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AERO Vodochody’s L-39NG opened the flight envelope

By Harmeet Singh on April 27, 2020

Prague. 27 April 2020. The new light jet trainer aircraft L-39NG from Czech aircraft manufacturer AERO Vodochody AEROSPACE a.s., opened the flight envelope up to the…

Jupiter probe JUICE: Final integration in full swing

By sangeeta Saxena on April 26, 2020

Friedrichshafen. 23 April 2020 . JUICE, the JUpiter ICy moons Explorer mission, has reached its next milestone: On its Earthly journey via different Airbus sites in…

Elbit Systems Awarded $103 Million to Supply Airborne Electronic Warfare Suites to a Country in Asia

By Harmeet Singh on April 26, 2020

Haifa, Israel. 26 April 2020 . Elbit Systems has been awarded a contract valued at approximately $103 million to supply comprehensive Electronic Warfare (EW) suites for…

HENSOLDT supports partner Huneed Technologies in the delivery of MILDS AN/AAR-60 in South Korea

By Harmeet Singh on April 22, 2020

Taufkirchen, Germany. 21 April 2020 . With strong support from Germany, HENSOLDT‘s South Korean partner company, Huneed Technologies, was able to deliver the first eight final…

Intelsat 901 Satellite Returns to Service Using Northrop Grumman’s Mission Extension Vehicle

By Harmeet Singh on April 20, 2020

Mclean and Dulles. 19 April 2020 . Intelsat announced that Intelsat 901 has returned to service following the successful docking with the first Mission Extension…

Progress Arsenyev Aviation Company continues full-scale fulfillment of the state defense order

By Harmeet Singh on April 18, 2020

Arseniev, Russia. 17 April 2020. Progress Arsenyev Aviation Company, part of Russian Helicopters Holding Company (part of Rostec State Corporation), continues the fulfillment of the state…

Leonardo contracts with tlmNexus to trial its Damage & Repair Tracker (DaRT) in support of the Merlin Mark 2 helicopter fleet.

By Harmeet Singh on April 17, 2020

Anglo-Italian aerospace company Leonardo to use the tlmNexus DaRT system for the UK MoD Merlin Mk 2 helicopters London. 17 April 2020. From May 2020,…

Airbus achieves world’s first fully automatic refuelling contacts

By Harmeet Singh on April 17, 2020

Getafe, 17 April 2020 . Airbus has achieved the first ever fully automatic air-to-air refuelling (A3R) operation with a boom system. The flight test campaign,…

Elbit Systems Awarded $15 Million Contract to Supply Command and Control Systems for the Swiss Armed Forces

By Harmeet Singh on April 16, 2020

Haifa, Israel. 16 April 2020. Elbit Systems has been awarded a contract valued at approximately $15 million from the Swiss Federal Office for Defense Procurement (“Armasuisse”) to…

CIMON-2 makes its successful debut on the ISS

By Harmeet Singh on April 16, 2020

Friedrichshafen. 15 April 2020 . CIMON-2, the updated version of the CIMON astronaut assistant, developed and built by Airbus for the German Aerospace Center Space…

Luxembourg Armed Forces A400M makes its maiden flight

By Harmeet Singh on April 14, 2020

Seville, Spain. 14 April 2020. The Airbus A400M new-generation airlifter ordered by the Luxembourg Armed Forces has made its maiden flight, marking a key milestone…

Boeing to Temporarily Suspend 787 Operations in South Carolina

By Harmeet Singh on April 9, 2020

North Charleston, South Carolina. 06 April 2020. Boeing will temporarily suspend all 787 operations at Boeing South Carolina (BSC) until further notice, starting at the end…

Japan Coast Guard orders two H225 helicopters

By Harmeet Singh on April 9, 2020

Tokyo. 06 April 2020. Japan’s largest Super Puma operator, Japan Coast Guard (JCG), has placed a new order of two H225 helicopters. This follow-on order brings JCG’s Super…

Raytheon Technologies is Born Building on 190+ years of experience in aerospace & defense

By Harmeet Singh on April 9, 2020

Waltham, MA. 08 April 2020. They weren’t just innovators. They were pioneers.Frederick Rentschler built engines that powered the Golden Age of Flight and founded Pratt &…

Leonardo: Kopter acquisition completed

By Harmeet Singh on April 9, 2020

Rome. 08 April 2020. Leonardo announced today the closing of the acquisition of Kopter Group AG (Kopter) from Lynwood (Schweiz). The purchase price, on a cash…

CAE-built Predator Mission Trainer now in-service at General Atomics Flight Test and Training Center in North Dakota

By Harmeet Singh on April 1, 2020

Tampa, Florida, USA. 01 April 2020 . CAE announced that General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has installed a CAE-built Predator Mission Trainer at its Flight…

Raytheon, Aerojet Rocketdyne strike $1 billion strategic sourcing deal for Standard Missile programs

By Harmeet Singh on March 30, 2020

Tucson, Arizona. 29 March 2020 . Raytheon Company’s Missile Systems business has reached a $1 billion, five-year strategic agreement to purchase propulsion systems from Aerojet Rocketdyne for Standard Missile…

RAFAEL posts 2019 record sales of $US 2.7 billion (9.7 billion Shekels), up %3.9 from 2018 and net profit of $US 111 million (397 million shekels)

By Harmeet Singh on March 27, 2020

TEL AVIV, MARCH 26, 2020 – RAFAEL Advanced Defense Systems Ltd. posts its financial results today (Thursday) for FY 2019, amid the COVID-19 global crisis,…

Airbus A400M Transports Masks To Spain In Support Of COVID-19 Crisis Efforts

By Harmeet Singh on March 25, 2020

Getafe. 24 March 2020. An Airbus A400M airlifter has performed an air-bridge between Toulouse and Madrid in order to deliver critically-needed mask supplies to the…

ISRO to launch 36 missions including 10 earth observation satellites in 2020-21

By sangeeta Saxena on March 19, 2020

New Delhi. 19 March 2020. Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Development of North-Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Atomic Energy…