According to a notification issued by the US State Department the sale of up to 18 CH-53K heavy-lift cargo helicopters to Israel has been cleared, in a transaction worth $3.4… Continue reading "US State Department Greenlights The Sale of CH-53K Helicopters to Israel"
The Royal Air Force’s Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Sir Mike Wigston, announced that the United Kingdom and Japan had committed to “ground breaking collaboration” on their… Continue reading "UK & Japan To Collaborate On Tempest, F-X Propulsion Systems"
The “Black Knights” of Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 314 have become the first F-35C squadron of the United States Marine Corps to declare full operational capability, with the 1… Continue reading "First US Marine Corps F-35C Squadron Declares Full Operational Capability"
Swiss Defense Minister Viola Amherd announced today that Switzerland’s Federal Council has selected Lockheed Martin’s F-35A Lightning II as the country’s next fighter aircraft as part of the Air 2030… Continue reading "Swiss Federal Council Selects F-35A For Next Swiss Fighter"
The US Air Force’s Life Cycle Management Center issued a Sources Sought Announcement on Tuesday, seeking to “determine the number of qualified, interested companies” interested in competing to supply a… Continue reading "USAF Seeks Non-Developmental Tankers in “Bridge Tanker” Program"
On June 14, six United States Air Force (USAF) F-16CM aircraft touched down in Indonesia to participate in the bilateral Cope West 2021 exercise, according to a Pacific Air Forces… Continue reading "Indonesia and The United States Kick off Nine Day Military Exercise Cope West 2021."
Northrop Grumman has delivered the first AN/SLQ-32(V)7 Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program (SEWIP) Block 3 Engineering and Development Model (EDM) to the Navy. The company said in a press release… Continue reading "Northrop Grumman Delivers First AN/SLQ-32(V)7 Electronic Warfare System to the U.S. Navy"
On 28 May, the long awaited Fiscal Year 2022 Budget request was submitted to Congress. While the overall requests across the board were not special, the Navy has outlined the… Continue reading "US Navy Outlines Plan to Cut 4 Littoral Combat Ships"
On 26 January, 2007, Turkey signed a joint agreement to join the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Program (JSF). Turkey, which at first committed to buying 100 F-35A’s, started to work… Continue reading "Turkey’s TCG Anadolu L-400 to be Integrated With TB-3 Bayraktar UCAV’s"
At a ceremony yesterday, the first upgraded S-70B was handed over to the Greek Navy. The ceremony was attended by US Ambassador to Athens Geoffrey Pyatt, Greek Chief of General… Continue reading "The Greek Navy Receives First Upgraded Aegean Hawk S-70 Helicopter"