2021
Russia and Syria hold first joint exercise of helicopter pilots in desert
Russia and Syria has held the first-ever joint exercise of helicopter pilots in the deserts of the Syrian Arab Republic, the chief of Russia’s air ...
Collins Aerospace awarded three agreements for US Air Force U-2 program
Collins Aerospace was awarded an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) sustainment contract for the U.S. Air Force’s (USAF) U-2 program wi...
Official creation of Franco-German C-130J squadron
On 30 August 2021, the German Minister of Defence Mrs. Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer met with her French counterpart, Mrs. Florence Parly, in Paris. O...
Northrop Grumman demonstrates connectivity for Long Range Command and Control
Northrop Grumman Corporation successfully demonstrated a data link for connecting aircraft in highly contested airspace for long-range command and ...
Archer Aviation enters agreement with US Air Force to collaborate on eVTOL flight testing
Archer Aviation Inc., a leading developer of all-electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, announced an agreement with the USAF to es...
Arktika-M satellite completes flight trials
The flight trials of the Arktika-M hydrometeorological satellite have been completed, a recommendation for commissioning is obtained, according to ...
Airbus delivers first UH-72B Lakota helicopter to US Army National Guard
Airbus Helicopters, Inc. has delivered the first UH-72B, the latest variant of its Lakota helicopter, to the U.S. Army National Guard from its prod...
Sikorsky-Boeing delivers Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft proposal early to US Army
On September 7, the Sikorsky-Boeing team released the following statement on the early submittal of the proposal for DEFIANT X for the U.S. Ar...
Finnish Air Force practices air-to-air refueling exercise with US Air Force
Finnish Air Force F/A-18 Hornets will train with a United States Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker aerial refueling aircraft on 7–9 September 2021.
Argentine Air Force receives first Beechcraft TC-12B Huron
The Argentine Air Force has received its first Beechcraft TC-12B/UC-12B HURONs, which arrived at I Air Brigade in El Palomar on 25 August. A total ...
BAE Systems selected by DARPA to design a full scale demonstrator concept with Active Flow Control at its core
The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) awarded the contract to BAE Systems to design a full scale demonstrator concept with Act...
Turkish Air Force receives first KC-135R upgraded to Block 45 standard
The Turkish Ministry of Defense announced that the first KC-135R Block 45 aircraft, whose modernization has been completed, has been delivered.