Embraer and Sierra Nevada Corporation Awarded Contract to Deliver 12 A-29s for the Nigerian...
Embraer Defense & Security and its partner Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) were awarded a contract to deliver 12 A-29 Super Tucano light attack aircraft...
Four generations of strike fighters?
When UK Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson announced that the RAF’s F-35Bs were ready to deploy, having attained initial operating capability (IOC), he did so...
First Tranche of 18 F-35B’s for UK Nears Completion
Jon Lake - In mid-November the UK took delivery of its 17th Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning aircraft.
The aircraft was the penultimate aircraft in...
The new Czech jet aircraft L-39NG rolled out
On Friday 12th October 2018, at 11:50, the first L-39NG pre-series aircraft rolled out from the hangar at AERO Vodochody AEROSPACE, the leading Czech...
Aero Vodochody L-39 Albatross Breaks Cover
On 12 October, at its factory near Prague Aero Vodochody rolled out the latest incarnation of its L-39 Albatros jet trainer that first flew...
F-35 Lightning Jets make history on HMS Queen Elizabeth
Fast fighter jets are once again flying from a Royal Navy aircraft carrier as the first F-35s have landed on the flight deck of...
Lockheed Martin selects Harris Corp to deliver F-35’s next-gen processor
Lockheed Martin has selected Harris Corporation to develop and deliver the next generation Integrated Core Processor (ICP) for the F-35 fighter jet. The Lockheed...
British Defence Exports on the rise
The UK’s Defence Security Organisation (DSO) revealed that the British defence industry secured export orders valued at $11.6 billion (£9 billion) in 2017. This...
Fighters on the edge of reason
Where fourth generation fighters excelled, the capabilities of the fifth generation are still being realised with integration often a challenge as well as a...
Abaco Wins Order to Help Equip Fleet of Fighter Aircraft
Abaco announced that it had won an order from a leading aerospace and defense company involved in the design, fabrication and assembly of aircraft, jet engines, helicopters and...
