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B-52s Return To The US After Bomber Task Force Europe 20-1 Mission Comes To An End
During the deployment the bomber flew over 13 countries. A B-52 also made the type’s first...
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B-52H Bomber Engine Emits Sparks in Remarkable Photo with Miraculous Timing
Photographer Zdenek Cerny Captured Rare Incident With B-52 Engine Anomaly. Prolific aviation...
Read More USAF Airman Lost at Sea Identified, Member of Elite 23rd Special Tactics Squadron.
Air Force Staff Sgt. Cole Condiff Lost After Parachute Deployed, Landed in Ocean. The U.S. Air...
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The Israeli Air Force Takes Part In Tetris Challenge With Fighter Jets, Helicopter And Training Aircraft
The Tetris Challenge has a new winner. Since September 1, 2019, when Zurich police published a...
Read More Johnson Ting, Conceptual Artist and Futurist, Imagined Space Force Before It Existed.
These Remarkable Illustrations Predict What Space Force May Look Like. The future is not something...
Read More Check Out These Stunning Photos of British F-35Bs During Night Carrier Qualification Aboard the HMS Queen Elizabeth
The Lightnings recently started night operations after being joined by the USMC F-35Bs. The Royal...
Read More Norway Declares Initial Operational Capability For Its F-35A Lightning II
The milestone comes just two years after the first F-35 arrival in Norway. Major General Tonje...
Read More Check Out This Timelapse Video Of The F-117 Being Restored For Public Display At the Ronald Reagan Library
Operation Nighthawk Landing: preparing a Stealth Jet for public display at the Ronald Reagan...
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A Rare Insider’s Look at The Once Top Secret Navy SEAL Mini Sub, The Shadowy SDV.
Freezing Cold, Pitch Black and Deep Underwater, Navy SEALs Used This Secret Mini-Sub for...
Read More We Never Get Tired Of New Photographs (And Audio With Radio Comms) Of F-117s Still Flying Over Nevada
Not one, but two F-117s were photographed flying together over Tonopah Test Range on Oct. 19,...
Read More Russian Knights to Transition from Su-30SM to Su-35S
The change is imminent. Seven months ago, Sputnik/Urdu Point reported that there are first plans...
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Italian Navy SH-101A ASW Helicopter Crash Lands Aboard Caio Duilio Anti-Air Warfare Destroyer
The anti-surface/submarine (ASuW/ASW) helicopter was involved in a training activity when the...
Read More Here Are The First Photos Of The Eurofighter Typhoons Recently Assigned To The 132nd Squadron of The Italian Air Force
The Italian Air Force stands up a “new” Typhoon unit. Eurofighter Typhoons sporting...
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[Updated] USAF Airman Falls From MC-130 Ten Miles Out in Gulf of Mexico, Search Underway.
Coast Guard Reports Indicate Airman Fell Out of Aircraft Earlier Tuesday. U.S. Air Force and Coast...
Read More Russian Sukhoi’s 5th Generation Su-57 “Felon” In Stunning New Photos from MAKS 2019.
Debates About Performance Aside, Sukhoi’s Su-57 “Felon” Is A Smooth Criminal....
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Airbus Has Just Unveiled Germany’s Classified Diamond-Shaped Low Observable UAV Testbed (LOUT)
Here’s A quick Analysis of LOUT, “a holistic platform approach to stealth, covering...
Read More Two Pilots Make History Becoming First Operational Air Force Pilots To Fly U.S. Marine Corps F-35Bs Aboard USS America
U.S. Air Force Capt. Spencer G. Weide and Capt. Justin J. Newman are the first USAF operational...
Read More This Video Shows Why You Should Never Be On The Receiving End Of A Very Large Air Tanker’s Low Firefighting Drop
A Cool Aerial Firefighting Drop Safety Video Shows The Potential Devastating Effects Of A VLAT...
Read More Draken Rolls Out First of 22 Mirage F1M Jets Destined For Aggressor Role In “Digitized” Camouflage Scheme
A former Spanish Air Force Mirage F1M, now registered N574EM, is about to move to Nellis Air Force...
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NATO Code Name “FELON”: Russian Su-57 Gets Its Reporting Name, And It Couldn’t Be Better.
Straight Out of a Clancy Novel, Russia’s Stealth Fighter Gets a Badass Western Name. It...
