| Latest Feature Stories Farnborough Airshow: Brexit? What Brexit?!
Sure, there's been the odd mention of the UK's leaving the European Union at Farnborough, and the odd announcement that says "there's still a great in Great Britain." But aerospace is so global, you'r... Latest Press Releases Block Buy of 442 F-35s Could Reduce Unit Price by 4.9% At Most: Rand
In 2015, the United States and partner governments in the F-35 program began considering the use of a three-year block buy (BB) contract for procurement of F-35 aircraft during fiscal years 2018–2020.... Agusta Case: India Fails to Produce Evidence In UAE Court
NEW DELHI --- In a setback to efforts to extradite British national Christian Michel James -- one of the alleged middlemen in the Rs 3,600 crore AgustaWestland VVIP chopper deal case -- Indian authori... U.S. Offers India Armed Version of Guardian Drone: Report
FARNBOROUGH, England --- The United States has offered India the armed version of Guardian drones that were originally authorized for sale as unarmed for surveillance purposes, a senior U.S. official ... Iran Says it Will Build, Upgrade as Many As 800 Battle Tanks
Iran’s Deputy Defense Minister Reza Mozaffarinia says Tehran has plans to manufacture or upgrade 700 to 800 battle tanks. In remarks quoted on July 18 by Iran’s Tasnim news agency, Mozaffarinia did... Turkey Again Protests US Effort to Block Sale of F-35 Fighters
Turkey is protesting U.S. lawmakers' efforts to block delivery of F-35 fighter jets to Ankara because of Turkey's commitment to also buy a Russian missile defense system instead of a U.S.-made system.... Unit Cost of Latest Boeing MH-47 Chinook Exceeds $57M
PARIS --- The US Defense Department is spending over $229.8 million to buy four Boeing MH-47G Block II helicopters for the Special Operations Command, or over $57 million each. An analysis of recen... Boeing Wins Orders for 193 Additional Aircraft
FARNBOROUGH, UK. --- Boeing and VietJet signed a Memorandum of Understanding today at the 2018 Farnborough International for an additional 100 737 MAX airplanes. The agreement, which includes 80 737 M... Airbus Bags More Orders for 121 New Aircraft
FARNBOROUGH, UK. --- AirAsia X has placed an order with Airbus for an additional 34 A330neo widebody aircraft. The order was announced at the Farnborough Air Show in the UK by Kamarudin Meranun, Air... ATR Books Orders for 8 ATR-72 Turboprops
FARNBOROUGH --- Colombian airline EasyFly and market-leading turboprop manufacturer ATR today signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the purchase of five ATR -600 series aircraft, of which three are... Aero Vodochody Wins Orders for Up to 28 L-39NG Jet Trainer
FARNBOROUGH, United Kingdom --- AERO Vodochody and RSW Aviation, a military training provider in the United States, today signed a Letter of Intent for the delivery of 12 L-39NG Aircraft and, addition... Airbus Beluga XL Takes Off on Maiden Flight
TOULOUSE, France --- The first BelugaXL took off this morning from Blagnac in Toulouse, France at 10:30 hrs local time, for its maiden flight over south-western France. The aircraft is the first of fi... Rolls-Royce Wins $420M USAF Engine Support Contract
Rolls-Royce has been awarded a sustainment contract to maintain, repair and overhaul engines for the US Air Force Global Hawk and US Navy Triton fleets, valued at up to $420 million over six years. ... Lockheed Wins $164M for THAAD Support
Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control, Grand Prairie, Texas, is being awarded a $164,000,000 contract modification (P00034) to previously awarded, sole-source, cost-plus-incentive-fee, cost-plus f... Leonardo Enters Irish VIP Market, Wins New EMS Order in UK
FARNBOROUGH --- Leonardo and official distributor in UK Sloane Helicopters (Sloane) announced today that QME Mining Equipment Ltd (QME) of Ireland, a leading company in the supply of complete solution... British Chinook Helicopters Arrive in Mali
