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PARIS --- Le marché européen des drones MALE, mais aussi celui des drones HALE avec le massif RQ-4 Global Hawk de Northrop Grumman choisi par l’OTAN pour sa mission AGS (Air Ground Surveillance), est ... Latest Press Releases Allegiant Air Orders 50 Boeing 737 MAX Jets with 50 More on Option
SEATTLE --- Boeing and Allegiant Air today announced an order for 50 737 MAX jets, with options for 50 additional airplanes. In Boeing's first U.S. ultra-low cost carrier (ULCC) deal, Allegiant select... North Korea Launches Second Hypersonic Weapon
SEOUL --- North Korea fired a "hypersonic missile" this week that successfully hit a target, state news agency KCNA reported on Thursday, its second such test as the country pursues new military capab... Five Submit Bids for Slovak AFV Tender; Decision Due By March
The Ministry of Defence received bids for the Slovak Armed Forces' 8x8 Wheeled Armoured Fighting Vehicle (AFV) Programme. Czechia, Finland, Romania, Spain and the US submitted their bids by the offici... CBO Excludes F-35 from Report on Aircraft Availability
In this report, the Congressional Budget Office analyzes patterns in the availability and use of military aircraft by the Air Force and the Department of the Navy (DoN, which encompasses both the Navy... How India Is Ramping Up Efforts to Bolster Military Capability
The changing geopolitical situation and security landscape has prompted the Indian government to accelerate military modernization, say experts. On December 24, an MiG-21 aircraft of the Indian Air... Philippines Receive New Israeli Self-Propelled Howitzers
MANILA --- The Army Artillery Regiment (AAR) will get a much-needed boost with the recent delivery of 12 units of Soltam 155mm/52 caliber self-propelled howitzers from Israeli firm Elbit Systems. T... Peruvian National Bank Refuses to Pay for Antonov Aircraft
Banco de la Nación [Peru’s National bank—Ed.] canceled any transactions to the Ukrainian State Enterprise Antonov for the An-178. The Peruvian state bank refused to accept a bank agreement from the... Dassault Delivered 25 Rafale in 2021, Logged 49 Orders Before UAE
SAINT-CLOUD, France --- Dassault Aviation Group deliveries, order intakes and backlog in number of new aircraft as of December 31st 2021 (unaudited figures) Aircraft Delivered In 2021 -- 30 Falcon... India’s Carrier Fighter Search Begins with Rafale Demo
The selection process for new carrier borne fighter jets for the Indian Navy is underway with a demonstration by France's Rafale M (Marine) scheduled this week in Goa but several challenges remain ahe... Marine Corps Mission Keeping ACV Program Alive
The Marines have decided they will no longer deploy their aging Amphibious Assault Vehicles on real-world missions, following a 2020 offshore training accident that killed nine (the Reagan-era swimmin... Pentagon’s New Challenge: Defeating Cheap Hobbyist Drones
WASHINGTON --- The U.S. is racing to combat an ostensibly modest foe: hobbyist drones that cost a few hundred dollars and can be rigged with explosives. Emerging solutions resemble the stuff of sci... India’s Intermediate Jet Trainer Completes Spin Test
BENGALURU, India --- The Intermediate Jet Trainer (IJT), designed and developed by HAL for stage –II training of IAF pilots has successfully demonstrated the capability to carry out six turn spins to ... Northrop Completes Static Test of Precision Strike Missile Rocket Motor
ROCKET CENTER, W.Va. –-- Northrop Grumman Corporation successfully completed a static test of its Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) rocket motor as part of its motor qualification effort. The test suppo... Czech Gripens Will Return to the Baltics in April
Czech fighters will soon set out again to guard the airspace of the alliance partner. For the fourth time, it will be the Baltics, specifically Lithuania, where 95 soldiers with five JAS-39 Gripen fig... Kongsberg to Maintain AW101s for Norway’s SAR Service
Kongsberg Aviation Maintenance Services (KAMS) has entered into contracts with Leonardo for maintenance services for the Norwegian fleet of SAR Queen / AW101 Search & Rescue helicopters in the period ... Indian Navy Stands Up New P-8I Base in Goa
The Indian Navy's Boeing P-8I aircraft commenced operations from INS Hansa, Goa with two aircraft arriving on 30 December 2021. The aircraft were inducted after fitment of indigenous equipment and Fli... Lockheed Wins $8M to Manage F-35 Initial Spares Deliveries
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is awarded an $8,240,416 cost-plus-fixed-fee order (N0001922F0016) against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N0001919G0008). This or... BAE Wins $137M for Sustainment of US Navy C5ISR Systems
BAE Systems has been awarded a five-year contract, worth up to $137 million, to provide lifecycle management and sustainment of the U.S. Navy’s command, control, communications, computers, combat syst... US F-16s Strengthen Air Policing Mission with Poland Deployment
LASK AIR BASE, Poland --- U.S. F-16 aircraft landed in Łask, Poland on January 4 to work with the Polish Baltic Air Policing F-16s in Siauliai, Lithuania and enhanced Air Policing Belgian F-16s in Ama... NATO Trials Dstl Standard for Counter-Drone Systems
SAPIENT successfully facilitated more than 70 connections between systems during technical interoperability exercise, leading to widespread industry adoption. Originally developed by the Defence Sc... CBO’s Outlook for Navy Shipbuilding: An Uncertain Course for the Future Fleet
The Navy’s recent shipbuilding plans have called for a much larger fleet of manned ships and hundreds of new unmanned systems. CBO examines those plans’ implications for the size and composition of th... UK Warship Passes 1,000th Day in Persian Gulf
Royal Navy warship HMS Montrose today celebrates 1,000 days in the Gulf keeping sea lanes open and tackling drug smugglers. The frigate and her 200 sailors and Royal Marines have provided a constan... Airbus Looks Back at Another Busy Year for Space
With space ever more embedded in our daily lives – each of us uses around 40 satellites per day – it is no surprise that we are seeing the space industry flourishing. Last year Airbus successfully lau... | 