Turkish Aerospace Industries has announced the integration of a directed infra-red countermeasures system onto an Airbus A400M. According to TAI, the first system has been installed on A400M tail number… Continue reading "TAI Integrates In-House A400M Directed IR Countermeasures System"
India formalized an agreement with Airbus on 24 September for procurement and manufacture of 56 C295MW transport aircraft. The Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) had approved the acquisition worth $3… Continue reading "India Signs Historic Deal With Airbus For Making C295MW Aircraft"
Airbus Defence and Space has announced that the Republic of Kazakhstan is set to acquire two Airbus A400M transport aircraft, bringing to an end years of speculation about the Central Asian… Continue reading "Kazakhstan Set to Become Ninth A400M Operator"
The US Air Force’s Life Cycle Management Center issued a Sources Sought Announcement on Tuesday, seeking to “determine the number of qualified, interested companies” interested in competing to supply a… Continue reading "USAF Seeks Non-Developmental Tankers in “Bridge Tanker” Program"
Airbus has been selected as the only qualified supplier for the Royal Canadian Air Force’s program to replace its Airbus CC-150 Polaris multirole transports. Airbus is offering its A330 Multi-Role… Continue reading "Airbus Selected For Canadian Multirole Tanker Procurement"
On 30 March, the House of Commons Library released the 2021 “Defence Command Paper” as a compliment to the recent Integrated Review. Among other things, the paper presents a plan… Continue reading "UK Reveals New Medium Helicopter Program"
Airbus in tandem with the United States Army is slated to introduce its newest helicopters to the Amry’s fleet in 2021. Airbus announced on 28th August, that its newest UH-72B… Continue reading "US Army to Introduce Newest UH-72B Lakota Helicopters in 2021"
The German Parliament approved the procurement of CAPTOR-E active electronically scanned array (AESA) radars for the German Air Force’s Eurofighter fleet on 17 May. 110 CAPTOR-E sets have been ordered… Continue reading "German Procurement Of Eurofighter AESA Radars Goes Forward"
On 12th February, the Kuwait’s Ministry of Defense announced that two newly delivered H225M Airbus heavy helicopters suffered from technical issues. A special committee has to be set up in… Continue reading "Kuwait Refuses to Receive Airbus H225M/Caracal"
The Finnish HX Challenge began on 9 January, with the arrival of two Royal Air Force Eurofighters at Pirkkala Air Base, near Tampere in southern Finland. The HX Challenge is… Continue reading "The Finnish HX Challenge Begins"