Lockheed Martin representatives joined U.S. Coast Guard leaders and crew members for a ceremony on Jan. 31 at the Coast…
Aerial Warfare
Finnish Air Force Trained Identification Procedures Above Baltic Sea
The Finnish Air Force (Ilmavoimat) trained identification procedures above the Baltic Sea on 14 January. As a part of the…
US Special Ops Command to Buy 75 Light Attack Aircrafts
US Special Operations Command (SOCOM) is moving forward with its armed overwatch plan, independent of the Air Force’s light attack…
First Royal Air Force P-8 Poseidon MRA1 to Land in Scotland
The first of nine new P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft for the Royal Air Force is due to arrive at…
Lockheed Wins $2.3Bn to Support MH-60 Black Hawk Helicopters
Lockheed Martin Corp., Owego, New York, is awarded $2,338,000,000 for a firm-fixed-price, performance-based logistics requirements contract for the repair, upgrade…
Russian Eastern Military District Inducts S-300V4 Air Defense System
1724th Airdefence Regiment troops in the Russian Eastern Military District have received and inducted first of the country’s S-300V4 air…
U.S. Air Force Declares Initial Operational Capability StormBreaker on F-15E Strike Eagle
The US Air Force (USAF) is expected to declare an initial operating capability (IOC) with the Raytheon Missile Systems GBU-53/B…
Royal Malaysian Air Force to Convert CN-235 Transports into Maritime Patrol Aircraft
Royal Malaysian Air Force’s (RMAF’s) is set to convert two PT Dirgantara Indonesia (PTDI) CN-235 transports of No 1 Squadron…
US Air Force to Acquire Additional C-37B Special Airlift Mission
The US Air Force (USAF) is to acquire up to eight further Gulfstream G550 (designated C-37B in military service) aircraft…
Israel Aerospace Industries Wins $240M to Produce Wings for T-38 Trainer Aircraft
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) Ltd., Lod, Israel, has been awarded a $240,000,000 estimated ceiling indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for the acquisition of…
Spanish Air Force Buys 24 Pilatus PC-21 Turboprop Trainers in €205 Million Deal
The Spanish Air Force (Ejército del Aire ) will acquire 24 Swiss-produced Pilatus PC-21 single-engine turboprop training aircraft to replace…
Safran Signs Contract to Support Portuguese Air Force EH101 Merlin Helicopter Engines
French multinational aircraft engine Safran Helicopter Engines has signed a 10-year contract with Portuguese Air Force (Força Aérea Portuguesa) to…
Airbus C295 Tanker Performs Wet Contacts During Trials
The Airbus C295 tactical airlifter has successfully achieved its first wet contacts during an air-to-air (AAR) tanker flight test campaign…
Raytheon Wins $403M for Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band (NGJ-MB)
Raytheon Electronic Warfare Systems was awarded a $403M System Demonstration Test Articles contract with the U.S. Navy for Next Generation…
Russia to Upgrade Pantsyr Medium-Range Surface-to-Air Missile Systems with Hypersonic Missile
Shipunov Design Bureau of KBP Instrument Design Bureau stated that Russia’s Pantsyr-S medium range surface-to-air missile and anti-aircraft artillery weapon…
Israel Aerospace Industries to Unveil Extended-Range Heron UAV at Singapore Airshow
Israel Aerospace Industries (ha-ta’asiya ha-avirit le-yisra’el) will unveil the new HERON MK II Unmanned Aerial Vehicle at the upcoming Singapore…
US Air Force Launches Procurement of First Four F-15EX Fighters
The U.S. government’s contract opportunities hub announced the U.S. Air Force’s intent to procure both upgraded Boeing-made F-15EX fighters and…
Vietnam Orders Russian Yak-130 Jet Trainers in $350 Million Deal
Vietnam Ministry of National Defence (Bá»™ Quốc phòng) has signed a $350 million deal last year to buy Yakovlev Yak-130…
Polish Ministry of National Defence Will Sign $4.6 Billion Deal for 32 F-35 Fighter Jets
The Polish Ministry of National Defence has confirmed that Polish Air Force (SiÅ‚y Powietrzne) would buy 32 Lockheed Martin F-35A…