President of the United States (POTUS) Joe Biden has selected the livery design for the next "Air Force One," VC-25B, a design that will closely resemble the livery of the current Air Force One, VC-25A.The VC-25B aircraft will replace the current VC-25A fleet, which faces capability gaps, rising maintenance costs, and parts obsolescence
Italian C-27J Spartan transport planes will get a new avionics suite under a contract signed with Leonardo and Armaereo. The contract includes: the development, integration qualification and certification of a new avionics configuration for the C-27J, the upgrading of a number of general systems on the aircraft, the self-protection system and the flight simulator
The Indian Ministry of Defence (MoD) today signed contracts with Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) and Larsen & Toubro Limited (L&T) for procurement of 70 HTT-40 Basic Trainer Aircraft & three Cadet Training Ships respectively in the presence of defense minister Rajnath Singh in New Delhi.The Union Cabinet had on March 01 approved the procurement of 70 HTT-40 trainer aircraft from HAL at a cost of over INR 6,800 crore
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Lockheed Martin has a backlog of 147 aircraft for its F-16 Block 70 jet, the latest upgrade to the venerable F-16 fighter.The handover of the first F-16 Block 70 jet is scheduled for later today to Bahrain Lockheed Martin has announced senior Bahraini, U
Despite production scheduled to end by 2025, the Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornet will be the numerically predominant fighter aircraft in the U.S
Boeing Plans to extend production of the F/A-18 fighter aircraft till 2027 if the Super Hornet is selected by an international customer.America's top airplane manufacturer expects to complete new-build production of the F/A-18 Super Hornet in late 2025 following delivery of the final U
Indias Adani Defence & Aerospace and its partners, Alpha Design Technologies and PLR displayed a wide range of equipment including UAVs, C-UAS Systems, tank upgrades and small arms at Aero India 2023. Drones exhibited at this stall include Hermes 900 produced by Adani Elbit UAV Complex in Hyderabad, the first private UAV manufacturing facility in India and the first facility outside Israel to manufacture the Hermes 900 UAV
Indias Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) is reportedly requesting $4 billion from the defence ministry to modernise the Air Forces Su-30MKI fleet, but what happened to the ‘speedy procurement of Su-30MKI that was on cards? In July 2020, Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) greenlit an Air Force proposal to speedily procure