Two more Airbus H160 helicopters for the French Navy
The French Armament General Directorate (DGA) has confirmed an option to Airbus Helicopters, Babcock and Safran Helicopter Engines for two more H160s for the...
First operational flight of a Multinational A330 MRTT for the Luxembourg Army
On 15 May 2021, Luxembourg's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence François Bausch attended the departure for Mali of a contingent of the...
First T-7A Red Hawk advanced trainer joined in record time, thanks to digital design
First splice of forward and aft sections follows digital path
Quality and production time improvedIn one historic moment, the front fuselage of the...
Bell announces 300th Bell 505 Jet Ranger X helicopter delivery to the Jamaica Defence Force
Bell Textron Inc. announced today the 300th Bell 505 Jet Ranger X delivery to the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF). The first Bell 505 was...
Final landing for CH-13, the oldest C-130 Hercules of the Belgian Air Force
At around 11:00 on 26 April, a C-130 Hercules landed at the military aerodrome of Beauvechain, Belgium, in the presence of the Minister of...
Dutch Chinook helicopters to the rescue to extinguish the forest fire in the Brecht (Belgium) nature reserve
This Friday morning, a fire broke out in the military area of ??Brecht, north of Brasschaat (Belgium), during a shooting exercise by the 11th...
The mysterious diversion of a TUIfly Belgium military charter to Doha, Qatar
We reported earlier that TUIfly Belgium had been contracted by Belgian Defence to operate military charters after the HiFly Airbus A321 formerly leased by...
NATO Summit on 14 June in Brussels, the first one with U.S. President Joe Biden
The next NATO Summit of Allied leaders will take place on 14 June at NATO's headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg...
France orders 8 Airbus H225Ms and second VSR700 prototype in support of helicopter industry
The French Minister of Armed Forces, Florence Parly, has announced that the Armament General Directorate (DGA) has signed an order to purchase eight additional...
Airbus signs major integrated support contract with Egypt for C295
The Egyptian Air Force, the largest C295 fleet operator worldwide, has recently signed a five-year services contract with Airbus for the performance-based support of...
Norway’s first P-8A Poseidon aircraft moves into assembly
Fuselage arrival in Renton marks a major production milestone
The first P-8A Poseidon fuselage for Norway arrived today at Boeing facilities in Renton, Washington, from...
[Royal Danish Air Force] The F-35 ready to enter service with the Royal Danish Air Force – Invitation to the rollout Celebration
The F-35 ready to enter service
with the Royal Danish Air Force
Invitation to the rollout Celebration
Authors: Benoit Denet & Martin Gillet.
On Wednesday, April...
Second Airbus A350 of the German Air Force to receive its interior at Lufthansa Technik in Hamburg
Installation of first full government cabin by fall 2022Yesterday evening, the second of a total of three Airbus A350-900s of the German Ministry of...
Airbus qualified as bidder for Canada’s strategic tanker replacement
Airbus has been qualified by the Government of Canada as a bidder for the Strategic Tanker Transport Capability (STTC) project, a procurement process launched...
Japan Coast Guard adds two Airbus H225 helicopters to growing fleet
Japan Coast Guard (JCG) will expand its fleet with two new Airbus H225 helicopters, taking its total Super Puma fleet up to 17, comprising...
Belgian and British fighter jets scrambled because of two Russian military aircraft in Dutch airspace over the North Sea
Two Belgian F-16s were deployed this morning over the North Sea because two military planes from Russia approached Dutch airspace.The Russian Tu-142 "Bear" aircraft...
Singapore Air Force receives its first Airbus H225M helicopter
The Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) has taken delivery of its first Airbus H225M helicopter in Singapore.Airbus Helicopters signed a contract with Singapore’s...
The Royal Canadian Air Force launches new weapon to fight pandemics
The Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) implements 15 transparent pods, so-called EpiShuttles, to transport infectious patients by air.The EpiShuttle is a single patient transport...
Airbus delivers seventh H145 for the German Armed Forces’ Search and Rescue service
Airbus Helicopters has handed over the seventh and last H145 for the search and rescue (SAR) service of the Bundeswehr to the Federal Office...
The Belgian Air Force F-16 fleet is operational again
The Belgian Air Force has gradually resumed F-16 flights this week. As of Sunday, March 14, the F-16 detachment in Jordan was operational again...