| Latest Feature Stories Italy May Stop F-35 Orders at 13 Aircraft, Has No Obligation to Buy More
PARIS --- If it goes through with its decision not to buy any additional Lockheed F-35 fighters, Italy stands to save as much as $13 billion which it could use, like Germany, to buy additional Eurofig... Latest Press Releases US Now Willing to Sell Patriot to Turkey
The U.S. State Department says it is working to persuade NATO ally Turkey to purchase Raytheon Patriot missile-defense systems rather than a rival Russian missile system. Tina Kaidanow, acting U.S.... Airbus Wins 126 Orders on FIA Day One
Airbus made headlines during the Farnborough Airshow’s opening day with news across the company’s product portfolio – from nine order announcements for commercial jetliners to the unveiling of its ser... Airbus Adds 128 New Orders on FIA Day 2
FARNBOROUGH, U.K. --- A customer has penned a Memorandum of Understanding for 25 A321neo and 75 A320neo aircraft. The agreement for 100 additional A320neo Family aircraft adds to its existing orders f... Boeing Bags 150 Orders on FIA Day One
FARNBOROUGH, United Kingdom --- Boeing and Jet Airways confirmed that the Indian carrier placed an order for an additional 75 737 MAX 8 airplanes during a signing ceremony at the 2018 Farnborough Inte... United Orders 4 Aircraft from Boeing, 25 from Embraer
FARNBOROUGH, UK --- Embraer and United Airlines announced at the 2018 Farnborough Airshow that they signed a firm order for 25 E175 jets in a 70-seat configuration. The contract has a value of USD 1.1... Leonardo Wins Aramco Order for 21 AW139 Helicopters
DUBLIN, Ireland –-- Milestone Aviation Group Limited (Milestone), a GECAS company and the global leader in helicopter leasing, and Leonardo today announce they have been selected to renew the medium h... UK Government Reaffirms Commitment to Eurofighter
The UK Government has today restated its commitment to the future development of Eurofighter following the unveiling of a national Combat Air Strategy. The strategy was revealed publicly today at F... Dutch Air Force Awards Boeing Support Deal for Apache, Chinook
FARNBOROUGH, United Kingdom --- Boeing and the Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) signed a Combined Helicopter Support services agreement at the Royal International Air Tattoo on Saturday, July 14 th... Saab Update on Gripen News from Farnborough
Saab’s Gripen E programme continues to make progress. The Gripen aircraft with designation 39-8 has conducted a number of successful flights carrying external stores, including pylons from the Swiss c... BAE Systems Statement on UK’s Tempest Project
BAE Systems and its predecessor companies have been designing and manufacturing military aircraft for the UK’s Royal Air Force and other nations for over 100 years. We are immensely proud to contin... Lockheed Wins $450M to Design Saudi Multi-Mission Ships
Lockheed Martin Corp., Baltimore, Maryland, is awarded a $450,744,723 not-to-exceed undefinitized contract action modification to previously awarded contract N00024-18-C-2301 for long-lead-time materi... Firing Test Validates Brahmos Missile Life Extension
BrahMos, the supersonic cruise missile was successfully test-fired at 1017 hrs today, from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Balasore, Odisha. The test-firing conducted from a Mobile Autonomous Launc... US Releases Plan to Implement Conventional Arms Transfer Policy
WASHINGTON, DC. --- On July 13, 2018 the President approved the Implementation Plan he requested as part of the Conventional Arms Transfer (CAT) Policy (NSPM-10). In line with the U.S. National Securi... Russia Redelivers Four Mi-17 Helicopters to Laos
VIENTIANE --- Russian Helicopters Holding Company (part of Rostec State Corporation) fulfilled the first service contract in the interests of the Lao Ministry of Defense, having transferred a batch of... British MoD Signs “New Prosperity Framework” with Lockheed
Defence Minister Guto Bebb announced the start of a new relationship between the UK government and Lockheed Martin at Farnborough International Air Show today. Under a new Prosperity Framework, the... Mid-Eastern Customer Buys Leonardo DIRCM System
FARNBOROUGH --- Leonardo has announced today, at Farnborough International Airshow 2018, that it has secured a customer in the Middle East region for its ‘Miysis’ Directed InfraRed Counter Measure (DI... GA Adds Leonardo ELINT, Other Sensors to MQ-9B Reaper UAV
