Military Aviation News

European plane-maker Airbus has announced that it and the Federal Republic of Germany today submitted their official offer to the Swiss Federal Office of Armaments armasuisse for the sale of Eurofighter Typhoon fighter jets to...

Ministry of the National Defense Republic of Lithuania has announced that it is signed today a contract on the acquisition of new Black Hawk helicopters from the Government of the United States. The official press release said...

BAE Systems, a global leader in electronic warfare, announced that it has received certification for its Identification Friend-or-Foe (IFF) transponder for the F-22 Raptor from the Department of Defense AIMS program office.  At...

Brazilian aircraft maker Embraer has secured a contract from the Hungarian government to deliver two KC-390 Millennium multi-mission aircraft to the Hungarian Air Force (HuAF). The KC-390 multi-mission transport aircraft, which...

Israeli privately-owned company BIRD Aerosystems has announced that it has won a contract for the delivery and installation of its missile protection system on a customer VIP and Military aircraft in Africa. Within the contract,...

Ministry of National Defense, R.O.C. said on Tuesday that an F-16 fighter jet disappeared from radar during a routine training flight. On November 17, the Ministry of National Defense announced that an F-16 fighter aircraft,...

A U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor aircraft assigned to the 1st Fighter Wing deployed to Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, according to a recent service news release. The fighters assigned to the 1st Fighter Wing and associated personnel...

U.K. aerospace giant BAE Systems has announced that it has been awarded a $1.7 billion deal to support the production of 38 Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft for the German Air Force. As noted by Britain’s biggest defense company,...

The U.S. Air Force has recently confirmed the decision to implements dog-like robots into their patrolling regiments. According to a press release issued by 325th Fighter Wing, Tyndall Air Force Base and the Security Forces...

The U.S. Special Operations Command Europe has announced that the U.S. units conduct joint operations during a Swedish-led exercise along the Baltic Sea coast. Swedish JAS-39 fighter jets and U.S. CV-22B, F-15, and MC-130...

Northrop Grumman Corporation has announced that it has delivered the fifth and last RQ-4D Phoenix under NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance (AGS) program. “The aircraft departed on Wednesday, Nov. 11 from Palmdale,...

The Russian military is sending attack helicopters to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone following the start of the peacekeeping operation. According to a press release issued Thursday by the Russian Defense Ministry, An-124...

Turkish defense contractor Baykar has posted a new photo from its facility that appears to show a new version of Bayraktar TB2 medium altitude long endurance unmanned combat aerial vehicle. The image, released at Baykar’s...

The U.S. Department of Defense just awarded aerospace giant Boeing a contract worth nearly $10 billion for F-15 fighter jet support for Saudi Arabia.  The award, announced by the U.S. Department of Defense on Tuesday, covers...

On Tuesday, Secretary of State of the United States of America, Michael R. Pompeo reported that he directed the Department to formally notify Congress of our intent to authorize the UAE’s proposed purchase of fifth-generation...

Aerospace giant Boeing has won three foreign military sales contracts valued at as much as $800 million for training services and support in the Middle East. Boeing today acknowledged three foreign military sales contracts with...

On Monday, the U.S. Air Force press release said that Global Strike Command kicked off the new Bomber Task Force deployment structure. The statement noted the U.S. Air Force has shifted the primary defense focus to preparing for...

Northrop Grumman Corporation has selected Collins Aerospace Systems, a business unit of Raytheon Technologies Corp., as part of nationwide team to support Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) program. Collins Aerospace...

Textron Systems has announced that the overall Aerosonde small Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) fleet has achieved 500,000 flight hours across global operations. “We are proud to achieve 500,000+ hours in combat-proven...

On Monday, Northrop Grumman Corporation has announced that in collaboration with Boeing recently conducted two flight tests on a test bed aircraft, once again marrying the OMS-compliant battle management command and control...

U.S. Air Force Special Tactics operators assigned to the 352d Special Operations Wing take part in a reconnaissance training mission at Bornholm, Denmark. According to a recent Air Force news release, Airmen have participated in...

Japanese fighter jets intercepted the Russian radar aircraft in international airspace over the Sea of Japan, according to the Japanese Self-Defense Force. The Russian aircraft was believed to be an A-50 airborne early warning...

On 8 November, the spokesperson for Armenia’s Defense Ministry, Shushan Stepanyan, has reported that its rockets shot down an Azerbaijani Bayraktar TB2 combat drone. At the announcement, Shushan Stepanyan said that at...

The U.S. Air Force received the first two HH-60W Jolly Green II  Combat Rescue helicopters, according to a recent service news release. The 23d Wing and 347th Rescue Group leadership received the Air Force’s newest Combat Rescue...

