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GA-ASI General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Eaglet flies new survivable Air-Launched Effect for the first time

| 2023
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) flew a new survivable Air-Launched Effect (ALE) for the first time as part of a flight demonstr...

European Defence Agency supports two PESCO projects on future European airlift capabilities

| 2023
The European Defence Agency (EDA) will support two Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) projects focused on shaping future European airlift cap...

DARPA, AFRL, Lockheed Martin and Aerojet Rocketdyne team's second Hypersonic Air-Breathing Weapon Concept launched from B-52H accomplishes all test objectives

| 2023
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Air Force Research Lab (AFRL), Lockheed Martin and Aerojet Rocketdyne team accomplished thei...

Aeralis signs MoU with AirTanker to examine capability to transform full spectrum of fast jet pilot training

| 2023
Aeralis, the transformational British military jet developer, has signed a landmark Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with AirTanker to evaluate op...

Boeing to supply 15 additional KC-46A Pegasus air tankers to US Air Force

| 2023
The U.S. Department of Defense on January 27 announced that Boeing has been awarded a $2,255,625,408 modification (P00289) to previously awarded co...

Netherlands considers offering F-16AM/BM fighters and paying for Leopard 2A6 tanks to Ukraine

| 2023
According to NL Times, the Dutch government will look into supplying some of its 68 F-16A/B MLU fighter jets (it originally had 213 aircraft) to Uk...

Lockheed Martin performs first flight of F-16 Block 70 fighter

| 2023
Lockheed Martin on January 24 announced the successful first flight of the F-16 Block 70 at its Greenville, South Carolina site. The flight occurre...

Elbit Systems to provide DIRCM Direct Infrared Counter Measures service center for NATO Multinational Multi-Role Tanker Transport fleet

| 2023
Elbit Systems announced on January 24 the signature of a 5-year in-service support contract with the NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) for...

Israel willing to purchase 25 F-15EX Eagle II fighter jets to boost striking capability against Iran

| 2023
According to Dario Leone in theaviationgeekclub.com, Israel has sent a formal request to the US to purchase 25 F-15IA (F-15EX) Eagle II fighter jet...

Sikorsky delivers 5000th Hawk medium lift helicopter

| 2023
Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, on January 20 delivered its 5,000th “Hawk” variant helicopter, a U.S. Army UH-60M Black Hawk. The iconic aircr...

Hensoldt from Germany develops SIGINT pod demonstrator for Eurodrone

| 2023
German company Hensoldt is developing sensor equipment that can be integrated into a pod to give the recently commissioned Eurodrone a signals inte...

PLA Chinese Air Force Y-20 aircraft transport air defense missile unit for first time

| 2023
According to Liu Xuanzun in Global Times, a surface-to-air missile unit of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force recently took part ...

Baykar wins contract to deliver Bayraktar TB2 UCAVs to Kuwait

| 2023
According to information published by Daily Sabah on January 19, 2023, Turkish drone magnate Baykar signed a $370 million contract to export its Ba...

Australian army to get 40 UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters

| 2023
Following months of speculation, Head Land Capability Major General Jeremy King confirmed the acquisition of 40 UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters for t...

Upgraded Russian Tu-95MSM strategic bomber successfully completes another test flight

| 2023
According to en.newviz.ru, the strategic missile carrier Tu-95MSM made another flight as part of the test program after its modernization. During t...

Iran Air Force to get 24 Sukhoi Su-35 Flanker-E fighter jets in Spring 2023

| 2023
According to Tasnim news agency, Iran expects to take delivery of Sukhoi Su-35 fighter jets from Russia early next Iranian year, which starts in Ma...

Dassault Aviation delivers Rafale F3R fighter aircraft to French MoD

| 2023
According to a PR published by Dassault on December 29, 2022, the company’s Mérignac plant delivered Rafale B359 (F3R standard) to the Direction Gé...

Myanmar Air Force inducts new combat aircraft and helicopters

| 2023
According to Asia Pacific Defense Journal, the Myanmar Air Force (MAF) has formally received and inducted several new air assets as it celebrated i...

French Defense Procurement Agency DGA orders studies from Airbus Defense and Dassault for future maritime patrol aicraft

| 2023
In a tweet posted on January 12, the DGA informs that it has notified Airbus Defense and Dassault of two future maritime patrol system architecture...

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems flies multiple missions using Avenger UAS with Artificially Intelligent Pilots

| 2023
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) further advanced its Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) ecosystem by flying three unique missions wi...
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