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United States seeking permission to fly surveillance aircraft through Czech airspace
The U.S. is seeking permission from the Czech government to fly Global Hawk surveillance drones through Czech airspace, the radio.cz reports.
The pilotless aircraft is...
PZL-Swidnik developed and produced new W-3RM Anakonda helicopter
PZL-Swidnik developed and produced W-3RM Anakonda helicopter, which is in service of the Polish Navy. Polish seamen use six such machines and two W-3...
Polish Armed Forces receives final W-3PL Gluszec combat helicopters
Polish Armed Forces has received their final of W-3PL Gluszec combat helicopters. PZL-Swidnik handed Polish Armed Forces last 2 series helicopters W-3PL Głuszec. Currently, Land Forces...
Saab has delivered a replacement JAS-39D to the Hungarian Air Force
Saab has delivered a replacement JAS-39D (side number 44) to the Hungarian Air Force on Jul .1.
Hungary lost two Gripen fighters in 2015 and...
Two out of three German A400Ms have cracks in their propeller gearboxes
Germany has grounded two of its three A400M military transport planes delivered by Airbus Group SE due to newly discovered gearbox issues on their...
Avionics Services expects to sell 30 Brazilian UAV ‘Cacador’ in five years
The unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) Cacador has taken a step in the Brazilian industry of such systems. Avionics Services company, developer of the device,...
Ukraine to supply missiles for Polish MiG-29 fighter jets
The Ukrainian state owned enterprise SpetsTechnoExport will supply the MiG-29 fighter jets of the Polish Armed Forces with the medium range air-to-air missiles R-27R1.
The...
Russian Helicopters transferred Mi-26TC to China
Holding Russian Helicopters has supplied to China a heavy transport helicopter Mi-26TS. The machine is purchased for Shandong province, where works to save and...
Japan will launch a tender for 100 new fighter jets
Japan will launch a tender for fighter jets as soon as mid-July, the Ministry of Defence said, in a deal seen worth up to...
First Royal Air Force F-35B Lightning II fighter jet lands In UK
The first of the RAF's new fleet of supersonic £100m fighter jets has touched down in the UK, that reported by news.sky.com.
The F-35B Lightning...
Russia deliver first 2 Mi-17V-5 helicopters to Serbia
Russian Helicopters, part of State Corporation Rostec, delivered two medium military-transport helicopters to the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Serbia. The rotorcraft...
US Marine Corps pull F/A-18 Hornet aircraft from «boneyard»
Marine Corps aviation, struggling to meet its operational and training missions with a shrinking fleet of aged F/A-18 Hornets, is pushing a program to...
Algeria receives two more Mi-28NE combat helicopters from Russia
Algeria took the delivery of two more Mil Mi-28NE 'Night Hunter' (NATO reporting name: Havoc-B) combat helicopters in late June, according to the MenaDefense.net.
"Algeria...
Russian spy plane flying near the Japanese coast in the Pacific
The General staff of the defense Forces of Japan said that Japanese fighters were raised into the air due to the passage in the...
BIRD Aerosystems to present live demonstration of AMPS-MV on Mi-8-MTV at Farnborough
BIRD Aerosystems specializes in the developing and deploying of two main product lines: Airborne Missile Protection Systems (AMPS) and Airborne Surveillance, Information and Observation...
Qatar to purchase undisclosed number of Super Mushshak aircraft from Pakistan
The State of Qatar has signed a contract for the purchase of “Super Mushshak” training aircraft from the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, Qatar News...
BrahMos Aerospace successfully demonstrated the integration of cruise missile BRAHMOS on Su-30MKI
BrahMos Aerospace today on 25th of June 2016 successfully demonstrated the integration of world's most formidable supersonic cruise missile system BRAHMOS on Su-30MKI frontline...
Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force negotiates buy od additional 12 AW101 helicopters
Leonardo Helicopters is in discussions with the Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force for a follow-on order of a dozen Agusta-Westland AW101 rotorcraft.
Tokyo already operates seven...