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MLRS "Storm" from SE "Shepetivka Repair Plant" MLRS "Storm" was established at SE "Shepetivka Repair Plant" "Shepetivka Repair Plant", in accordance with a joint decision of the Ministry of Defense, tested the latest rocket-propelled grenade launcher "Storm". This system is seen as a...

Earlier Scramble Magazine reported that the Koninklijke Luchtmacht (KLu, Royal Netherlands Air Force - RNLAF) had the intention to modernize her 28 AH-64D Apache helicopters to keep them sustainable and operational relevant for the future. The Dutch MoD is currently in the process of this...

Testing of a new fan rotor design for the Pratt & Whitney F135 turbofan engine has resumed at Arnold Air Force Base. Testing of the Pratt & Whitney F135 engine has resumed in the Arnold Engineering Development Complex J2 Engine Test Cell at Arnold Air Force Base. The test team is seeking to...

The F/A-18C was one of the first C models built, delivered to the U.S. Navy in 1987. WASHINGTON — Surprise! A new artifact has arrived at the National Air and Space Museum's Udvar-Hazy Center. The National Air and Space Museum has received a F/A-18C from the Navy’s Blue Angels at its Steven...

A three-day exercise between Cyprus and Israel from Nov. 17-19 saw Israeli F-35s flying over Limassol and Paphos to test the local air defense system. Exercise ONSHILOS-GEDEON takes place in the Nicosia FIR. The Minister of Defence of the Republic of Cyprus, Charalambos Petrides, the...

US officials at the state department have announced a landmark $38-billion-dollar military aid package to Israel, the largest pledge of military assistance in US history according to the congress and administration. America will deliver weapons systems to Israel over a period of 10 years, which...

Three U.S. senators said on Wednesday they would introduce legislation seeking to halt the Trump administration’s effort to sell more than $23 billion of drones and other weapons systems to the United Arab Emirates, setting up a showdown with the president just weeks before he is due to leave...

The vehicle completed a series of beach training scenarios, including driving over sand, vehicle recoveries, embarking and disembarking from LCM8s and Navy Light Landing Craft, and transiting to and from Royal Australian Navy ship HMAS Adelaide. Exercise Sea Wader 2020 enabled newly qualified...

A MQ-8C Fire Scout Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) crashed at NAS Point Mugu (CA) on 10 November 2020. The Fire Scout crash is the second unmanned helicopter operated by Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 23 to crash in recent months (see Scramble News 17 August 2020). HSC-23 Wildcards ('WC-xxx') is...

Airbus and the Federal Republic of Germany today submitted their official offer to the Swiss Federal Office of Armaments armasuisse for the sale of Eurofighter aircraft to Switzerland. The offer has been prepared in cooperation with the other Eurofighter nations as well as the industrial...

The U.S. Central Command announced on Monday that F-16 Fighting Falcons from the 480th Fighter Squadron, 52nd Fighter Wing moved from Germany to the United Arab Emirates. The details were given in a 16 November media release, to announce F-16 fighter jets arrived at Al Dhafra Air Base, UAE on...

Boeing conducts a fatigue test on the wing of a U.S. Air Force B-1 bomber in August 2012. The fatigue test, which was expected to take five years, is meant to validate the predicted life of the bomber fleet and to reveal potential areas of concern for which Boeing and the Air Force could develop...

Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding and Thales signed a €1.5B contract for the delivery and full integration of Thales’s Mission and Combat System for the four MKS 180 class frigates. A key milestone for the development of European defence industry, strengthening Thales’ leading position in naval...

A pair of production Wedgetail AEW&C aircraft (Boeing). Wedgetail Apertures The Wedgetail AEW&C design is based on a hybrid 737 airframe, combining the -600 fuselage and -700/800 wing. The most prominent of the many antenna and optical apertures is the MESA “top hat” AESA antenna...

Poland ordered twelve M346 advanced jet trainers, divided over two contracts. The second contract, which was ordered in March 2018, involves four aircraft of which the first two aircraft were delivered on 5 October 2020 respectively 20 October 2020 (serials 7709 and 7710). On 16 November 2020...

With an international arms embargo lifted, Iran is likely to start buying armed drones, air defense systems, fighter jets and tanks, according to one expert, with another analyst linking the passage of Chinese defense export legislation on Oct. 28 with the embargo’s expiration. Iran previously...

A Republic of China Air Force (RoCAF, Taiwan Air Force) F-16A Fighting Falcon went missing over waters off eastern Taiwan on Tuesday night 16 November 2020. Search and recovery operations are still ongoing. Two minutes after take-off from Hualien air base, the fighter aircraft disappeared from...

Italian Typhoons could soon bring satellites into orbit. On December 12, 2018, the Italian Air Force signed a letter of intent with the University of Rome, Italian research institutes and a company specializing in the development of small satellites, to start a new project related to the...

Photos emerged at the Maavoimat (Finnish Army) website where new camouflage schemes for the MD500 and NH90-TTH helicopters are presented. The Finnish Army is studying the effect of new camouflage schemes on the visibility of helicopters in the Finnish terrain, during different periods of the...