Saudi Arabia purchases Meteor missiles
Saudi Arabia has signed the first export contract of the Meteor air to air missile with manufacturer MBDA, for an estimated £650M, according to French...
British aircraft continue fight against Islamic State
British forces have continued to conduct operations to assist the Iraqi government in its fight against Islamic State. Royal Air Force combat aircraft have continued...
Russian bombers near UK airspace – again
Russian Tu-95 "Bears" have again been probing the UK's air defences to find weaknesses. Over the last few days Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft from both...
Airbus looking to offer Tanan to UK
Airbus Defence & Space is working towards the certification of its Tanan rotary unmanned air vehicle demonstrator, which it intends to offer the Royal...
Falkland Islands SAR contract awarded
AAR Airlift has been awarded a £180 million contract by the UK Ministry of Defence to provide a 10 year search and rescue service...
F-35 gun problem rumours unfounded
You may have seen some articles over the last few weeks that claim that the F-35's gun will not work until 2020 or that...
F-35 meets production goals for 2014, on track for 2015
The United States accepted its final F-35 delivery for 2014 just before the New Year, meeting the program production goal of 36 aircraft for the...
Typhoon completes first Meteor live firing
BAE Systems has completed the first live firing of the Meteor long range air-to-air missile from a Typhoon aircraft at the Hebrides firing range...
RAF on high alert due to increased Arctic activity
The Royal Air Force will reportedly be on high alert in the coming days in order to intercept and track flights from the Arctic region. The move...
UK to stand up final Typhoon squadron
The fifth Typhoon squadron will stand up at RAF Lossiemouth in Scotland on the 9th of January. Number 2 Squadron joins Squadrons 1 and 6...