Read More Check Out This Chinese Helicopter Gunship Helmet That Looks Like a Movie Prop.
New Helmet Mounted Sight for Z-10 “Fierce Thunderbolt” Has Star Wars Vibe....
Read More Misawa Air Base Issues “Real World Missile Alert” In Response to North Korean Test.
Tensions About New North Korean Missile Tests Return in Japan After Talks Stall. Misawa Air Base...
Read More OOOPS! First Dutch F-35A Accidentally Gets Foam Party Instead of Water Salute.
Fire Crews Were Supposed to Use Water, But Apparently Selected Foam Instead. In an embarrassing...
Read More Wait… What? What Is a Russian Sukhoi Su-34 Doing Driving Along the Road?
We (Almost) Get to The Bottom of Another Strange Russian Road Camera Incident. The Russians made...
Read More U.S. F-16 Crashed near Holloman AFB, Pilot Ejected.
It’s the second U.S. F-16 crashing in less than a month. An F-16 assigned to the 49th Wing...
Read More First Poseidon MRA Mk.1 Maritime Patrol Aircraft delivered to the Royal Air Force
The aircraft will stay at NAS Jacksonville until next year. The Royal Air Force took delivery of...
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U.S. Central Command Releases Videos of Raid to Capture ISIS Leader in Syria.
Videos Show Operatives Moving Toward Objective, Preparing to Breach Wall And JASSM Used to Level...
Read More 57th Fighter Wing at Nellis AFB Completes New “WRAITH” Aggressor F-16.
Sinister Black Aggressor Livery Won in Social Media Vote, Ready for Aviation Nation. The newest...
Read More Part Of A B-52 Stratofortress Bomber Deployed To The UK Falls Off Into Garden Near RAF Fairford
A B-52 on a routine training mission lost the wing-tip gear door that fell off and landed in a...
Read More Military Artist “Envisioned” Raid on al-Baghdadi Years Ago and Painted This.
Painter Stuart Brown’s Depiction of Dog and Breech is Hauntingly Predictive. The news is...
Read More U.S. Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet That Shot Down Syrian Su-22 in 2017 Spotted With “New” Kill Markings At NAS Fallon
The Super Hornet BuNo 168912, that shot down a Syrian Su-22 Fitter, now features kill markings on...
Read More We Watched (What We Think Was) a Joint Forcible Entry Last Night Over Georgia.
Gunships, Surveillance Aircraft and Tactical Transports Crowded Over Hunter AAF Last Night....
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These Cool Shots Show RAF Typhoon Jets Practicing Intercept On U.S. B-52 Bomber Deployed to Europe
RAF Typhoons have exercised with visiting US B-52 bombers. RAF Typhoon FGR4 aircraft, based at RAF...
Read More Here Are The First Images Of Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band on the EA-18G Growler
NGJ-MB will replace one of the AN/ALQ-99 pods on U.S. Navy Growler Electronic Attack aircraft. The...
Read More What We Know About The U.S. Raid on Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in Syria.
Large Operation Used Many Aircraft, Significant Coordination and Lightning Violence. The founder...
Read More Photos Of The US B-1s Deploying To PSAB Last Week Provide Additional Details About The US Build Up In Saudi Arabia
“Bones” have made a visit to Prince Sultan Air Base. Where U.S. F-22s and EA-18G...
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Secretive US Air Force X-37B Spaceplane Lands After Remaining In Orbit On Classified Mission For More Than 2 Years
The Air Force’s X-37B successfully landed at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Shuttle...
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NATO’s RQ-4D Global Hawk Remotely Piloted Aircraft Gets Military Type Certification And Official Callsign “MAGMA”
NATO’s Alliance Ground Surveillance (AGS) system achieves important milestones as it...
Read More Italy’s F-35s Have Completed The NATO’s Icelandic Air Policing Mission
Mission accomplished for the Italian F-35 Lightning II stealth jets. With an official ceremony...
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Rare Images Of Italian Typhoons Flying Close Air Support Training Missions with U.S. Marines JTACs In Kuwait Emerge
The Italian F-2000s are deployed to Kuwait to support the anti-Daesh mission in Iraq and Syria....
Read More B-52 Stratofortress Bombers Missions Over The Black Sea And Baltic Regions: An OSINT Analysis
The “Buffs” deployed to RAF Fairford are flying across Europe, from the Black Sea to...
