GE Aerospace Hands Over Fourth F404–IN20 Engine to HAL
GE Aerospace handed over the fourth F404-IN20 engine to Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) on September 30, 2025. The delivery is part of a $716 million contract signed in 2021 for the supply of 99 engines to power the Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas Mk1A fighter jets
Pratt & Whitney to Develop New Engines for Munitions, Collaborative Combat Aircraft
Pratt & Whitney, a business unit of RTX, announced it is developing a new family of engines designed to power both precision munitions and unmanned combat aircraft under the U.S
Pratt & Whitney Bags $2.9B F-35 Engine Contract
Raytheon Technologies Pratt & Whitney Military Engines has secured a contract modification valued at up to
Hanwha, Korea Aerospace Sign $1.65B in KF-21 Contracts for Engines, 20 New
South Korea has approved a major step in its KF‑21 Boramae fighter jet program with fresh contracts worth a combined 2.22 trillion won (nearly $1
Canada Transfers 40,000 CRV7 Missile Engines to Ukraine
Canada has delivered 40,000 engines for 70-mm CRV7 unguided aircraft rockets to Ukraine, according to footage released by the Canadian Armed Forces Operation UNIFIER
Turkish Firm, Kale Signs Contract with Brazilian SIATT to Export Missile Engine
Turkish company Kale Jet Engines has signed a contract with Brazilian defense firm SIATT to supply its KTJ-3200 turbojet engine for integration into the MANSUP-ER anti-ship missile. The agreement, announced during the LAAD Defense and Security Fair in Brazil, marks Turkeys first-ever military jet engine export and signals a growing partnership between Ankara and Brasilia in missile technology
GE Gets $5B to Make Engines for Saudi, Jordan, Bulgarian F-16, F-15...
GE Aerospace has secured a U.S
Pratt & Whitney Completes Initial Testing of Rotating Detonation Engine
Pratt & Whitney has completed a series of tests on its rotating detonation engine (RDE) that has no moving parts resulting in compact engines with high thermal efficiency. “The sound of the vibrations and the sight of the data streaming onto the computer screen confirmed that, after much testing and iteration, the team had successfully built, at scale, an RDE engine that had previously existed only on paper and in small prototypes,” an RTX release said
Rosoboronexport Completes Certification for Repair of VK-2500 Engine in India
Russia's Rosoboronexport recently completed certification for the repair of the VK-2500 engine in India. The certification is part of an offsets program executed for an earlier purchase of Mi-17V-5 helicopters by India
Russia’s UEC Supplied 18 Engines to India’s HJT-36 Trainer Aircraft Project
Russias United Engine Corporation (UEC) has supplied 18 AL-55E engines to Indias HJT-36 aircraft project whose upgraded version, “Yashas” was unveiled at Aero India 2025. The AL-55E engine as was developed specifically for the Indian single-engine trainer aircraft HJT-36, project
GE Aerospace Signs MRO Agreement with Indian Air Force to Sustain Apache...
GE Aerospace has signed a five-year Performance Based Logistics (PBL) agreement with the Indian Air Force (IAF). This agreement will provide comprehensive support for the T700-GE-701D engines powering the IAFs AH-64E-I Apache helicopters
Russia to Pitch KA-226T Helicopter to India with Newly Type-Certified VK-650V Engine...
The United Engine Corporation (UEC) of Russia received a type certificate for the VK-650V aircraft engine for light helicopters up to 4 tons paving the way for its use in the Ansat and Ka-226T helicopters. UEC sources said that following the certification, the VK-650V is ready for serial production and can be used as power-plants of light helicopters
L3Harris Unveils Multi-Domain VAMPIRE Variants to Counter Drones
Netherlands MOD Calls for Industry Partnership to Scale Drone Production
AimLock Partners with Overland AI to Integrate Autonomous Targeting Systems into UGVs
Dassault to Produce 4 Rafales Per Month as Backlog Reaches 233 Aircraft
European Nations Prioritizing Europe-made IRIS-T & SAMP-T over American Patriot Air Defense Systems?
European nations looking to procure new air defense systems appear to be giving the much-vaunted American Patriot a miss in...
Russian T-90MS Crew Discuss Future Upgrades
Defense Mirror spoke with the crew members of the Russian T-90MS main battle tank, produced by UralVagonZavod
China's Mass-produced J-35A Aircraft Set to Disrupt Global Stealth Fighter Market
China is aiming to disrupt the global stealth fighter market by mass-producing its fifth-generation J-35A at a pace comparable to...
The Future of Combat: Miniaturized Laser Weapons Set to Replace Bullets and Missiles
Lasers may soon replace bullets, and drones could disable enemy UAVs with beams of light instead of missiles
Four-legged Robots Vs. Military Dogs
Four legged robots that resemble dogs are increasingly being seen in war zones and exercises for functions such as reconnaissance...
Lockheed Martin Faces Billions in F-35 Cuts Under U.S. Policy Shift
Americas policy of controlling F-35 usage, spares, and maintenance—combined with President Donald Trumps threats of trade wars with Europe, halted...