2021
Taiwan Air Force receives second indigenous advanced jet trainer
According to information published by Focus Taiwan on December 22, 2021, the Republic of China (Taiwan) Air Force took delivery of the second indig...
Israel buys 12 Sikorsky CH-53K helicopters and two Boeing KC-46 aircrafts
According to a tweet published by the Israeli MOD on December 31, 2021, the Ministry of Defense Mission to the U.S. signed an agreement (LOA) with ...
Pakistan buys 25 Chinese-made Chengdu J-10C multirole fighters
According to information published by Tass on December 30, 2021, Pakistan has decided to buy 25 Chengdu J-10C multirole fighters from China am...
Serbia could buy Dassault Rafale fighter aircraft
According to information published by Informer on December 28, 2021, the Serbian Air Force could buy Dassault Rafale fighter aircraft to replace it...
Lockheed Martin awarded contract for Apache Attack Helicopter Modernized Target Acquisition Designation/Pilot Night Vision Sensor System
Lockheed Martin Corp. Missiles and Fire Control, Orlando, Florida, was awarded a $102,389,630 firm-fixed-price contract for production and delivery...
Raytheon awarded contract for multi-spectral targeting systems for Royal Australian Air Force and US Navy Triton UAVs
Raytheon Co., McKinney, Texas, is awarded a $23,175,000 firm-fixed-price order (N0016422FJ026) under basic ordering agreement N0016417GJQ02 for the...
First S-550 air defense systems enter service in Russia
Russia’s new S-550 air defense system has successfully passed state trials and entered combat service, a source close to the Russian defense minist...
Tekhnodinamika target helicopter used during Orion UAV weapon test
Unmanned target helicopters of the Tekhnodinamika holding of the Rostec State Corporation took part in testing the latest ammunition for unmanned a...
Rostec delivered a new A-50U Airborne Early Warning and Control aircraft to the Russian troops
Subsidiaries of the State Corporation Rostec - the Vega concern of the Ruselectronics holding and the TANTK im. G.M. Beriev - handed over to the Ru...
Lockheed Martin awarded contract for a Joint Strike Fighter aircraft variant tailored for an unspecified Foreign Military Sales customer
Lockheed Martin Corp., Fort Worth, Texas, is awarded a $49,059,494 cost-plus-incentive-fee-contract that provides engineering and other related act...
Boeing awarded contract for the Apache Improved Turbine Engine integration Phase II
The Boeing Co., Mesa, Arizona, was awarded a $239,590,243 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the Apache Improved Turbine Engine Integration Phase II.
US Air Force orders M61A1 Vulcan cannon guns for its F-16 fighter jets
General Dynamics-OTS Inc., Williston, Vermont, has been awarded an $88,275,000 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity requiremen...
Royal Netherlands Air Force declares IOC for its F-35 fighters
The Netherlands has been officially declared Initial Operational Capable (IOC) with the F-35 squadron. This means that Defense is able to deploy a ...
US Air Force Research Laboratory and Northrop Grumman demonstrate solar to radio frequency conversion
The US Air Force Research Laboratory’s and Northrop Grumman’s Space Solar Power Incremental Demonstrations and Research (SSPIDR) Project have succe...
Myanmar Air Force inducts 17 new aircraft in service
On December 15, the Myanmar Air Force (MAF) inducted 17 aircraft into service at Meiktila Air Base at a ceremony to mark the service's 74th anniver...
Bangladesh to get 8 Mi-28NE helicopters
Emphasis has been placed on further enhancing the capabilities of the Bangladesh Air Force in the Forces Goal-2030 to ensure a strong national defe...
US Air Force to begin E-8 JSTARS retirement
The Air Force authorized Air Combat Command and the Georgia Air National Guard Dec. 6 to start divesting the E-8 JSTARS fleet beginning with four a...
Indra awarded €180 Million in Spanish Eurofighter contracts
Indra, a leading global technology and consulting company, will equip the Halcón Program’s 20 new Eurofighters, set to replace the F18s at the Gand...
Spanish Ministries of Defence and Interior sign for 36 Airbus H135 helicopters
The Spanish Ministries of Defence and Interior have ordered 36 Airbus H135 helicopters. This signature takes place in the context of the stimulus p...
Italian Army UH-169B training helicopters set first major operational milestone logging 1000 flight hours
The Italian Army’s two AW169 basic training twin engine helicopters recently set a first important milestone by accruing 1,000 flight hours in oper...