Read More Interesting Photo Shows British F-35B in “Beast mode” Aboard HMS Queen Elizabeth Aircraft Carrier
The jet was fully loaded with Paveway IVs, ASRAAMs and AMRAAMs to test the ship’s Highly...
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Interesting Images Of C-17s Loading Materiel At Kobani Landing Zone During U.S. Withdrawal From Syria Released
“Kobani Landing Zone remains open to facilitate the additional movement of troops and...
Read More Two Russian Tu-160 Strategic Bombers Have Just Landed in South Africa For The First Time
Two Tu-160 Blackjack bombers landed at AFB Waterkloof earlier today. It’s the “White...
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Update: Here’s Why We Saw So Many Garmin Smart Watches at MCAS Miramar
Garmin GPS Watches Worn by Hornet Crews Augment Situational Awareness in Emergencies. Last week we...
Read More Go Full Screen When You Watch This Breathtaking Video of The Airbus Perlan II.
Incredible Video of Record-Breaking High Altitude Glider Will Take Your Breath Away. You may not...
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Russian Air Force Tu-160 Strategic Bombers To Make Unprecedented Visit To South Africa
Two Russian Blackjacks to make the type’s first ever visit to Africa. On Oct. 22, 2019, two...
Read More Let’s Have A Look At “Strike Fighter Ball 2019”, the latest East Coast naval F/A-18 Hornet squadrons video
The traditional video by the Hornet squadrons based at NAS Oceana, has become a sort of short...
Read More Which Wrist Watches Do Fighter Pilots Actually Wear in Real Life?
Marketing Aside, We Take a Look at The Most Popular Watches Among Fighter Pilots At MCAS Miramar....
Read More Watch This: Ground Crews Tumble In Ukrainian Air Force Su-27 Flanker’s Jet Blast At Kleine Brogel Air Base
“Beware of Jet Blast”. Filmed at Kleine Brogel Air Base, Belgium, on Sept. 14, 2019,...
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U.S. Air Force tests new snowmobile loading system for CV-22 aircraft
The U.S. Air Force has begun testing the newest Snowmobile Loading And Transportation System that...
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U.S. Air Force F-16s conducts bilateral exercise with Israeli F-35i Adir-fighters
The U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jets assigned to the 480th Expeditionary Fighter...
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U.S. Air Force reveals development details of its new small turbine engine
The U.S. Air Force has revealed details about the development of the new turbine engine that was...
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Boeing announces delivery of first P-8A Poseidon to Royal Air Force
U.S. aerospace giant Boeing announced the delivery of the first of nine P-8A...
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U.S. Air Force deploys B-52 bomber to Greece for the first time
The U.S. Air Force deployed for the first time its B-52 Stratofortress bomber to Greece, according...
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Lockheed Martin demonstrates its new laser weapon system
Pentagon’s No.1 weapons supplier Lockheed Martin Corp recently demonstrated their laser...
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Northrop Grumman delivers 500th fire control radar for F-35 Lightning II
U.S. defense contractor Northrop Grumman announced on Thursday the delivery of its 500th AN/APG-81...
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U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress returns from flights in Arctic Circle
The United States Air Force has reported that its three B-52H Stratofortress heavy bombers from...
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Lockheed Martin awarded $184 million F-35 contract modification
The U.S. Department of Defense on Wednesday announced a $184,5 million U.S. Navy contract...
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Airman fell from C-130 military aircraft while training over the Gulf of Mexico
The U.S. Air Force reported that Airman fell from a C-130 military transport aircraft into...
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U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcons arrived in Israel
U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter aircraft have arrived in Israel, according to a recent...
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U.S. Army parachute team receives new C-147A aircraft
The unique U.S. Army’s parachute team, known as the Golden Knights, received a second C-147A...
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U.S. Marines conduct aerial refueling in Belize
The United States Marine Corps (USMC) announced that CH-53E Super Stallion helicopters with...
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Six F-35s reassigned to 422nd Test and Evaluation Squadron
The 31st Test and Evaluation Squadron recently completed its initial operational test and...
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U.S. Air Force Airmen returns to home after first F-35A combat deployment
The U.S. Air Force reported that last week, Airmen from the active duty 388th and Reserve...
