Canada Cleared to Buy P-8A Poseidon Maritime Patrol Aircraft for $5.9B
Canada has received U.S
Suzuki Motor, Japanese Start-up Skydrive to Produce Flying Cars from 2024
Japanese start-up Skydrive has announced a production agreement with Suzuki Motor to manufacture electrically-powered flying cars for urban mobility starting 2024. The announcement was made at the ongoing Paris Air Show 2023
Boeing to Develop Defensive Systems, Countermeasures for KC-46A Tanker
Boeing and Aurora Flight Sciences are investing in further developing advanced defensive systems and countermeasures for application on next-generation refueling and mobility platforms including the KC-46A Pegasus tanker. Aurora Flight Sciences, a Boeing company, is leading the research and conceptual design of composite components to enhance operational survivability for aerial refueling...
Spain to Buy C295 Maritime Patrol and Surveillance Aircraft
Airbus Defence is inching closer towards signing a deal for C295 maritime patrol aircraft (MPA) and C295 maritime surveillance aircraft (MSA) with Spain. “We welcome the decision taken by the Spanish Ministers Council and announced during Paris Air Show for the budget approval for the acquisition of 6 C295 MPA and...
Azerbaijan’s Air Force Orders C-27J Spartan Transport Plane
Azerbaijans Air Force has placed an order for C-27J Spartan military transport aircraft. The number of aircraft ordered is yet to be disclosed
Argentine Air Force Receives New C-130H Hercules
Argentine Air Force formally inducted C-130H Hercules transport planes on June 8. Minister of Defense Jorge Taiana and Chief of the General Staff of the Argentine Air Force, Brigadier General Xavier Isaac took part in the commissioning ceremony of the aircraft
U.S. Navy Receives Modified E-6B Mercury Aircraft
Northrop Grumman said it handed over the first E-6B Mercury Aircraft to the U.S
Lockheed Martin, Airbus Picks GE Engines for LMXT Strategic Tanker
Lockheed Martin and Airbus have selected GE Aerospace's CF6-80E1 propulsion system for the U.S
Iran's Indigenous Transport Aircraft Marks First Flight
Irans domestically-developed light transit aircraft, dubbed "Simorgh" (Phoenix) has taken to the skies for the first time. The test flight took place at the air base in the city of Isfahan
Boeing, Singapore’s ST Engineering Sign P-8 Sustainment MoU
Boeing signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Singapores ST Engineering to outline potential areas of collaboration in systems integration, training, local parts distribution, support and sustainment work for the P-8A Poseidon. Boeing and ST Engineering have identified opportunities to collaborate in a number of areas and will explore these in more detail, including jointly developing a P-8 service center in Singapore with the provision of engineers and aircraft maintenance technicians to support maintenance and engineering services
MagNav Project Demos Real-time Magnetic Navigation
The Department of the Air Force-Massachusetts Institute of Technology Artificial Intelligence Accelerator (AIA) MagNav project recently performed real-time magnetic navigation (MagNav) on the C-17A Globemaster III in flight, becoming the first organization to demonstrate this technology in real-time on a Department of Defense aircraft. The AIA MagNav team, in conjunction with personnel from MIT, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, the Air Force Research Laboratory Sensors Directorate and the Air Force Institute of Technology Autonomy and Navigation Center, flew three Travis Air Force Base, California, C-17 sorties to the test complex at Edwards AFB, California, during exercise Golden Phoenix, May 11-15
Turkish Military Orders 12 Hurjet Block-1 Aircraft
Argentina gets U.S. Nod to Buy Basler BT-67 Aircraft
Netherlands, Czech Republic to Purchase Ammunition for Ukraine
First Batch of Modernized Dutch Apache Echo Helicopters Now Combat-Ready
Free Flight to Russian Hypersonic Missiles as America's Own Hypersonics Program Delayed to 2027
As Russian Aerospace Forces pummeled Ukrainian positions in mid-March 2024 with hypersonic missiles, the Pentagon's own hypersonics program faces delays,...
Counter-trade, Undisclosed Deals May be Masking Russia’s Arms Export Numbers
A Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SPIRI) report last week reported a steep fall in Russias arms exports- pushed to...
China’s “Moderate” 2024 Defense Budget Hides Frenetic Military Build-up
China on Tuesday revealed a draft defense budget draft for 2024 amounting to 1
Battle of Counter-Drone SAMs- Raytheon's Coyote Vs. Russian Pantsir-S1
The spectacular success of drones on the battlefield in Ukraine has prompted Russia and the United States to develop counter-measures...
Grounding of U.S. Military’s V-22 Osprey Fleet Enters Third Month
The grounding of around 400-strong fleet of Osprey V-22 Tilt-rotor aircraft is in its third month with no update on...
How Indian MQ-9B SkyGuardian Acquisition Plan Changes Drone Equation in South Asia
India has recently gained U