Air News

Leonardo Completed the M-346 Trainer Delivery to Poland
Italy Poland

Leonardo Completed the M-346 Trainer Delivery to Poland

Leonardo has delivered the last batch of four M-346 Master aircraft to the Polish Air Force as the successor to the legendary TS-11 Iskra trainer aircraft.

India Receives the Last of 36 Rafales
France India

India Receives the Last of 36 Rafales

Indian Air Force (IAF) received on December 15, the 36th and last Dassault-made Rafale fighter jet from France, and tweeted, "The Pack is Complete."

Germany Becomes the Newest F-35 Lightning Customer
Germany USA

Germany Becomes the Newest F-35 Lightning Customer

The German Federal Ministry of Defence announced the signing of the acquisition of 35 Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II 5th generation aircraft.

Sweden Rejects Ukraine’s Request to Send Gripen Fighter Jets
Sweden Ukraine

Sweden Rejects Ukraine’s Request to Send Gripen Fighter Jets

According to Aftonbladet, Sweden will not hand over Gripen fighter jets to Ukraine as part of its war with Russia.

Indonesia: Tenth Customer for A400M
Indonesia

Indonesia: Tenth Customer for A400M

The A400M military airlifter is still far behind the expected market success. Airbus announced that Indonesia had become the tenth customer.

Air Defence Missile Procurement for Finland
Finland Sweden

Air Defence Missile Procurement for Finland

Finland accelerates its armament acquisition procedures after the Russian invasion of Ukraine. MOD announced the procurement deal for Bolide defence missiles.

Kuwait to Investigate Caracal and Eurofighter Deals
Kuwait

Kuwait to Investigate Caracal and Eurofighter Deals

The Kuwait National Assembly to form a parliamentary investigation committee to investigate corruption allegations in two multibillion-dollar defence deals.

Baykar’s Unmanned Kızılelma Jet Performs its Maiden Flight
Turkiye

Baykar’s Unmanned Kızılelma Jet Performs its Maiden Flight

Baykar’s AI-25TLT jet engine equipped KIZILELMA stealth UCAV performed its maiden flight at Çorlu Airport. KIZILELMA took off at 14:59 and flew for 18 minutes.

New Crop Duster Aircraft for USAF
USA

New Crop Duster Aircraft for USAF

The U.S. expands its Counter-Insurgency (COIN) aircraft. The USAF announced AT-802U Sky Warden after U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM).

Turkish Aerospace to Develop Anka-3 UAS
Turkiye

Turkish Aerospace to Develop Anka-3 UAS

Turkiye has started to develop studies for a new jet engine-driven Unmanned Combat Aerial System (UCAS).

TUSAŞ to Deliver First T70 to the Gendarmerie
Turkiye

TUSAŞ to Deliver First T70 to the Gendarmerie

Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu announced that the first locally produced utility helicopter would soon be delivered to the Gendarmerie General Command.

A400M at Remote Carrier flight
Germany

A400M at Remote Carrier flight

A400M to Launch UAVs Small-scale Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) and loitering munition in future.

Boeing Delivers First P-8A Poseidon to RNZAF
USA New Zealand

Boeing Delivers First P-8A Poseidon to RNZAF

Boeing Delivers First P-8A Poseidon to Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF), the first of four Boeing P-8A Poseidon MPA, in a ceremony at the Museum of Flight.

Deliveries of T129 ATAK Helicopters to Nigeria Started
Nigeria Turkiye

Deliveries of T129 ATAK Helicopters to Nigeria Started

Turkiye delivers T129 ATAK attack helicopters to Nigeria according to Turkish Ambassador to Nigeria Hidayet Bayraktar.