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U.S. Air Force B-52 spotted near Russian military base in Syria
A U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress heavy bomber was spotted near the...
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U.S. Air Force bomber conducts low pass over Saudi air base
A U.S. Air Force long-range heavy bomber B-52H Stratofortress, accompanied by four Saudi Arabian...
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U.S. Air Force pilots fly F-35B aboard amphibious assault ship for the first time
U.S. Air Force Captains Spencer G. Weide and Justin J. Newman Pilots made history as the first...
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JSTARS completed 18-year long deployment to CENTCOM area
The U.S. Air Force completed an 18-year long deployment of the E-8C Joint Surveillance Target...
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U.S. Navy unveils its new shipboard air traffic radar for the first time
The U.S. Navy demonstrated its new Shipboard Air Traffic Radar, AN/SPN-50, for the first time Oct....
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U.S. Air Force prepares for deadly global pandemic
A deadly global pandemic could sweep across the world in hours and kill millions, and for this...
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U.S. State Department approves Black Hawk sale to Croatia
The U.S. State Department has approved the sale to Croatia of two UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters...
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U.S. State Department approves sale of upgrade package to transform Japanese F-15 fighters
The Defense Security Cooperation Agency said the U.S State Department had approved the sale of an...
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Pentagon and Lockheed Martin finalized $34 billion agreement for 478 F-35s
The F-35 Joint Program Office and Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) finalized a $34...
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Sikorsky, Rheinmetall announces plans to set up heavy-lift helicopter management center
Sikorsky, a unit of Lockheed Martin, and German weapons maker Rheinmetall have announced...
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Lockheed Martin receives $7 billion for 114 F-35 Lightning II aircraft
Pentagon’s No.1 weapons supplier Lockheed Martin Corp has received a $7 billion U.S. Navy...
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U.S. Navy awards contract to BAE Systems for new countermeasure systems to protect aircraft
BAE Systems, Britain’s biggest defense company, said on Monday that its subsidiary has...
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A massive shipment of U.S. Army’s helicopters spotted in Greece
A massive shipment of the U.S. Army’s Black Hawk and Apache helicopters was spotted in...
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U.S. Strategic Command sent heavy bomber fleet to Europe
The U.S. Strategic Command has announced that it began sending significant firepower to the...
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U.S. Air Force’s spaceplane returns to Earth after 780 days in orbit
The U.S. Air Force’s spaceplane completed its fifth mission, landing about 3:51 a.m. Sunday...
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U.S. Air Force deploys F-16 Fighting Falcons to Afghanistan
The U.S. Air Force has deployed F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter aircraft to Bagram Airfield,...
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U.S. Air Force confirms deployment of additional F-15 fighters to UAE
The U.S. Air Force has confirmed that F-15E Strike Eagle fighter jets from the 494th Fighter...
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Lockheed Martin announces 2,600th C-130 Hercules tactical airlifter delivery
U.S. defense giant Lockheed Martin announced that it delivered the 2,600th C-130 Hercules...
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U.S. A-10 Thunderbolt II attack aircraft to receive new 3D audio system
The U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II attack aircraft will receive a modern 3D audio...
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Lockheed Martin confirms $108 million Air Force ICBM award
Lockheed Martin has confirmed the award of a $108 million U.S. Air Force contract for the...
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Russia ‘concerned’ about U.S. strategic bomber flights in Black Sea region
Russian officials expressed concerns about the flight of U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress...
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Raytheon announces delivery of first laser counter-UAS system to U.S. Air Force
U.S. defense contractor Raytheon Co announced that it successfully delivered the first high-energy...
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U.S. Air Force redeploys its giant spy drone from Japan
The U.S. Air Forces redeployed a squadron of 319th Reconnaissance Wing Global Hawk RQ-4s from...
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First of a dozen additional KC-135 Stratotankers arrived at Fairchild
The first of a 12 additional KC-135 Stratotanker military aerial refueling aircraft has arrived at...
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Lithuania plans to buy new UH-60M Black Hawk utility helicopters
The Lithuanian Armed Force has taken a decision to start negotiations on the procurement of new...
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U.S. Air Force awards $6,4 billion contract to seven companies for realistic training
The U.S. Department of Defense announced on Friday an agreement worth about $6,4 billion for...
