2021
Collins Aerospace MS-177 ISR sensor now supporting RQ-4B Global Hawk operational missions
The United States Air Force (USAF) recently completed its first RQ-4B Global Hawk Block 30 unmanned aerial system (UAS) operational mission carryin...
Finnish Air Force to start Ruska 21 exercise in October
The Finnish Air Force will organize the Ruska 21 air operation exercise from October 4 to October 9. 50 aircraft and about 3,300 people from all ov...
US Navy upgrades adversary tactical fighter improving safety, readiness
The Navy’s Specialized and Proven Aircraft program office (PMA-226) recently delivered the first F-5N aircraft to Naval Air Station Patuxent River,...
MQ-25 conducts first air-to-air refueling with F-35C
The Navy’s Unmanned Carrier Aviation (PMA-268) program completed its first aerial refueling of an F-35C Lightning II aircraft by the Boeing-owned M...
Lockheed Martin unveils LMXT strategic tanker
Lockheed Martin introduces the LMXT as America's next strategic tanker. Offered in response to the U.S. Air Force's KC-Y Program, the LMXT represen...
GA-ASI flies MQ-9A UAS in the Canadian Arctic
In a flight that originated from its Flight Test and Training Center (FTTC) near Grand Forks, N.D., General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-...
Russian Defense Ministry may consider purchase of Checkmate fighter
Russia’s Defense Ministry may consider the purchase of single-engine Checkmate fighters under a future state program for armaments, Deputy Prime Mi...
ZALA 421-16E5G hybrid UAV performs 12 hours flight
Hybrid UAV ZALA 421-16E5G performed flight, which lasted more than 12 hours and covered a distance of more than 1,130 kilometers.
BriteCloud test programme with US Air National Guard races towards final stages
Upcoming flight trials set to pave the way for a procurement decision on Leonardo’s expendable active decoy by the United States Government. BriteC...
£400m investment for the Royal Air Force
The UK's Chinook helicopters will be enhanced with state-of-the-art defensive systems, while the RAF's C-17 Globemaster fleet will receive a softwa...
BAE Systems and Malloy Aeronautics to explore the development of an all-electric heavy lift UAS
BAE Systems and Malloy Aeronautics have announced plans to explore the development of an all-electric ‘heavy lift’ uncrewed air system (UAS) as a p...
Leonardo contracts next stage of Tempest flight test aircraft Excalibur
Leonardo has placed the latest in a series of contracts with UK-based aviation services company 2Excel to commence the next stage of the Tempest fl...