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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...

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U.S. Air Force airmen prepare to launch F-16C Fighting Falcons at Campia Turzii, Romania, in 2019, in support of Operation Atlantic Resolve. The Air Force has plans to spend $152 million on upgrades to the base, including a ''dangerous cargo pad'' to support aircraft with up to 30,000 pounds in...

Active protection system for Lynx IFV: market breakthrough for Rheinmetall’s new StrikeShield — €140 million order from Hungary 18 May 2021 – The 209 new Lynx infantry fighting vehicles recently ordered by Hungary from Rheinmetall of Germany will be equipped with Rheinmetall’s StrikeShield...

On Monday 10 May, two pilots were killed after the China Armed Police Forest Force Z-8AWJS (WJ560308, msn Z8AWJS-08) crashed in Erhai Lake in Dali, southwest China's Yunnan Province, during a fire fighting operation. There were four crew members in the helicopter during the mission, and the...

The U.S. State Department has approved the potential sale to Canada of 4 AEGIS Combat Systems made by Lockheed Martin in a deal valued at up to $1.7 billion, the Pentagon said on Monday. The Pentagon said the sale of the powerful missile and radar systems to the NATO ally would “significantly...

Common Remotely Operated Weapon Station The U.S. Army awarded Kongsberg $499 million for Common Remotely Operated Weapon Station (CROWS) system. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of Sept. 14, 2023, a U.S. DoD release today said...

An Osprey aircraft with a machine gun pointed outward near the tail end of the aircraft is seen flying near U.S. Air Force's Yokota Air Base in western Tokyo on Jan. 4, 2019. (Photo courtesy of the Hamura Peace Committee) Special operations CV-22 Osprey aircraft deployed to U.S. Air Force's...

RAF lost £600,000 missile system in jet test blunder FOI request also revealed that in the same financial year the Royal Navy lost sonar equipment worth £792,000 A high-tech missile system that cost more than £600,000 was destroyed after plunging from a Typhoon jet during a test, the RAF has...

Lockheed Martin successfully delivered Sweden’s first Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) Missile Segment Enhancement interceptors in April, providing the country with the world’s most advanced air defense missile that uses Hit-to-Kill technology to defend against incoming threats. “By...

RAF Personnel have taken part in the first of this year’s Five Power Defence Arrangements exercises in South East Asia. Exercise Bersama Shield 2021 was the first FPDA exercise since 2019 due to the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic. The exercise, known as a Command Post exercise, was...

Jet suits, jetpacks, jetboards ... The new range of crazy personal flight devices all share some things in common: plenty of people would love to fly one, very few have the cash to own one, and even fewer can probably be trusted to fly them safely and legally. So they're more or less stuck...

The JF-17 fighter has been combat tested and is produced in partnership with Pakistan, which is its largest operator A top-ranking delegation from China's National Aero-Technology import-export corporation, CATIC, is currently in Argentina to discuss defense cooperation and with the proposal to...

FN Herstal introduced a new machine gun named FN EVOLYS during a digital product launch event in early May. According to the company, FN EVOLYS is an ultralight weapon that combines the firing capabilities of a belt-fed machine gun with ergonomics and balance similar to an assault rifle. The...

At least six aircraft of the 24 Leonardo M-346FA light fighter aircraft ordered by Nigeria will be delivered before Q3/2021. The modern Italian platform is intended to replace the older Alpha Jet ground attack aircraft of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF). The deal is estimated to worth $1.2...

A pair of US Air Force (USAF)-operated Lockheed C-130H Hercules tactical transports are being transferred to the Fuerza Aérea de Chile (FACh, Chilean Air Force) to supplement the air arm’s current airlift fleet. The first aircraft – serial 74-1674 (c/n 382-4631) – arrived at Base Aérea El...

An F/A-18 flies with an Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile – Extended Range (AARGM-ER) during a captive carry flight test at Patuxent River Air Station in Maryland. The Navy is integrating AARGM-ER on the F/A-18E/F and EA-18G, and will be compatible for integration of the F-35. (U.S. Navy...

Greece’s Navy received on Thursday the first maintained S-70B helicopter from US manufacturer Lockheed Martin Rotary, Mission Systems and Aeroservices. The inclusion of the 11 Aegean Hawk S-70 helicopters of the Navy in the program was made possible under the intergovernmental agreement...

Frontex says it is too early to discuss when the drone service will start operating from Malta. A large drone is to be deployed from Malta in a multi-million euro mission that EU border protection agency Frontex hopes will help support longer rescue operations. The agency last year awarded...

Grob 120TP aircraft The Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) has signed a contract with German company Grob Aircraft for seven Basic Trainer Aircraft and simulators. The contract also includes provision of Computer Based Training and flight safety equipment such as helmets, parachutes...