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First Air National Guard unit receives F-35 fifth generation aircraft
The 158th Fighter Wing (158 FW), a unit of the Vermont Air National Guard, hosted a...
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U.S. Navy’s newest expeditionary mobile base vessel christened in San Diego
The U.S. Navy’s newest expeditionary mobile base vessel, the future USNS Miguel Keith...
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U.S. State Department approves possible air-to-air missile sale to Korea
The U.S. Department of State has approved a potential $253 million Foreign Military Sale (FMS) of...
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Lockheed Martin receives $108 million for reentry vehicle that carried nuclear warhead
Pentagon’s No.1 weapons supplier Lockheed Martin Corp has been awarded a new million...
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Bell offers its new helicopter as ideal military trainer
Textron subsidiary Bell is promoting its new light helicopter as an ideal military trainer,...
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Boeing releases impressive footage of T-7A Red Hawk’s low altitude tests
Boeing’s defense unit has announced that U.S. Air Force’s newest trainer aircraft, the...
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C-130J Super Hercules pass two million flight hour mark
The U.S. defense giant Lockheed Martin announced Tuesday that the global community of C-130J...
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Bell 360 Invictus helicopter makes public debut
Bell, part of American conglomerate Textron, displayed mock-up of its new rotorcraft, 360...
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U.S. Army’s Chinook to receive improved T55 engine
Diversified manufacturer Honeywell said Monday that it is finalizing a new and improved T55...
Read More US Air Force Receives first HH-60Ws
On November 6, the first Lockheed Martin/Sikorsky HH-60W was delivered to a U.S. Air Force base. A...
Read More Ukraine Defense Aims To Thrive Against Odds
The scandal in Washington surrounding the issue of military aid from the U.S. for Ukraine had no...
Read More Airbus Airs Proposals for German Eurofighter Typhoon Development
Airbus Defence and Space has fleshed out its proposals to continue the development of the...
Read More Saab Flies New Electronic Attack Pod
On November 4, Saab conducted the first flight of its new Electronic Attack Jammer Pod (EAJP). The...
Read More Su-35 Goes to Russian Knights, On Offer to Turkey
The Russian Knights air display team of the Russian Air and Space Force (VKS) has received four...
Read More Airbus Unveils LOUT Testbed
Airbus has lifted the veil on its Low-Observable UAV Testbed (LOUT) program, which it has been...
Read More Airbus Studying Obscurant Defense for H145M
Airbus Helicopters is working on a concept to add an obscuration system to the H145M utility...
Read More African Countries Seek Additional ‘Hinds’
Two neighboring countries, Niger and Nigeria, are looking to acquire additional Mil Mi-35...
Read More Green Light for F-15 Japanese Super Interceptor Upgrades
The U.S. State Department has approved a possible $4.5 billion upgrade program for 98 of the Japan...
Read More Germany Receives First Sea Lion, but Awaits Sea Tiger Contract
Speaking at an event to mark the delivery of the German Navy’s first Sea Lion helicopter at...
Read More LM Receives $7B F-35 Order, F-35A Price Dips Below $80M
On October 28, the Pentagon announced a contract modification worth just over $7 billion that...
Read More Comeback for Russia’s Unguided Rockets
Following public demonstrations of the S-5U air-launched rocket, Russia is set to resume...
Read More EuroDASS Unveils Plans for Enhanced Typhoon Protection
The consortium that delivers the Praetorian Defensive Aids Subsystem Suite (DASS) for the...
Read More USAF Slashes Helo Training Time With Virtual Reality
By using virtual reality (VR) devices, the U.S. Air Force’s 23rd Flying Training Squadron...
Read More Sikorsky Enters Raider X in Army FARA Derby
Yesterday, Sikorsky introduced its entry into the competition for the Army’s Future Attack...
Read More ADEX 2019: KAI Unveils KF-X Mockup, New Surion Variants
Following the completion of the critical design review in late September, Korea Aerospace...
Read More Mil To Absorb Kamov Following High-speed Rotorcraft Win
Mil and Kamov will merge to form the National Helicopter Center (NHC) to leverage the combined...
Read More Bell-Boeing V-22 Tiltrotor Fleet Tops 500000 Hours
The fleet of more than 375 Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey military tiltrotor aircraft has surpassed...
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