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The Patriot missile system is instrumental in protecting forward-deployed forces, friends and allies against incoming air and missile threats. The CCDC Aviation & Missile Center is developing and demonstrating the Low-Cost Extended Range Air Defense (LOWER AD) missile interceptor technology that...

The Aviation Légère de l'Armée de Terre (ALAT, French Army Light Aviation) has issued a tender to modernize their Pilatus PC-6/B2-H4 Turbo Porter single-engined STOL utility aircraft. The deadline for receiving the offers on the tender is 14 December 2020. According to the tender contract, of...

On Monday, Northrop Grumman Corporation has announced that in collaboration with Boeing recently conducted two flight tests on a test bed aircraft, once again marrying the OMS-compliant battle management command and control (BMC2) system to Northrop Grumman’s advanced, wide-band active...

With thousands of hours flying naval H-60 variants, we get the bottom line on some of the unique aspects of flying the hugely popular helicopter The vast majority of helicopters currently operated by the U.S. Navy are either MH-60R or MH-60S variants of the Seahawk airframe, which is a...

Spanish Navy Harrier jump jet. Spain has a short-term problem to face as the Armada Espanola (Spanish Navy) Harrier jump jets are close to retirement. Madrid will have to decide quickly whether to allow the Navy to continue operating with a fixed-wing fleet or just helicopters. In 2016, the...

Aero Vodochody’s L-39NG has passed the aerodynamic tests for the Light Attack version with a series of trials taking place in the low-speed wind tunnel of the Czech Aerospace Research Centre in Prague (VZLU). This time, the tests were focused on the ability of the aircraft to carry various...

Saphir 2.6 MK order is the latest in a series of moves to keep the vehicle fit to fight in future The Bundeswehr has awarded Rheinmetall a further order aimed at extending the service life of the Marder infantry fighting vehicle. Following a recent appropriation of funds by the budget committee...

"I still remember how I was impressed by one of the first aggressive maneuvers. Right after take off, I went up at a 35 degree angle. It was amazing! I've never done anything like this before!" Polish Air Force's M-346 Pilot Lieutenant Maciej Grzywa (Photo credit: Polska Zbrojna). In...

Multifunctional fighters Su-30SM enter the Air Force under an agreement with the Russian Federation and the rearmament program of the Armed Forces of Kazakhstan. “The Su-30SM aircraft will significantly increase the ability to cover troops and objects from air attacks, and to detect and destroy...

Italian Air Force Typhoon multirole fighters in Kuwait. On 26 March 2019, the Italian Air Force sent its Eurofighters on a mission to Kuwait for the first time. Italian air superiority aircraft took over from AMX fighter bombers to support the fight against Daesh. For about 18 months, the...

Three RAAF Hornets from No. 77 Squadron fly in formation during air-to-air photo shoot. In recent days, the Australian Department of Defense has released amazing shots of Boeing F/A-18A Hornets of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), taken during an air-to-air photo shoot made to pay homage...

Thailand is one of the top travel destinations for Taiwanese. Last year, there were 789,923 arrivals from Taiwan to Thailand. For those who bothered to make the trip to the Royal Thai Air Force museum in Don Muang, they will be able to find four former Taiwanese F-5As there. Walk right into...

At Guaymaral airport near Bogota, a UH-1N helicopter of the Aviación Naval (Colombian Navy) crashed on 4 November 2020. The helicopter carried out a training flight at low altitude when something went wrong and the helicopter overturned. It ended up in the safety zone adjacent to the runway of...

The Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant of the Russian Helicopters holding (part of the Rostec State Corporation) has delivered two Mi-8AMT helicopter knock-down kits to Kazakhstan to be assembled on the territory of the customer. The delivery is based on a trilateral contract signed by Kazakhstan...

Israeli defense officials have denied reports that the sale of the F-22 Raptor to Israel is currently under discussion. In recent days, multiple news outlets claim that the United States has approved the sale of F-22 Raptor fighter jets to Israel to preserve air superiority following the...

Royal Australian Air Force C-27J Spartan during a reconnaissance and surveillance mission. Australia is a prime example of how the C-27J Spartan is capable of fulfilling multiple roles. After using the aircraft in combat exercises and SAR and humanitarian missions, the Royal Australian Air...

The first two of the U.S. military’s new HH-60W combat rescue helicopters landed at Moody Air Force Base in Georgia on Nov. 5, arriving straight from Sikorsky’s training academy in Florida. Both aircraft were received by the 23rd Wing, 347th Rescue Group, according to an Air Force Statement...

As part of the wider defensive and strategic cooperation with the US, the Hellenic Navy has proposed the promotion of a transnational agreement for the purchase of American Multi-Mission Surface Combatant (MMSC) frigates in order to renew its fleet. According to exclusive information obtained...

Ukraine unveils mock-up of its new medium altitude long endurance (MALE) unmanned combat aerial vehicle, called the Sokil-300 and developed by the KB LUCH The presentation of the model of the Sokil-300 strike UAV developed by the LUCH Design Bureau has started. This was reported by the...

Japanese F-2 fighter jet BAE Systems has responded to a Request for Information (RFI) from the Japanese Ministry of Defence (JMOD), proposing a package of integration support to Japan’s F-X next generation fighter development programme. Japan wants to build F-X stealth jet by the time its F-2...