The Government of Ireland (Rialtas na hÉireann) has laid down a deposit on a new medium tactical transport aircraft for…
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Royal Australian Air Force Airdrops Equipment and Stores to Bunger Hills, Antarctica
18 soldiers from Army’s 176 Air Dispatch Squadron learnt new skills to further enable the Australian Antarctic Program’s next big…
Aero Vodochody Awarded Bulgarian Air Force Contract for Modernization of L-39 Aircraft
Aero Vodochody has awarded a contract for the overhaul of L-39 aircraft to the Bulgarian Ministry of Defence. The first…
Royal Air Force and Virgin Orbit Complete Final Successful End-to-end Rehearsal
Partners for the United Kingdom’s first orbital launch announced today that the initial window for the historic Start Me Up…
US Air Force Launches 24 C-17 Globemaster IIIs During Mission Generation Exercise
Joint Base Charleston launched 24 C-17 Globemaster IIIs to conduct a mission generation exercise that integrated Air Force, Army, and…
Leonardo DRS Awarded US Army Contract to Provide Additional M-LIDS Counter-UAS Platforms
Leonardo DRS, Inc. announced today it was awarded a contract to provide additional counter unmanned aircraft system (C-UAS) platforms in…
Royal Netherlands Air Force Receive New AH-64E Apache Guardian Attack Helicopters
The Royal Netherlands Air Force 302nd Squadron took delivery of two new AH-64E Apache Guardian attack helicopters at Robert Gray…
Russian Army Receives Upgraded Kamov Ka-52M Alligator Attack Helicopters
First upgraded Kamov Ka-52M “Alligator” (Hokum B) attack helicopters were delivered to the Russian Army and supplies would continue this…
Allied Air Forces Work Together to Improve Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base, Romania
The Italian Air Force has bedded down their four Eurofighters in a combined effort with Host Nation Romania to continue…
Royal Netherlands Air Force Prepare F-35 Deployment to NATO Enhanced Air Policing in Poland
The Royal Netherlands Air Force is preparing a deployment of their F-35 fighter jets in support of NATO’s enhanced Air…
GA-ASI Flies First Production MQ-9A Multi-Domain Operations (M2DO) Aircraft
On Nov. 10, 2022, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) flew the first production MQ-9A Multi-Domain Operations (M2DO)-ready variant of…
SpaceX Falcon 9 Launch-vehicle Orbits Latest IAI’s EROS-C3 Observation Satellite
Israel Aerospace Industries’ EROS-C3 observation satellite was launched 30 December, 2022, using a SpaceX Falcon 9 launch-vehicle, from the Vandenberg…
Pentagon Suspends F-35 Turbofan Engine Deliveries After Recent Crash at Texas Base
The Pentagon has temporarily called off engine deliveries for the F-35 Lightning II fighter jet after a crash last month…
US Awards $118 Million to Install Tactical Mobile Over-the-Horizon Radar in Republic of Palau
Gilbane Federal, Concord, California, is awarded an $118,368,220 firm-fixed-price contract for the construction of reinforced concrete pads and foundations in…
L3Harris Acquires Viasat’s Link 16 Tactical Data Link Product Line for $1.96 Billion
L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) today announced closing its acquisition of Viasat Inc.’s (NASDAQ: VSAT) Tactical Data Links product line –…
US Air Force 96th Test Wing F-15EX Eagle II Fighters Proves Out Full Air-to-air Capability
Flying locally over the Gulf of Mexico, two F-15EX Eagle II fighters launched missiles from their new weapon stations, known…
Airbus to Provide Poland with Very High-performance Optical Earth Observation Satellites
Airbus Defence and Space has signed a contract with Poland to provide a geospatial intelligence system including the development, manufacture,…
US Air Force 430th EECS Begins Operations with E-11A Battlefield Airborne Communications Node
For the 430th Expeditionary Electronic Communications Squadron (EECS) “Black Wolves,” delivering communication coverage to the American warfighter, the nation’s allies…
Turkish Air Defense Missile SIPER Completes Test Fire at 100 Kilometers
Turkish domestically produced high-altitude long-range air defense missile system SIPER, which took place at the test range in Sinop, northern…