Avincis, one of the world’s leading operators of emergency aerial services and the biggest provider in Europe, has won the seven-year contract to operate the 18 italian CL-415 Canadair firefighters. With more than 20 years’ experience in firefighting emergency services…

The first Belgian F-35A Lightning II arrived at Luke Air Force Base on Dec. 3, 2024. This milestone marks the beginning of Belgium’s transition from the F-16 Fighting Falcon to the advanced F-35A, ushering in a new era for the Belgian Air Component. The initial…

Croatia’s Mig-21s Cold War-era fighters currently operating in Europe have been retired from their air defense duties. Assigned to NATO, the Croatian Air Force was the last European operator of the MiG-21 Fishbed, a type that originally entered service in…

NASA will soon test advancements made on a key tool for measuring the unique “sonic thumps” that its quiet supersonic X-59 research aircraft will make while flying. A shock-sensing probe is a cone-shaped air data probe developed with specific features…

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions announced the successful performance of a recent series of flight tests of the United States Marine Corps’ Kratos XQ-58A Valkyrie. These flights and exercises were conducted jointly earlier this year by Kratos, Northrop Grumman Corporation,…

Airbus Defence and Space has delivered the first Airbus A400M for the Republic of Kazakhstan to become the cornerstone of the country’s tactical and strategic airlift operations. The first of two Airbus A400M for Kazakhstan was handed over to the…

Emirates has officially unveiled the very first Airbus A350-900 to join its fleet at an exclusive event showcase in Dubai. The A350 aircraft for Emirates, A6-EXA, was delivered by Airbus on 25 November in Toulouse and made the flight to…

The European Detect and Avoid System (EUDAAS) demonstrator, integrated into Leonardo’s Falco Xplorer, completed its final test flight at Trapani airport, validating advanced sensors, digital flight controls and smart technologies for safe integration of large remotely piloted aircraft into European…

After completing the test flights, Piaggio Aerospace delivered to the Italian Air Force three P.180 Avanti EVO+, the iconic 9-seater aircraft designed and assembled by Piaggio Aerospace in its facilities located in Villanova d’Albenga and Genoa. The three aircraft, which…

Lockheed Martin Skunk Works®, in partnership with Lockheed Martin's Demonstrations and Prototypes organization and the University of Iowa's Operator Performance Laboratory (OPL), showcased a crewed-uncrewed teaming mission where an airborne battle manager issued real-time commands to AI-controlled aircraft through a touchscreen…

Boeing will produce 15 additional KC-46A Pegasus tanker aircraft as part of a Lot 11 award contract from the U.S. Air Force, valued at $2.38 billion. In total, Boeing has 168 multi-mission KC-46A aircraft under contract globally, providing advanced capability…

The EuroDASS consortium, the industrial partnership responsible for the Eurofighter Typhoon’s "Praetorian" defensive suite, has unveiled details on the next generation of Typhoon sensing and jamming capabilities following the completion of concepting work and technology flight trials. EuroDASS partners Leonardo,…

U.S. B-52 Stratofortress bombers assigned to the 20th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron integrated with NATO Allies in executing Bomber Task Force 25-1, exercise Vanguard Merlin at Cudgel Range, Lithuania, Nov. 14-15, 2024. Multilateral exercises serve as visible symbols in support of…

Thales has been selected for the Artificial Intelligence Deployable Agent (AIDA) project funded by the European Commission through the European Defence Fund (EDF). A total of 28 European industry partners, start-ups and research centres have joined forces on this project…

Less than a year after the contract was signed, Airbus Helicopters has delivered the first of up to 82 H145M helicopters ordered by Germany at its Donauwörth site. The Bundeswehr (German Armed Forces) have named their new H145Ms “Leichter Kampfhubschrauber”…

In an increasingly complex and uncertain security environment, it is more important than ever that nations have the capabilities they need to protect what matters most. This is at the heart of Lockheed Martin’s vision for 21st Century Security. Through…

According to Moscow's Tass news agency, the first contracts for the export version of Russia's fifth-generation Su-57 fighter jet have reportedly been signed. This was also announced to Russian journalists by Rosoboronexport Director General Alexander Mikheev during his visit to…

In the increasingly challenging fight against forest fires, Leonardo offers an innovative, high-tech solution with the C-27J Next Generation "Fire Fighter", a twin-engine turboprop aircraft that complements helicopters and amphibious aircraft, or "scoopers," which collect water directly from water surfaces…

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) logged another aviation milestone on Nov. 12, 2024, when its Gray Eagle STOL aircraft took off from a South Korean warship and landed at a ground base – the first-ever such mission for an aircraft…

The Ministry of Defense of Stockholm announced the selection of the Embraer C-390 Millennium for Sweden as new tactical transport aircraft. This strategic decision from another North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) member country marks the first acquisition of the C-390…