Aerostar Moves Military MRO from Mig-21 to F-16
David Oliver - Romania’s leading MRO provider Aerostar is planning to transform its military business that in 2017 amounted to only 17 percent of...
Safran and MTU Aero Engines join forces for the next-gen European fighter engine
In the presence of the French and German Ministers of Defense, respectively Florence Parly and Ursula von der Leyen, Safran and MTU Aero Engines officially...
Rafale F4 launched
Jon Lake - On 14 January 2019, the French government signed a $2.26 billion (€2 billion) contract with Dassault Aviation for a batch of...
RAF Typhoons Carry Brimstone Over Syria
Jon Lake - The RAF’s Typhoon Force has flown its first operational sortie carrying the new-to-Typhoon MBDA Brimstone 2 precision attack missile.
On 30 January, Air...
RAF Tornado Bows Out
Jon Lake - On 31 January 2019, the RAF Tornado Force flew its final operational sortie on Operation Shader - the UK element of the...
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...
