The Defence Ministers of Germany and France expressed their nations’ support for key European defence programmes.
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About fifty Air Force planes took off from several bases to carry out a nuclear mission. A sequence called Poker and that the Strategic Air Forces hold four times a year.
Hong Kong-based GFS has achieved two milestones with its H175 fleet.
Greece to acquire 18 Rafales.
The Euroflir™ 410 will provide unrivaled observation capability under any conditions of visibility.
HAL FOC Standard LCA Tejas took flight.
Saab offers Gripen E to Canada’s request for proposal for the country’s future fighter requirement of 88 new aircraft.
Whole range of Dassault dedicated and exclusive products: the famous ‘Remove Before Flight’ keyrings, patches, apparel, airplane models …
The governments of France and Germany award the initial framework contract for the Future Combat Air System (FCAS) and Airbus further strengthens its partnership with Thales and MBDA.
UVision announced the creation of a joint venture in India with Aditya Precitech. The new AVision company will be dedicated to the manufacturing and marketing of loitering munitions.
The first Tupolev Tu-160M, M as modernized, flew on February 2, 2020. The four-jet engine took off from the Kazan aeronautical plant airport for a flight lasting 34 minutes.
France decides to join the Allied Combined Space Operations initiative. The objective of this initiative is to coordinate the efforts of the seven participating nations in the area of space defense.
The Republic of Singapore Air Force will carry out a flight test campaign to take part in Airbus Automatic Air-to-Air refueling program of the A330 SMART MRTT, which includes the enhancement of maintenance solutions.
Iraq risks becoming a battlefield in a major proxy war, pitting the United States and Iran against each other.
The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation signed every contract necessary for Tupolev to start the production of the Perspektivni Aviatsionni Kompleks Dalneï Aviatsii or PAK DA, to replace the Tu-95 Bear.
Airbus and the Spanish Air Force conducted a series a wet contact tests this month with Airbus AC295s. First dry contacts were performed in December, 2019.
Poland has formalized its choice of the F-35 fighter. One more step on the European market for U.S. combat aircraft.
Safran Helicopter Engines will provide Portuguese Air Force with Global Support Package services for its RTM322-powered EH101 Merlin fleet.
BAE Systems intends to buy Collins Aerospace’s military Global Positioning System business for $1.9 billion and Raytheon’s Airborne Tactical Radios division for $275 million, to be sold for antitrust clearances.
Leonardo carried out the first test flight of the new member of the Falco family, unveiled at Paris Air Show latest edition.
Saab starts to produce the aft fuselage section of the T-7A Red Hawk aircraft, the advanced trainer developed and produced together with Boeing for the United States Air Force.
Switzerland has sent four manufacturers, including Dassault Aviation, a second request for proposals for the renewal of its fleet of combat aircraft.
Indra will work on the modernization of NATO’s AWACS, the early warning, surveillance, command and control aircraft.
Lockheed Martin received an order to deliver 50 C-130Js to the U.S. armed forces.
The future sixth-generation British combat aircraft, Tempest, intended to replace the Eurofighter Typhoon within the RAF, will benefit from additional electrical systems, including an embedded turbine engine starting device developed by Rolls-Royce.
December was a successful month for the C295. Alongside Ireland and the Czech Republic, Burkina Faso also selected the Airbus aircraft.
The 29th Indian MiG-27 Squadron, “Scorpions”, exits its last MiG-27M on December 27, 2019. The Indian Air Force received a total of 165 MiG-27ML aircraft between 1985 and 1994 and had until to seven MiG-27 squadrons.
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Piaggio Aerospace ends 2019 with three new contracts worth €246 million. The Italian Ministry of Defense signs contract for nine copies of Avanti EVO turboprop aircraft as well as the modernization of the 18 copies in service within the Italian Armed Forces and technical-logistic support for Chinook.
The United States Department of Defense announced on the night of January 7-8 that Iran had launched more than a dozen ballistic missiles against U.S. bases in Iraq.
Poland takes part in the air police mission in the Baltic states with its F-16 aircraft.
The German Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support (BAAINBw) awards a new contract to MBDA for additional Meteor missiles.
Leonardo UK has demonstrated the performance of a new radar receiver/warner technology as part of its on-going development work for Tempest program.
A Sukhoi Su-57 crashed into the taiga, in Khabarovsk Krai territory. The pilot managed to eject. According to the preliminary investigation, the cause is due to a malfunction of the tail flight controls.
An ASD Communication study shows the crucial place of the aeronautical and defense industry in Europe.
French Reaper drones stationed in Niamey conducted their first test firing.
Saab delivers first complete Deployable Aircraft Maintenance Facility to Hungary.
The Israeli Ministry of Defense announces the sale of radars to the Czech Republic.
Ireland joins Airbus C295’s customers for patrol operations while Czech Republic confirms its confidence in the medium airlifter acquiring two more.
The U.S. State Department approves the sale of C-130J aircraft to New Zealand.
Safran Aircraft Engines inaugurated a maintenance training center at the Istres air force base for the M88 engine, which powers the Dassault Rafale.
The future strategic transport aircraft to succeed the Antonov An-124 Ruslan is currently undergoing a wind tunnel testing campaign at the Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute (TsAGI) in Zhukovsky, Russia.
Airbus Helicopters signs two global support contract for the Tigers in service in the French, German, and Spanish Armies as well as the Cougar and Caracal helicopters in service in the French Army and Air Force to boost their availability rate.
Russian Helicopters is moving towards the signature of a contract with Moscow for its Kamov Ka-52M attack helicopter project, according to Andrei Boginsky, General Director of the company.
Russia has assembled its first Tupolev Tu-160M, a strategic missile transport bomber that began its ground tests, preliminary to flight tests.
Safran Aircraft Engines and MTU Aero Engines finally settled the details concerning their partnership to develop the engine of the next-generation European fighter aircraft NGF.
MBDA is selected by Korea Aerospace Industries to integrate its Meteor long-range air-to-air missile into the future South Korean KF-X combat aircraft.
Saab conducted tests to evaluate its EAJP system.
Leonardo will provide Bangladesh Air Force with KRONOS LAND while Thailand gets NATO’s primary air defense sensor RAT31 DL.
In front of 15 foreign delegations, MBDA’s teams carried out a demonstration of the Mistral 3 missile which destroyed its Mirach 40 mobile drone target located over 7 km away.
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