FARNBOROUGH --- Leonardo and General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc (GA-ASI) have signed an agreement that will see the companies jointly investing to integrate Leonardo’s SAGE electronic warfare s... Leonardo Says Over 40 Osprey AESA Radars Sold to Date
FARNBOROUGH --- Leonardo, currently exhibiting at the 2018 Farnborough Air Show (stand L1), has today highlighted the success of its Osprey Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar family, ann... Subaru and Bell Team for 412 Helicopter Upgrade
FARNBOROUGH, United Kingdom --– At a ceremony held at Farnborough Air Show today, Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. company and Subaru Corporation announced their collaboration on a commercial enhanceme... Terma Adds Leonardo Jammer to F- Integrated Pylons
FARNBOROUGH, UK --- Terma has partnered with electronic warfare experts Leonardo to offer a variant of its Electronic Combat Integrated Pylons System (ECIPS) with an integrated Leonardo Compact Jammin... US Navy Launches DDG-121 Destroyer
PASCAGOULA, Miss. --- The future USS Frank E. Petersen Jr. (DDG 121) was launched on July 13 at Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) shipyard. The method for launching a ship includes a multi-day pr... Rolls-Royce Wins UK Government Funding for Aerospace R&D
Rolls-Royce has reached a new milestone in the development of its next generation of civil aerospace engines with its Advance3 demonstrator now running at full power. The news comes as the UK Governme... ASW Mission Package for LCS Reaches Testing Milestones
WASHINGTON –-- Program Executive Office Unmanned and Small Combatants announced the successful completion of two Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) Mission Package testing milestones, July 16. The first ... Tasmanian Company Wins Contract for Australia’s New OPVs
In a win for Tasmanian defence industry, Taylor Bros Marine has today announced the signing of a major contract with Luerssen Australia. Taylor Bros will be involved in the design, production and i... Belarus Exporting Caiman Armored Vehicle to African Country
Belarus is exporting its locally-designed Caiman armored vehicle to an undisclosed African customer. Speaking to TASS Russian News Agency, a source in Belarus' State Military-Industrial Committee s... US Air Force Begins Operational Tests of Small-Diameter Bomb II
LONDON --- Raytheon Company's StormBreaker bomb, formerly called the Small Diameter Bomb II, or SDB II bomb, has entered operational testing, a step closer to providing U.S. Air Force pilots the capab... Norway’s Joint Strike Missile Scores Direct Hit in Latest Test
LONDON --- Norway's Ministry of Defense successfully test fired a Joint Strike Missile from an F-16 Fighting Falcon, demonstrating the weapon's ability to change course to avoid hitting a decoy target... GKN Receives Order to Increase Production of F-35 Bulkheads
GKN Aerospace and Lockheed Martin are expanding a long-time customer partnership by signing a contract to increase production of bulkheads for the F-35 Lightning II program through 2023. The bulkheads... Indra Wins Spanish Army Contract for Airworthiness Support
SPAIN --- Indra has been awarded the Framework Agreement tendered by the Chief of Economic Affairs of the Logistical Support Command of the Army for the provision of engineering services to achieve an... Rolls-Royce Delivers Final RB199 Under ROCET 2 Support Contract
Rolls-Royce has delivered the final RB199 engine serviced at its Bristol facility under its ROCET 2 support contract with the UK MoD. Under the terms of the contract engines for the Royal Air Force fl... Rolls-Royce Ships First Trent 7000 Production Engine
The first Rolls-Royce Trent 7000 production engine was despatched yesterday to the Airbus facility in Toulouse, in readiness to power Airbus’s latest aircraft, the A330neo, into service. Formal cer... Airbus, Canada’s NRC Renew R&T Cooperation Agreement
The National Research Council of Canada (NRC) and Airbus have renewed their framework agreement on research and technology (R&T) cooperation. This new five-year agreement builds on a long-standing rel... Airbus Opens Series Production Facility for Zephyr Pseudo-Satellites
FARNBOROUGH --- Airbus Defence and Space has unveiled the new Zephyr S HAPS (High Altitude Pseudo-Satellite) to the world at Farnborough Air Show this morning. The Zephyr S is the first production air... | 