2023
US Army National Guard Units to get 12 GA-ASI Gray Eagle 25M UAS
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) on April 26 announced that the Army National Guard (ARNG) has received a fiscal year 2023 Congr...
Czech Aero conducts successful first flight of serial L-39NG trainer jet aircraft
Czech aircraft manufacturer Aero on April 24 announced it had successfully flown the first series-produced L-39NG aircraft. It is a new historical ...
Northrop Grumman to further develop Active Electronically Scanned Array radars of USAF F-16s
The U.S. Department of Defense on April 27 announced that Northrop Grumman Systems Corp. has been awarded a $28,662,064 cost-plus-fixed-fee modific...
Norwegian Navy to get 6 Sikorsky MH-60R Seahawk multi-mission helicopters
The U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency on April 26 announced that the State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign ...
Arctic Gold 23-2 refines US Air Force 354th FW Agile Combat Employment operations with F-35
The 354th Fighter Wing conducted Arctic Gold 23-2, an exercise designed to practice the wing’s ability to sustain F-35 Lightning II operations from...
Romania to acquire Turkish Bayraktar TB2 Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicles
According to a tweet published by Haluk Bayraktar on April 26, 2023, Romania has signed a contract to acquire Bayraktar TB2 Unmanned Combat Aerial ...
Spain invests 500 million euros in Airbus SIRTAP UAS project
The Spanish Ministry of Defense has received approval from the Ministry of Finance to invest 500 million euros in the Airbus SIRTAP tactical drone ...
Airbus Helicopters unveils first US-made military versions of the H125 Ares
Airbus Helicopters is introducing the first U.S.-built H125 military configurations, known as AH-125 and MH-125 Ares, to the Airbus range of milita...
New Zealand Ministry of Defence looking for new naval helicopters
According to Phil Pennington on Radio New Zealand (RNZ) on April 24, the Ministry of Defence is looking for proposals on buying about $1 billion wo...
US Marine Corps activates second F-35C squadron
3rd Marine Aircraft Wing reactivated Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 311, an F-35C Lightning II squadron, at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif...
Russia to possibly relaunch Kh-50 cruise missile project from June
According to a tweet posted by Oriannalyla on April 13, Russia plans to start production of Kh-50 cruise missiles from June, Ukrainian Deputy Chief...
Leidos to develop autonomous unmanned aerial resupply system for US Marine Corps
Leidos was recently awarded a new prime contract to develop an uncrewed aircraft system (UAS) that can autonomously resupply forward-deployed groun...
Boeing to extend service life of up to 25 US Navy F/A-18 E/F Super Hornets
The U.S. Department of Defense on April 19 announced that Boeing is awarded a $313,434,366 modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-incentive...
US spy stealth drone RQ-170 Sentinel reportedly made several flights near Russia
As reported by Laurent Lagneau in Opex360, among the secret documents illegally posted online by Jack Teixeira, a 21-year-old member of the Massach...
PLA Chinese army uses WZ-8 supersonic drones to spy Taiwan and US bases
US secret documents illegally posted online by Jack Teixeira, a 21-year-old member of the Massachusetts Air National Guard, reveal China used (or c...
Raytheon's AMRAAM AIM-120D-3 air-to-air missile completes critical milestone for operational use
The U.S. Air Force has completed the Functional Configuration Audit, or FCA, of the latest variant of Raytheon Technologies' Advanced Medium Range ...
Turkish uncrewed fighter jet Bayraktar Kizilelma achieves 4th test flight
On April 15, a high-ranking official from the developing company announced that Türkiye's Bayraktar Kizilelma, an unmanned fighter jet, completed i...
US clears upgrading of Turkish Air Force F-16 fighters
The U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency on April 17 announced that the State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign ...
US 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade arrives in Europe for NATO exercise Atlantic Resolve
Aircraft and equipment from the U.S. 4th Battalion, 3rd Aviation Regiment, 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, began arriving in th...
Royal Air Force’s Tempest future combat aircraft boosted with new multi-million pound investment
On April 14, the British Ministry of Defence (MoD) awarded a contract extension worth £656 million to BAE Systems to progress the concepting and te...