Navy recently awarded Boeing a Foreign Military Sales contract, valued at $109 million, to provide P-8A Poseidon training for the Royal Ne...
Italian Air Force to get Gulfstream G550 aircraft with airborne intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and electronic warfare mission systems
The U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency announced on December 15 that the State Department has made a determination approving a possible Forei...
Northrop Grumman BACN Gateway system surpasses 200 000 combat flight hours
Northrop Grumman Corporation’s Battlefield Airborne Communications Node (BACN) gateway system reached 200,000 combat operational flight hours since...
Kaney selected to improve rotorcraft power systems for US Army
The U.S. Army has selected Kaney for the Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) program with the goal of improving Army rotorcraft platforms.
Italian Air Force leads NATO Baltic Air Policing into 2021
“Since we arrived here in early September, the roughly 120 women and men of my team from across the Italian Air Force have outstandingly and profes...
Lockheed Martin flies real-time mission enabling Kubernetes onboard U-2
Lockheed Martin successfully conducted a flight test mission featuring distributed processing onboard the U-2 Dragon Lady via Kubernetes containeri...
Northrop Grumman awarded contract for A-10 Aircraft Structural Integrity Program (ASIP) Legacy VII
The U.S. Department of Defense announced on December 14 that Northrop Grumman Systems Corp. has been awarded a $185,700,000 indefinite-delivery/ind...
Russian MoD approves Mi-28NM combat helicopter delivery schedule
The Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) has approved a renewed schedule of the delivery of Mil Mi-28NM combat helicopters to the troops, according to...
Elbit Systems to upgrade Romanian Air Force IAR-99 trainer aircraft
Elbit Systems announced on December 14 that it was awarded a contract valued at approximately $27 million from the Romanian-based company, Avioane ...