Israeli defense officials have denied reports that the sale of the F-22 Raptor to Israel is currently under discussion. In recent days, multiple news outlets claim that the United States has approved the sale of F-22 Raptor...

A Bangladesh Air Force C-130 transport plane made an emergency landing at Khabarovsk airport in Russia. Local officials said two of the plane’s four turboprops failed and it landed safely at Khabarovsk International...

Russia has surprised the world by announcing the successful test flight of a Cold War-era Tu-160M heavy strategic bomber equipped with new NK-32-02 engines. Tupolev Tu-160M strategic bomber completed its maiden flight on...

The SBU, Ukraine’s state security service, has reported on Tuesday that it blocked a systematic steal of aircraft components from the strategic aerospace enterprise. According to a press release issued on 3 November by the SBU,...

On Tuesday, Canada’s International Test Pilots School (ITPS)has announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Korean Aerospace Industries to promote the KAI FA-50 for tactical and adversary training....

JSC CSTS Dinamika, part of  Technodinamika Group, has successfully passed the state trials of the latest target simulator with a rotary-wing target drone system. This is the first unmanned rotorcraft belonging to this size group...

U.S. military’s Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Friday it planned to sell Guyana four utility helicopters for $256-million. The U.S. State Department has cleared a possible $256 million foreign military sale of...

On Friday, the Ministry Of Defense Of Azerbaijan has released footage showed a drone attack targeting an Armenian 280mm BM-30 Smerch rocket launcher. Turkish-made Bayraktar TB2 armed drone operated by the Azerbaijan Air Force...

The U.S. State Department recently approved the potential sale to the United Arab Emirates of more than $10.4 billion worth of F-35A fighter jets. The U.S. Defence Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA), the Pentagon’s top arms...

The U.S. Air Force has awarded the Lockheed Martin Corporation a contract for the Atmospheric Early Warning System AN/FPS-117 Radar program.  This contract, announced by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) on 28 October,...

The Ministry Of Defense Of Azerbaijan claimed Thursday that its Air Defense Forces shot down two Armenian Su-25 Frogfoot attack jets. “On October 29, at about 13:18 and 13:20, the two Su-25 attack aircraft of the Armenian...

The U.S. Air Force is considering transforming all of its C-130 and C-17 cargo planes into cruise missile carriers, according to a Lockheed Martin press release. In a release late Wednesday, Pentagon’s No.1 weapons supplier...

The Ecuadorian Air Force took delivery on Tuesday of the first H145 multi-purpose twin-engine helicopter made by Airbus Helicopters. A total of six H145s will be delivered over the next year. The H145 helicopters, known as...

The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has activated MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft for imagery support in wildland fire fighting, according to a recent U.S. Air Force news release. At the request of the National...

The U.S. Department of Defense has revealed that the Fifth Generation Aerial Target will take its first flight later this month at Dugway Proving Ground, Utah, following nearly flawless completion of ground-based testing in...

Azerbaijan said it shot down a combat aircraft of the Armenian Air Force near Qubadli. On October 24, in the afternoon, the Azerbaijan Air Defense Units shot down a combat aircraft of the Armenian air force in the Gubadli...

The Danish Ministry of Defense has announced that the first Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II for the Royal Danish Air Force recently headed to the final assembly in Fort Worth, Texas F-35 production facility. It is a...

BAE Systems, a global leader in electronic warfare, was selected to develop attritable air vehicle systems under the U.S. Air Force Skyborg program. The details were given in a Thursday media release, to announce under Skyborg...

China placed a new order with JSC Russian Helicopters for additional rotorcraft, the aerospace group Rostec said in its newly released annual report. According to the company’s annual report, earlier in 2019, JSC Russian...

Russian MiG-31 and Su-35 fighter jets intercepted U.S. Air Force B-1B strategic bombers over the Bering Sea and escorted the planes until they turned away from the Russian border, the National Defense Control Center told...

The North American Aerospace Defense Command has announced that F-22 fighter aircraft intercepted two Russian strategic bombers capable of carrying nuclear weapons late Monday evening. The statement noted that U.S. Air Force...

Aerospace giant Boeing has announced that its Loyal Wingman unmanned, fighter-like jet is one step closer to its first flight after a low-speed taxi test. The unmanned multi-role aircraft being developed with the Royal...

A Russian Air Force Su-34 Fullback combat jet crashed in the Khabarovsk Region in the Russian Far East, according to a Wednesday statement from the Eastern Military District. A Sukhoi Su-34 twin-seat, all-weather supersonic...