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Lockheed Martin demonstrates multi-domain operations between F-35, U-2 and ground stations

Lockheed Martin Skunk Works®, the Missile Defense Agency and the U.S. Air Force successfully connected an F-35, U-2 and a multi-domain ground station in a ground-breaking test demonstrating multi-domain operati... Read More...

US Navy Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 3 return to USS Eisenhower for carrier qualifications

Squadrons assigned to Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 3 flew aboard the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) Sept. 9, for carrier qualifications as part of Tailored Ship’s Training Availability/Final Evalu... Read More...

GA-ASI and UK MoD sign T&E contract for Protector RG Mk1

GA-ASI has signed a Direct Commercial Sale (DCS) contract with the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) to complete the test and evaluation activities required to certify the Protector RG Mk1 Remotely Piloted Aircraft ... Read More...

RUAG completes annual inspection on three Italian Army Aviation Dornier 228 aircraft

RUAG MRO International has fulfilled the annual inspection on three Dornier 228 aircraft with special mission configuration belonging to the Italian Army Aviation. The inspections were carried out at the RUAG... Read More...

Leonardo displays the AW149 helicopter at the DSEI 2019 exhibition in London

Leonardo proposes the AW149 on the international market to operators who are considering replacing their now obsolete fleets of multi-role helicopters

At the DSEI 2019 exhibition, Leonardo displays its latest-generation medium-lift AW149 helicopter. The modern, reliable and cost-effective aircraft is rapidly configurable to meet a wide range of military missi... Read More...

Airbus H215 German Federal Police Airbus Helicopters

Airbus delivers 1000th Super Puma helicopter to the German Federal Police

The Bundespolizei is one of the largest Super Puma operators in the world

Airbus Helicopters has delivered its 1,000th Super Puma helicopter: a twin-engine multi-role H215 assembled in Marignane, France, and handed over to the German Federal Police (Bundespolizei) to support the Germ... Read More...

UK F-35B Lightning jets train with USAF B-2A stealth bombers

A Bomber Task Force deployment of B-2A Spirit stealth bomber aircraft, Airmen and support equipment from the 509th Bomb Wing, Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, have arrived in the U.S. European Command area of... Read More...

HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier sails for US to embark for the first time UK-owned F-35s

HMS Queen Elizabeth has sailed from her homeport Portsmouth on august 30 ahead of testing the UK’s F-35B Lightning fast fighter jets for the very first time. The Royal Navy’s biggest warship will be working wit... Read More...

Exercise Cobra Warrior 2019 Eurofighter Luftwaffe

Exercise Cobra Warrior starts in UK

Aircraft from the German, Italian and Israeli Air Forces have arrived at RAF Waddington to participate in Exercise Cobra Warrior. They will join aircraft from the Royal Air Force and United States Air Force in... Read More...

First 13 pilots to complete their training within the Rotary Wing UK Military Flying Training System (UKMFTS)

A modern fleet of 29 Juno (H135) and 3 Jupiter (H145) helicopters

On 23 August 2019, a total of 22 tri-Service aircrew graduated from the Defence Helicopter Flying School (DHFS) at RAF Shawbury. The parade celebrated both the graduation of the first 13 pilots to complete thei... Read More...

4 new belgian companies join the develop of MQ-9B SkyGuardian RPA for Belgium

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI), the leading manufacturer of Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) systems, radars, electro-optic and related mission systems, announced that four more Belgium-base... Read More...

Payerne air base: exercise Epervier 2019

From August 23rd to 30th, 2019, six Mirage 2000-5F from the fighter squadron 1/2 "Cigognes" based in Luxeuil (BA 116) in the department of Haute Saône (North East of France), participate to the exercise Epervie... Read More...

[Video] Hungarian Air Force Gripen fly-by over Budapest with flares

The Hungarian Air Force Gripen fighters took to the skies to do a ceremonial fly-by over the Danube river in Budapest. In the video, we can see three Hungarian Gripen C fighters from HDF 59th Szentgyörgyi Dezső... Read More...

First flight of Saab brazilian Gripen E fighter aircraft

On 26th of August Saab completed a successful first flight with the first Brazilian Gripen E fighter aircraft, 39-6001. At 2.41 pm CET on August 26, the Gripen E aircraft took off on its maiden flight flown by ... Read More...

Strong defence spending in the Middle East

Regional defence spending to reach USD 100 billion in 2019

Middle Eastern defence spending will reach USD$ 100 billion in 2019, led predominantly by Saudi Arabia and the UAE, according to Jane’s by IHS Markit forecast. Out of the top ten defence spending nations per ca... Read More...

First Pilatus PC-24 Super Versatile Jet flies in South America with chilean customer Ignacio del Rio

In a ceremony at Pilatus Business Aircraft Ltd, the first PC-24 to enter service in South America was delivered to chilean customer Ignacio del Rio. The Super Versatile Jet flies under Chilean registry. It was ... Read More...

Royal Air Force sees demo of new Protector RG Mk1 capabilities

Demonstration Highlights CGCS, P3E, Mission Intel Station and Certifiability

On August 16th, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) gave a flight demonstration to Royal Air Force (RAF) senior leadership and RAF Reaper operators, as well as guests from the U.S. Marine Corp. ... Read More...

USMC F-35B completes simulated Combat Air Patrol with live AIM-9X missile

First operational F-35B live-fire of the AIM-9X missile in the Indo-Pacific region

Marine fighter pilots with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 265, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, launched from the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp , deployed in the Pacific Ocean, to rehearse Combat Air Patrol... Read More...

BAE Systems received a contract from Lockheed Martin to enhance the EW capabilities of the F-35s

BAE Systems has received a Block 4 Modernization contract award from Lockheed Martin to enhance the offensive and defensive electronic warfare (EW) capabilities of the F-35 Lightning II fifth-generation fighter... Read More...

Six Pilatus PC-24s in fully equipped air ambulance configuration for Swedish Air Ambulance organisation

After a long period of intensive and very professionally conducted negotiations, the Kommunalförbundet Svenskt Ambulansflyg (KSA) has opted for six Pilatus PC-24s in a fully equipped air ambulance configuration... Read More...

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