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Leonardo will upgrade NATO AWACS aircraft As announced on 21 May, Leonardo has been contracted by Boeing – as prime contractor for NAPMA (NATO AEWC Program Management Agency) – to upgrade the first NATO E-3A test aircraft with the latest hardware. The upgrade is performed within the...

Military helicopter makes emergency landing after hitting power line Brestanica, 20 May - A Eurocopter Tiger helicopter hit an overhead power line during the military exercise Adriatic Strike near the Slovenian town of Brestanica in the east in the morning, the Slovenian Armed Forces (SAF) told...

The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory plans to accelerate solid rocket motor (SRM) prototyping by building a SRM factory that fits in a shipping container. For a start, the pilot factory will be producing SRMs for AIM-120C-5 missiles. Ultimately, the aim is to have the SRM factory next to a...

A Albatross unmanned air vehicle operator was forced to crash the aircraft off Taitung this morning after having control issues with the aircraft. The Albatross had taken off at 0727 hrs local time and went down into the waters after eight minutes. The aircraft is operated by the Naval...

GOKBEY Full Length Static Test: The process includes 32 different test scenarios Sensor data will be collected from approximately 2 thousand channels Strain maps will be prepared and analyzed Structural strength limits of the body will be determined Safe flight and certification process'll be...

Nigeria Inducts JF-17 Thunder Fighter Jets Imported from Pakistan Nigerian Air Force JF-17 tail number NAF722: NAF image Nigeria today inducted the JF-17 Thunder jet it imported from Pakistan on the occasion of the 57 th anniversary of the founding of the Nigerian Air Force. A JF-17 Jet...

Photo by Borut Podgoršek The Slovenian defense ministry last week received its new Joint Light Tactical Vehicles, known popularly as JLTV. The batch of Oshkosh’s newest light tactical vehicles arrived at the Port of Koper on May 11. “Yesterday, new JLTV 4×4 light armored vehicles from Oshkosh...

Nurol Makina vehicles make inroads in North Africa Ejder Yalçins on patrol with UN peacekeepers in Mali. (UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali) A video released to mark the 65th anniversary of the Royal Moroccan Armed Forces (RMAF) on 14 May included a brief section...

57th and 58th Anka on production line

U.S. Transportation Command is responsible for moving people and materiel around the globe in support of the nation's defense needs. It relies, in part, on the use of the Air Force's aircraft to do that. When the Air Force hoped to retire some aircraft within the KC-135 Stratotanker fleet in...

On 19 May the Japan National Police Agency took delivery of its first Subaru Bell 412EPX which it ordered during the Paris Air Show of 2019. The heli is registered JA412X (39102) and is also the first delivered Subaru Bell 412EPX ever. It flew for the first time on 17 February of this year. The...

Saab has signed a contract to deliver the innovative Deployable Maintenance Facility (DAM) for use by the Bulgarian Air Force. The system will provide the Bulgarian Air Force with an efficient and flexible way to optimise their infrastructure capability. DAM will be used at numerous air...

The Ministers of Defense of Azerbaijan and Belarus visited the military units The Minister of Defense of the Republic of Azerbaijan Colonel General Zakir Hasanov and the Minister of Defense of the Republic of Belarus Lieutenant General Viktor Khrenin have visited several military units. The...

VT Air National Guard Participates in F-35 Acoustic, Emissions Testing in the U.K. Photo By Senior Airman Jessi Monte | An F-35A Lightning II assigned to the 158th Fighter Wing Air, Vermont National Guard In April, aircraft and personnel assigned to both the 134th Fighter Squadron and 158th...

Top Aces Announces FAA Certification of F-16 Fighter Aircraft Leading provider of adversary air training is the first private company in the world to operate F-16s under commercial license. Mesa, AZ, May 19, 2021 – Top Aces Corp., a leading provider of advanced adversary training, today...