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From Commander, Naval Air Force Atlantic Public Affairs Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 22 received their first MQ-8C Firescout on Sept. 15 aboard Naval Station Norfolk. . HSC-22 marks the first East Coast squadron to operate all three systems to include the MH-60S Knighthawk, MQ-8B...

Taiwan’s National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology (NCSIST) has refuted a report from Liberty Times that a new variant of the its Teng Yun unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) has flown. Liberty Times said the testing took place at Hualien air base on Sept. 16. The drone was filmed...

Four Philippine Air Force A-29 light attack aircraft have arrived at Tân Sơn Nhất International Airport, Vietnam during their delivery flight home. It was reported that the tail numbers of these aircraft are: PT-ZZM, PT-ZZN, PT-ZZO. They came in from the west via U-Tapao, Thailand. It is...

With the direction and relentless effort of Honourable Prime Minister of the Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina, the present Government has taken various steps to modernize Bangladesh Air Force. In this development process, Government has taken steps to induct 05 US...

In an effort to field MQ-9 Reapers faster and meet an increasing operational demand for the aircraft, the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s MQ-9 Program Office awarded a $7.4 billion ceiling Agile Reaper Enterprise Solution (ARES) contract to General Atomics today. The MQ-9 is an...

A Chinook helicopter mocked-up in Luftwaffe markings was displayed at the Berlin Airshow in 2018. Boeing is competing against Lockheed Martin Sikorsky-Rheinmetall for Germany’s Schwerer Transporthubschrauber (STH) heavy-lift helicopter requirement. (Boeing via Janes/Gareth Jennings) The...

The Australian Department of Defence (DoD) announced on 18 September plans to strengthen the contractual requirements related to industrial-collaboration obligations. The DoD said the move is part of wider efforts to improve the “enforceability, measurability, and accountability” of the...

The US Army will not form a team and bid on its own M2 Bradley replacement competition due, in part, to industry and senior leader feedback. On 17 September the service announced that it was still combing through more than 500 industry comments for an Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle (OMFV)...

The Royal Thai Navy (RTN) is to procure three Norinco-produced amphibious assault vehicles (AAVs), understood to be the VN-16 platform. The Thai government’s public procurement service said in a notice on 10 September that Norinco has been selected by the RTN for the acquisition, with a bid...

Screenshots from Chinese origin and published by Caesar on its Twitter account show a strange trike armed with a machine gun submitted to test in Belarus. Belarusian trike under test (Picture source : screenshot from Chinese TV) The pictures are neigher located nor dated. The trike is...

Spanish engineering group Sener is developing a new modular pod that aims to enhance the payload carrying ability of the MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) produced by US manufacturer General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc (GA-ASI). The NATO Pod is the latest in a series of joint...

The National Shipbuilding Program reached another milestone recently with the keel laying for the third Offshore Patrol Vessel, NUSHIP Pilbara, taking place at Henderson, Western Australia. Minister for Defence, Senator the Hon Linda Reynolds CSC said the keel laying was an important naval...

The Northrop Grumman E-2 Hawkeye airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft is to be equipped with a head-up display (HUD) for the first time in its near-60-year service life. Seen about to launch form the deck of a US Navy aircraft carrier, the E-2D is to receive a head-up display...

The third drilling ship( Kanuni) continues to be painted

Taiwan has decided to approach Thales and Raytheon as potential suppliers for ship-borne phases array radar that will equip its new missile frigates. The original plane was to use an indigenous AESA radar from National Chung-Shan Institute of Science & Technology (NCSIST). However, the weight...

GE Aviation has delivered its first F110-GE-129 engines for the United States Air Force’s F-15EX advanced fighter. In June, the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCM) awarded GE Aviation a Lot 1 contract to produce 19 F110-GE-129 engines, including installs and spares and modernized...

In November 2018, the Bulgarski Voenno Vzdushnu Sili (BVVS, Bulgarian Air Force) signed a USD 85.5 million contract for the major overhaul of fourteen Su-25s by the 558th Aviation Repair Plant in Baranovichi (Belarus). Unfortunately, the contract was downgraded from fourteen to eight aircraft...

Ally becomes 40th nation to procure the advanced interceptor TUCSON, Ariz., (Sept. 15, 2020) — Bulgaria became the world’s 40th AMRAAM® user when the European nation recently signed an agreement to purchase the missile from the U.S. Air Force through a foreign military sales contract. This...

A French Mirage 2000 C taxis on Bodø air Base during exercise Trident juncture 18. (Allied Joint Force Command) PARIS — The French Air Force is no more. On Sept. 11, it became the French Air and Space Force, completing a process initiated by President Emmanuel Macron in July 2019 when he...

Eni (as the Operator of the Block) and bp (as contractor member) announce a new gas discovery in the so-called "Great Nooros Area", located in the Abu Madi West Development Lease, in the conventional waters of the Nile Delta, offshore Egypt. This new discovery, achieved through the Nidoco NW-1...