2020
First training flight for Belgian Air Component Dassault Falcon 7X aircraft
On 29 April 2020, the Belgian Air Component executed the first training flight with the recently contracted Falcon 7X. The training took place at K...
Leonardo to provide Japan with further Identification Friend/Foe (IFF) electronics
Leonardo has signed a contract worth around €5M with prime contractor Japan Radio Company to provide Mode 5-capable Identification Friend/Foe (IFF)...
Boeing presented the first unmanned Loyal Wingman aircraft to the Royal Australian Air Force
A Boeing-led Australian industry team has presented the first unmanned Loyal Wingman aircraft to the Royal Australian Air Force, a historic milesto...
Chemring Australia chosen as supplier of of countermeasure flares to global F-35 fleet
Chemring Australia, based in Lara, near Geelong, secured the USD$107.5 million contract for the production and delivery of countermeasure flares fo...
Leidos, Paramount USA and Vertex Aerospace team up to pursue USSOCOM Bronco II armed multi-mission aircraft prototype program
Leidos on May 4 announced a teaming agreement with Paramount Group USA and Vertex Aerospace to pursue a new contract to deliver the Bronco II, a ne...
Turkish Aerospace and Havelsan sign cooperation agreement for Turkish Fighter Aircraft program
President of Defence Industry Professor. İsmail Demir announced that cooperation agreement was signed between Turkish Aviation and Space Industry (...
Su-57 to get electric drivers
The hydraulic systems of the fifth-generation Su-57 fighter jet will be replaced by electric engines to decrease the signature,...
Agility Prime kicks off
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the Air Force and its partners pushed forward with the kickoff of Agility Prime this week. The objective of the week...
Northrop Grumman to develop net-centric gateway
Northrop Grumman Corporation is rapidly working on developing and fielding a gatewayONE prototype, an open system enabling translation and communic...
Four fighter jets F-35A from Hill AFB will be on loan to the 354th FW at Eielson AFB
The U.S. Air Force’s first combat-coded F-35A Lightning II wing is sending aircraft to the Air Force’s newest F-35A wing to help speed their stand-...
Philippines has requested to United States to buy 6 AH-64E Apache attack helicopters
On April 30, 2020, the U.S. State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of the Philippin...
General Atomics Aeronautical System partners with Australia to Develop heat exchanger for UAVs
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has partnered with Australia-based Conflux Technology on the development of a heat exchanger. T...