China's Missile Manufacturer To Set Up Company For Commercial Launches
Fourth Academy of China Aerospace Science and Industry Corp (CASIC), a manufacturer of missiles, plans to use its solid-fuel rockets to tap into the international commercial launch market. Hu Shengyun, who heads solid-fuel rocket development at the Fourth Academy of CASIC, was quoted as saying by Chinamil Saturday that the company...
USAF Awards $161M Rocket Propulsion Contracts To Replace Russian Launch Vehicle
The US Department of Defense announced Monday two US Air Force contracts estimated $161 million for the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle program. The announced contracts is for building rocket propulsion system prototypes that will transition away from the use of the Russian supplied RD-180 engine to a domestic alternative for National...
Diesel Powered Yak-152 Basic Trainer’s First Flight Later This Year
Russias Yak-152 basic trainer aircraft will make its maiden flight later this year. Irkut will carry out two flight trials of the aircraft later this year
Rolls Royce Wins $118 Million Contract To Supply 50 Engines For MV-22
Rolls-Royce has won a $118 million contract to procure 50 AE1107C engines and associated spares to support MV-22 aircraft for the US Marine Corps and the government of Japan. The contract involves procurement of 38 engines for the US Marine Corps and 12 for the Japanese government, US Department of Defense...
Pratt & Whitney Opens New Aircraft Engines Manufacturing Facility In Singapore
Pratt & Whitney officially opened first manufacturing facility for new PurePower Geared Turbofan (GTF) engine family in Singapore, earlier today. The facility located at Seletar Aerospace Park, will produce fan blades and other key components for PurePower GTF engines
Rolls-Royce Wins $77 Million Contract For Saudi Arabia C-130J Engines
The US Department of Defense awarded a contract worth $77 million to Rolls-Royce to supply engines for Saudi Arabias C-130J Super Hercules aircraft. This contract which involves foreign military sales to Saudi Arabia is to provide 24 AE2100D3 commercial engines for C-130J aircraft, the statement said Wednesday
Turbomeca Arrano Engine Powered H160 Helicopter Completes First Flight Test
Turbomeca (Safran) completed the first flight test of its Arrano engine, powering the Airbus Helicopters H160. The Arrano engine met the performance expected for the first flight, during the flight of the second H160 flight test vehicle (PT2), which took place yesterday at the manufacturers Marignane plant
Armenia To Get Refurbished Il-76 and Su-30SM Aircraft From Russia
Armenia is to be supplied with refurbished Il-76 and Su-30SM aircraft alongside armored vehicles, artillery and missiles from Russia. The news follows this weeks Armenian-Russian Intergovernmental Commission on Military-Technical Cooperation which discussed further bilateral trade and military-technical cooperation, Defense Industry Daily reported quoting Hayastan News
Orbital ATK Tests 3D-Printed Hypersonic Engine Combustor
Orbital ATK has successfully tested a 3D-printed hypersonic engine combustor at NASA Langley Research Center. The combustor, produced through an additive manufacturing process known as powder bed fusion (PBF), was subjected to a variety of high-temperature hypersonic flight conditions over the course of 20 days, including one of the longest duration propulsion wind tunnel tests ever recorded for a unit of this kind
China To Finalize $22 Billion Aircraft Engine Development
China is planning to merge more than 40 companies working on plane engines into a mega group with $22 billion in assets. China is keen to develop engines to power its own planes including the C919, Bloomberg reported unnamed people familiar with the proposal as saying Tuesday
Turbomeca Receives EASA Engine Type Certification For Arrius 2R
Turbomeca has received EASA engine type certification for its Arrius 2R engine that powers the Bell 505 Jet Ranger X. “The Bell 505 is the first production Bell Helicopter to incorporate a Turbomeca engine,” said Turbomeca CEO Bruno Even in a statement Thursday
India Rolls Out Indigenously Designed Turbofan Engine For Trainer Aircraft, Helicopters
Indian Defense Minister witnessed the first run of indigenously designed and developed aero engine Hindustan Turbo Fan Engine – HTFE 25 for trainer aircraft and helicopters. Defense Minister Manohar Parrikar also launched the design and development project of Hindustan Turbo Shaft Engine (HTSE-1200) used for light utility helicopters (Dhruv) at Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL)s Engine Division Monday
British Army Declares Readiness to Counter Russian Threats
Australia Delivers Guardian-Class Patrol Boat to Fiji
Australia, India Agree on Air-to-Air Refuelling Cooperation
New Dutch-made Satellite to Strengthen Military Intelligence by 2027
Russian Su-57 and Chinese J-20 as Alternatives to the American F-35 Stealth Fighter
As the Russian Su-57 stealth fighter jet enters serial production, the debate over how it stacks up against the American...
NATO’s Intensified Exercises a Prep to Attack Russia?
Recent NATO exercises such as the BALTOPS-24, Steadfast Defender 2024 and its first-ever Basic Fighter Maneuvers exercise have been its...
Precision in the Skies: The Evolution of Loitering Munitions
Loitering munitions - drones that hover over a target and blow up near it - have become the weapon of...
Is the Patriot Air Defense System Outdated?
After Israel revealed its decision to decommission its U
Russia's Growing Influence in Africa: Arms Sales and Military Bases
Russia's expanding influence in Africa, demonstrated by arms sales, military deployments, and diplomatic engagements, reflects a significant geopolitical shift on...