2022
US Air Force and Israeli Air Force train during Desert Falcon Exercise
During the second week of January, the Israeli Air Force (IAF) hosted the U.S. Air Forces Central (AFCENT) at Uvda AFB for the “Desert Falcon” join...
Royal Australian Air Force in Guam for Exercise Cope North 2022
The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) will deploy aircraft and personnel to Guam and the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands to conduct Exerci...
US Special Operations Command awards Anduril Industries a $1B counter-drone contract
The US Special Operations Command (SOCOM) has awarded Anduril Industries a 10-year, $1 billion counter-unmanned aerial systems (UAS) integration co...
Bell completes first CV-22 Osprey nacelle upgrade
Bell, a Textron Inc. company, has completed the first Nacelle Improvements Modification on an Air Force CV-22 Osprey. The aircraft is part of an on...
Spain greenlights Eurodrone program
On January 25, the Spanish Council of Ministers has made budgetary approval for the EUROMALE RPAS (Eurodrone) program. The country officially ...
Elroy Air unveils Chaparral autonomous hybrid-electric VTOL cargo aircraft
Elroy Air, the company developing the first end-to-end autonomous vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aerial cargo system, unveiled its pre-produc...
Australia opens Hypersonic Research Precinct
On January 25, the Australian Minister for Defence the Hon Peter Dutton MP unveiled the $14 million Precinct which provides a location for Defence,...
Airbus C295 technology demonstrator of Clean Sky 2 makes its maiden flight
The Airbus C295 Flight Test Bed 2 (FTB2) has successfully performed its maiden flight from the Final Assembly Line in Seville. The aircraft now sta...
Brazilian Air Force tests E-LynX airborne software defined radio
The Brazilian Air Force (FAB) and AEL Sistemas, Elbit Systems’ Brazilian subsidiary, the prime contractor of the Brazilian Link-BR2 strategic progr...
Saudi Arabia receives its first CH-47F Chinook helicopters
At least the first four Boeing CH-47F Chinook helicopters have been recently delivered to Saudi Arabia.
US approves foreign military sale of 12 C-130J-30 Super Hercules to Egypt
The US State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Egypt of C-130J-30 Super Hercules ...
Raytheon Missiles & Defense is developing high-power microwaves as part of layered air defenses
They’re two of the biggest threats to U.S. and allied military power, and they could hardly be more different. One is the hypersonic missile, ...