Aviation
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Over Warsaw will fly Hermes 900 drone during NATO summit
During the NATO summit, which will take place in Warsaw on 8-9 July 2016 over Warsaw will fly Israeli  Hermes 900 medium size multi-payload unmanned aerial...
Russia’s Defense Ministry will start receiving T-50 PAK FA fighter jets in 2018
Russia’s Defense Ministry will start receiving T-50 PAK FA (Prospective Airborne Complex of Frontline Aviation) fighter jets in 2018, Deputy Defense Minister Yuri Borisov...
Russian Defense Ministry signed the contract on Tu-214R reconnaissance aircraft delivery
The Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation and Kazan Aircraft Production Association (KAPO) n.a. Gorbunov signed the contract on Tu-214R reconnaissance aircraft delivery.
Under the contract, KAPO will...
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...