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UK’s first Protector RG Mk1 aircraft undertakes maiden flight

New RPAS is based on MQ-9B SkyGuardian® and it will be delivered to UK MoD in 2021

The UK’s first Protector RG Mk1 RPAS aircraft has successfully completed its first flight after coming off the production line. The latest milestone in the UK Protector programme follows the announcement in Jul... Read More...

Boeing 777X’s GE9X engines receive FAA certification

GE Aviation announced today its GE9X engine has been certified by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) authorities, a key milestone in its journey to power the new twin-engine Boeing 777X family. The ... Read More...

US Army Chinook takes flight with GE Aviation T408 engine

The U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Aviation & Missile Center achieved its first flight of a Chinook with GE Aviation’s T408 engines, a milestone that could expand the capabilities of futu... Read More...

ZEROe: the Airbus vision about the world’s first zero-emission commercial aircraft powered by hydrogen

By 2035, the world’s first zero-emission commercial aircraft could take to the skies. To bring this vision to reality, Airbus is exploring game-changing concept aircraft – known as ZEROe – powered by hydrogen, ... Read More...

GA-ASI awarded $13.5 million contract to upgrade US Air National Guard MQ-9 RPA systems

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has been awarded a $13.5 million contract to upgrade MQ-9 Block 1 and Block 5 Remotely Piloted Aircraft for the Air National Guard (ANG). The procurement incl... Read More...

GE Aviation delivers first F110 engines for US Air Force F-15EX advanced Eagle

GE Aviation has delivered its first F110-GE-129 engines for the United States Air Force’s F-15EX advanced Eagle fighter. In June, the US Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCM) awarded GE Aviation a Lot ... Read More...

Boeing Australia Loyal Wingman prototype

Boeing Australia fires up engine on first Loyal Wingman aircraft

Boeing Australia powered up the commercial turbofan engine on the first Loyal Wingman aircraft in September, as part of ground testing and preparations for first flight. This milestone comes on the heels of ... Read More...

BAE Systems continues mission-critical F-35 EW system production

BAE Systems has been awarded a contract from Lockheed Martin for the production and delivery of additional electronic warfare (EW) systems for Lot 15, Lot 16 long lead, sustainment spares and retro fit kits for... Read More...

Sweden offers Saab Gripen to Croatia

Sweden submitted its proposal of 12 new Gripen C/D fighter aircraft to Croatia

Representatives of the Swedish Defence Material Administration (FMV) and the Swedish Embassy in Croatia submitted the government-to-government proposal of 12 new Gripen C/D fighter aircraft to the Croatian auth... Read More...

Maiden Flight for the 14th Royal Netherlands Air Force F-35A from the FACO in Cameri, Italy

Maiden flight today 2 September of the fourteenth Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II for the Koninklijke Luchtmacht (Royal Netherlands Air Force) and produced in Italy at the Novara plant of Cameri co-managed b... Read More...

Maiden Flight for the 13th Royal Netherlands Air Force F-35A

Covid-19 has not stopped production at the FACO in Cameri (Final Assembly & Check-Out): on 25 August the fifth low observability Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II fighter serialized F-013, commissioned by ... Read More...

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems signs MQ-9B SkyGuardian contract for Belgium

Contract includes design, development, integration and production

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has signed a Foreign Military Sales contract with the U.S. Air Force for Belgian Ministry of Defense to acquire the MQ-9B SkyGuardian® Remotely Piloted Aircra... Read More...

Airbus A350 german armed forces handover

Handover of the first Airbus A350 to the German Armed Forces Special Air Mission Wing

State-of-the-art A350 ensures worldwide mobility for the German government

Lufthansa Technik AG today handed over the first of three new Airbus A350-900s to the German Armed Forces. During a small ceremony in Hamburg, conducted according to current pandemic rules, Minister of Defence ... Read More...

The Helicopter Company (THC) purchases 10 Airbus H125 helicopters

The Helicopter Company (THC), which is fully owned by the Public Investment Fund (PIF) of Saudi Arabia, today announced that it has signed a purchase agreement with Airbus Helicopters to purchase 10 H125 helico... Read More...

Airbus delivers first of 16 advanced law enforcement H125 helicopters to U.S. Customs and Border Protection

Airbus Helicopters, Inc. (AHI) has delivered the first of 16 new H125 helicopters uniquely configured for U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Air and Marine Operations (AMO). AMO collaborated with AHI as p... Read More...

The Airbus Helicopters H160 receives EASA approval

Airbus Helicopters’ multi-role twin engine helicopter H160 has been granted its type certificate by the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), marking a new chapter for the programme. The company is expe... Read More...

Boeing delivers 2500th AH-64 Apache attack helicopter

Boeing recently delivered its 2,500th AH-64 Apache helicopter, an E-model Apache for the U.S. Army, from the company’s production line in Mesa, Arizona. The first production AH-64, an A-model Apache, rolled ... Read More...

Airbus signs contract for integration of 115 new Eurofighter Captor-E scan radars

Airbus has been awarded a contract for the development, supply and integration of 115 Eurofighter ESCAN Radars for the German and Spanish Eurofighter fleet. It marks the so far largest order for the world’s mos... Read More...

US Navy test squadrons receive Next-Gen Super Hornet this month

The Navy is welcoming its next-generation multi-mission tactical fighter by taking delivery of the first Block III F/A-18 Super Hornet test jets this month, as part of its continuing effort to improve aircraft ... Read More...

M-345 italian Leonardo’s new training aircraft certified and ready for the global market

Leonardo is pleased to announce that the DAAA (Directorate for Air Armaments and Airworthiness), the Italian Ministry of Defence’s Certification Authority, has issued the "Initial Certification" for Leonardo's ... Read More...