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Ukrainian Drones Mine Roads Behind Russian Lines Affecting Re-supply, Reinforcements

April 30, 2024 @ 05:53 AM

Ukrainian defense forces have disrupted the logistics and tactical operations of occupying forces by utilizing large unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to remotely mine roads and battle lines deep within enemy territory. According to a report from "

MD Helicopters Develop Configurable Avionics & Weapons System for AH530 Chopper

April 29, 2024 @ 11:10 AM

MD Helicopters has developed an avoics and weapons management system for its AH530 helicopters that will allow users to configure the chopper from a trainer to an attack helicopter in a matter of minutes. MDH exhibited the AH530 Block II precision weapons helicopter with its new Advanced Integrated Avionics and Weapons...

P&W Secures $65.8M Contract for Saudi F-15 Jet Engine Support

April 29, 2024 @ 06:53 AM

Pratt & Whitney, a division of RTX, has secured a $65.8 million contract to provide support for Saudi Arabia's F-15 fighter jet engines under the management of the Middle East Propulsion Company (MEPC)

Kazakhstan Sold 81 Soviet Era Fighter Jets to U.S. for Possible Transfer...

April 27, 2024 @ 09:31 AM

Kazakhstan has reportedly sold 81 Soviet era military aircraft, including MiG-27, MiG-29, and Su-24, to the United States via offshore entities. The equipment is in a junk state and cannot be used for its intended purpose in its current form

Boeing to Use GKN Aerospace's St. Louis Facility for F/A-18, F-15 Programs...

April 27, 2024 @ 06:33 AM

Boeing has finalized a deal with GKN Aerospace St. Louis and its parent company, Melrose Industries, to sustain the production of critical components for the U

Sierra Nevada Bags $13 Billion U.S. Air Force “Doomsday Plane” Contract

April 27, 2024 @ 05:49 AM

Sierra Nevada Corp was awarded a $13,080,890,647 contract to develop a Survivable Airborne Operations Center (SAOC) aircraft to replace the E-4B, known as the Doomsday plane due to its ability to operate during a nuclear war. Boeing, which had earlier developed the 70s era E-4B, was eliminated from the competition, according to Reuters report in January 2024

First 6 Rafales for the Croatian Air Force just Landed in Zagreb

April 26, 2024 @ 08:41 AM

Croatias first batch of six Rafale fighter jets landed in the country on April 25. The aircraft, part of an agreement signed in November 2021, arrived at the 91st operational base near Zagreb

RTX Wins $344M to Develop Standard Missile Variants

April 26, 2024 @ 06:56 AM

Raytheon, an RTX business, has won a $344 million contract for the development of two missile variants – the SM-2 Block IIICU and SM-6 Block IU – which will be based on a common guidance section, where the electronics and software that guide a missile to its target are housed. The updated variants will share a newly designed guidance section, target detection device, independent flight termination system and electronics unit

U.A.E. Receives Fourth Saab GlobalEye AEW&C Aircraft

April 26, 2024 @ 05:30 AM

Saab announced on Thursday that it has delivered the fourth GlobalEye Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) aircraft to the United Arab Emirates (U.A

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