US Navy contracts MQ-9 Reapers for Marine Corps, extending range for future operations
| 2022
The US Navy recently awarded a $135.8 million contract to General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) for eight MQ-9A Extended Range (ER) U...
US Army selects AeroVironment Jump 20 medium UAS for Future Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System Increment 1
| 2022
AeroVironment, Inc. , a global leader in intelligent, multi-domain robotic systems, today announced it received an Other Transaction Agreement awar...
Russian Defense Ministry starting batch production of Tsirkon missiles
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PATRIOT PARK /Moscow Region/, August 22. /TASS-DEFENSE/. The Russian Defense Ministry is starting batch production of Tsirkon hypersonic cruise mis...
Modified X-62 helps accelerate tactical autonomy development
| 2022
The US Air Force Research Laboratory Strategic Development Planning and Experimentation office has invested $15 million upgrading a decades-old wor...
B-52, JAS Gripen and F-35 on joint mission over Norway
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Four American B-52s recently left Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota. On August 18, they joined two Swedish JAS Gripen and two Norwegian F-35 fig...
Russia tests latest Sirius and Orion drones in joint reconnaissance
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PATRIOT PARK /Moscow Region/, August 19. /TASS/. Russia has tested Sirius and Orion unmanned aerial vehicles as part of a reconnaissance/strike sys...
Chile receives Boeing E-3D Sentry aircraft
| 2022
In Chile, Defense Minister headed reception ceremony for the two Boeing E-3D Sentry Mk 1, from the United Kingdom, aircraft that increase Chi...
US offers 6 Bell AH-1Z and 2 UH-1Y helicopters to Czech Republic
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The United States announced on Friday, August 19 that it would donate eight combat and multirole helicopters to the Czech Republic, a member of NAT...
Bulgarian Air Force conducts exercise in Black Sea with its NATO Allies
| 2022
According to information published by NATO on August 19, 2022, the Bulgarian-led multinational live fly exercise Thracian Viper took place in the B...
Russia deploys hypersonic missiles in Kaliningrad
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Russia announced on August 18 that it had deployed planes equipped with state-of-the-art hypersonic missiles to Kaliningrad on Thursday, in a conte...
Delivery of the second Airbus A321LR to the German Air Force
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Following the ceremonial handover of the first aircraft in June at ILA Berlin, Lufthansa Technik AG also delivered on August 17 the second Airbus A...
Chinese CH-4 UAV makes maiden flight with upgraded engine
| 2022
China's independently developed CH-4 drone with an upgraded domestic heavy-fuel engine has recently completed its maiden flight. The domestic engin...
UAC and Russian Defense Ministry discussing development of Su-57 two-seat fighter
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PATRIOT PARK /Moscow Region/, August 17. /TASS-DEFENSE/. The United Aircraft Corporation (UAC, part of the Rostec state hi-tech corporation) and th...
Contract for Russian S-70 Okhotnik strategic drone serial supplies to be signed in late 2022
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PATRIOT PARK /Moscow Region/, August 17. /TASS-DEFENSE/. The state contract for the supply of S-70 Okhotnik unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) is plan...
US Navy expands CH-53K training with additional simulators
| 2022
The United States Marines will gain additional training opportunities preparing them to operate the Sikorsky CH-53K heavy lift helicopter. The airc...
UAC manufactures four fifth-generation Su-57 fighters for Russian Aerospace Force
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PATRIOT PARK /Moscow Region/, August 17. /TASS-DEFENSE/. Four serial fifth-generation Sukhoi Su-57 multirole fighter jets have already been manufac...
Colorado Guard first to receive modernized helicopter capability
| 2022
The Colorado National Guard Army Aviation Support Facility received the first two of 18 UH-72B Lakota helicopters purchased by the Department of De...
French Air and Space Force starts Pegase 2022 mission in Asia-Pacific
| 2022
The intrinsic qualities of air power are responsiveness, power and reach. It is indeed the combination of the performance of the aircraft and ...
GA-ASI tests PT6 E-Series engine from Pratt & Whitney on MQ-9B RPA
| 2022
On July 29, 2022, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) tested a PT6 E-Series model turboprop engine from Pratt & Whitney Canada ...
Korean Air to develop stealth UAV squadron
| 2022
Korean Air was selected on August 12 as the preferred bidder for the Korean Agency for Defense Development’s (ADD) “stealth UAV squadron developmen...