Egypt will add 30 more jets to its 24-strong Rafale fleet for reportedly for $4.5 billion (~150 million apiece), making it the biggest buyer of the French aircraft, overtaking India and Qatar
In a first, the U.S
Four Italian Air Force F-35A fighter planes landed at Estonias Amari Air Base on April 30 to take over the NATOs BAP (Baltic Air Policing) mission for the first time. It is also the first deployment of Italian F-35As to Estonia
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Turkey has hinted that it will initiate legal action against the U.S
Germanys MTU Aero Engines, Frances Safran Aircraft Engines, and Spains ITP Aero on Thursday agreed to build an engine to power the Next-Generation Fighter (NGF), which is a core element of FCAS (Future Combat Air System). Until the three companies develop a new engine for the NGF, it will be powered by
The Finnish Defence Forces Logistics Command received the final quotations for the HX Programme from five fighter manufacturers: Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornet (U.S
Eurofighter submitted the best and final offer (BAFO) to Finland for its HX fighter programme under which it has offered to develop a new radar for the fighter with the country. The offer to Finlands HX fighter replacement programme is backed by the Governments, air forces and industries of the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy and Spain, which make up the Eurofighter partner nations
Indonesia is likely to send back its engineers to South Korea for participation in the KF-X fighter jet project in a sign that the two countries are close to an agreement on the former re-joining the program. Indonesia has asked Seoul to help its engineers “catch up with the technological progress made while they were away back home over coronavirus concerns,” the defense ministry said Wednesday, according to
Northrop Grumman today announced that it has been awarded a contract as systems engineering partner on Phase 2 of Project MOSQUITO and is joined by Intrepid Minds to support the design and manufacture of a prototype of the UKs first uncrewed fighter aircraft. Phase 2 centres on rapidly maturing the designs and manufacture of a working technology demonstrator to generate evidence for a follow-on programme
Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) is set to export 12 units of its Hürkus-C turbo-prop aircraft meant for armed close-air support and training to an undisclosed country. TAI General Manager Temel Kotil told CNN Türk on Sunday that a total of 12 Hürkus-C will be sold abroad adding that the contract had not yet been signed