Three Royal Air Force Chinook helicopters from RAF Odiham, supported by around 90 British troops, are now on the ground and ready to begin providing logistical and troop movement support to our allies... UK House Committees Want Stricter Arms Export Controls
A new report by Parliament’s Committees on Arms Export Controls (CAEC) comments on a variety of issues – including the regulation of arms-dealers; the quality of information in the public domain; conc... Aero and IAI to Develop Multirole F/A-259 Striker Aircraft
FARNBOROUGH, United Kingdom --- Aero, the biggest Czech aircraft manufacturer, and Israel Aerospace Industries, world leader in defense systems technologies, introduced cost-effective, combat-proven f... Lithuania Testing New Boxer Infantry Fighting Vehicle
Manufacturer of Vilkas Infantry Fighting Vehicles (IFV), ARTEC, is putting two prototypes of IFVs bought by Lithuania, to intense testing at the German military training areas. Both prototypes have be... The Spanish Navy’s Overweight Subs Are Now Too Big for Base
MADRID --- The problems surrounding the bizarre history of the Spanish Navy’s new submarine have not yet been fully resolved. First, the boat ended up weighing far too much, so that it could dive but ... CH-148 Cyclone Helicopter on First Operational Deployment
OTTAWA --- Her Majesty’s Canadian Ship (HMCS) Ville de Québec departed its homeport of Halifax, N.S. today for Operation REASSURANCE. This mission also marks the first operational deployment of a CH-1... Singapore’s DSTA Teams with Airbus, Rolls-Royce for Digital Services
FARNBOROUGH --– Airbus and Singapore’s Defence Science and Technology Agency (DSTA) have agreed details of the first initiative under their recently announced digital technology collaboration – the de... Royal Navy Wildcats Complete Mission on French LHD
Naval aviators are almost home after five months in the Far East supporting France’s key Pacific deployment of 2018. Around 30 fliers and ground crew, plus two Wildcat helicopters, from 847 Naval A... Estonia Orders Carl Gustav Ammunition from Saab
Saab has received an order from the Estonian Centre for Defence Investment on ammunition for the Carl-Gustaf® system. The order value is 186 MSEK and deliveries will be made during 2018-2019. The o... US, Japanese, Indian Navies Begin Annual MCM Exercise
OMINATO, Japan --- U.S. Navy mine countermeasure (MCM) units, Japan Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) MCM units, and Indian Navy Explosive Ordinance Disposal (EOD) units commenced 2JA mine counterme... Leonardo, Ultra and L-3 Team for Next-Gen ASW Sensor
FARNBOROUGH --- Leonardo has entered partnerships with L3 Technologies and Ultra Electronics Command & Sonar Systems (Ultra) in order to offer a complete Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) acoustic system b... Spirit Aero Adopts Robotics, New Titanium Production Process
WICHITA, Kan. --- Spirit AeroSystems today announced its engineers have combined a wide range of robotics hardware and software technologies to meet the complex needs of inspecting the company's compo... India Has Awarded 168 ‘Make in India’ Contracts
Capital procurement of defence equipment is carried out as per the extant Defence Procurement Procedure (DPP). DPP-2016 focuses on institutionalizing, streamlining and simplifying defence procurem... Meggitt Wins Contract for MA700 with China’s AVIC Aircraft
Meggitt signs multi-million dollar sub-systems contract for MA700 with Avic Aircraft, China Meggitt PLC, a leading international company specialising in high performance components and sub-systems ... Pilatus Hands Over First PC-21 Turboprop Trainer for ETPS
Under the contract concluded with the British company QinetiQ in 2016, Pilatus is to provide two PC-21s to the Empire Test Pilots’ School (ETPS) based in Wiltshire, in the south of England. Operated b... EPI Completes Assembly of 400th TP400 Turboprop
FARNBOROUGH --- Europrop International GmbH (EPI) has completed the assembly of the 400th TP400 engine in Munich where its final assembly line is located. This milestone marks a remarkable achievem... | 
