Aviation

Boeing wins $397M deal to build Chinook helicopters for Korea and Spain

Boeing secured a $397 million contract expansion on May 18 to produce CH-47F Block I Chinook heavy-lift...

Russia flies rebuilt Su-57 prototype in two-seat configuration

Russia's United Aircraft Corporation confirmed the new Su-57 prototype's maiden flight, with test pilot and Hero of...

Latvia signs multi-year deal for autonomous drone killers

Latvia has signed a multi-year framework agreement with Origin Robotics to secure a continuous supply of BLAZE...

Crane Aerospace brakes help Northrop’s combat drone pass key test

Northrop Grumman's YFQ-48A Talon Blue autonomous combat aircraft completed its first taxi test on May 14 at...

GE Aerospace wins deal to design engine for U.S. Air Force autonomous aircraft

GE Aerospace has secured a U.S. Air Force contract to advance the preliminary design of its GE426...

Romanian F-16 shoots down suspected Ukrainian drone over Estonia

A Romanian Air Force F-16 patrolling Baltic skies under NATO's air policing mission shot down a suspected...

U.S. Air Force special ops MQ-9 drones now cleared to use GBU-39B glide bomb

U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command's MQ-9 Reaper fleet at Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico, declared...

Russia brings Shahed-type drones to Mali conflict

Wreckage identified near the central Malian city of Sevare confirmed what analysts had been watching for: Russia's...

U.S. approves $236M sale of cruise missiles to Belgium

The U.S. State Department approved a potential $236 million sale of AGM-184 Joint Strike Missiles to the...

Pentagon bets on AI to guard U.S. Air Force networks from hackers

The U.S. Air Force has handed a $40 million contract to World Wide Technology, a St. Louis-based...

Pentagon awards Lockheed Martin $879M to arm the F-35 fleet

Lockheed Martin walked away from May 18 with an $879 million weapons contract, and this one has...

Czech-Ukrainian firm wins U.S. Army contract for ISR drones

A Czech drone company with Ukrainian roots has signed a contract to supply reconnaissance unmanned aerial systems...

Ukraine clears its first homemade guided bomb for combat use

Ukraine has cleared its first domestically developed guided aerial bomb for combat use, with Defense Minister Mykhailo...

Japan eyes early warning drones to counter China threat

Japan's government is moving to deploy early warning radar-equipped drones over the Pacific Ocean as part of...

Russia develops new version of its Su-57 Felon fighter

A two-seat variant of Russia's Su-57 fifth-generation stealth fighter has been photographed conducting ground taxi trials, with...

UK drone maker tests Hellfire on CAPSTONE for Apache wingman bid

A British uncrewed aircraft developer has completed ground trials of its CAPSTONE unmanned system with air-to-surface missile...

Australia selects U.S.-made Transwing VTOL drone for ship logistics

A U.S. drone company has secured its first international defense contract, winning an order from the Royal...

Plane linked to Assad’s escape from Syria returns to Damascus

The Syrian cargo aircraft that flight-tracking data and Russian media suggest carried Bashar al-Assad and regime officials...
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