Connecting Skies • Bridging Continents
The aircraft will be converted by Northrop Grumman into the Navy’s next-generation TACAMO airborne nuclear command and control platform. Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) delivered a C-130J-30 Super Hercules aircraft destined to become the future of the Take Charge and Move Out (TACAMO) mission at the company’s Marietta, Georgia, facility on 15 October 2026, the company […]
German IRIS-T SLM and Swedish Patriot systems were networked through Airbus’s SAMOC command post during NATO exercise SPARTAN ARROW 26 in Crete, in a step toward NATO certification for both systems. Airbus Defence and Space successfully integrated key components of bi-national air defence during NATO exercise SPARTAN ARROW 26 in Chania, Crete, on 14 October
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The defence technology company is building out airport facilities for unmanned aircraft assembly, maintenance and flight operations at a site with a long history of US Army aviation training. XMX Defense marked the beginning of its Mineral Wells operations with a groundbreaking ceremony on 3 October 2026 at Mineral Wells Regional Airport, Texas, where the
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The multirole order, financed through the European Commission’s SAFE instrument, will begin replacing Romania’s Puma fleet and deepens Airbus Helicopters’ partnership with local manufacturer IAR. The government of Romania has signed a contract for 12 Airbus H225M multirole military helicopters, concluded with the French Armament General Directorate (DGA) under the European Commission’s Security Action for
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South Korea’s Air Force has taken delivery of its first production KF-21 Boramae, with the fighter’s domestically developed systems now seen as its strongest selling point for export customers, GlobalData says. South Korea’s Air Force has taken delivery of its first production KF-21 Boramae, a Block I aircraft assigned to the reactivated 156th Fighter Squadron
Two AN/TPQ-49A radar systems will support ground-based sense-and-avoid coverage at GA-ASI’s California flight test sites, part of a growing role for the radar beyond its original defence applications. SRC, Inc., a not-for-profit defence research and development company, has received a purchase order from General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) for two AN/TPQ-49A radar systems configured with
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The undefinitized contract, running for more than seven years, will significantly expand propulsion production for the Terminal High Altitude Area Defence system, which has a 100% intercept success rate in flight tests since production began. L3Harris Technologies has received an undefinitized contract from Lockheed Martin, valued at more than $6 billion excluding escalations over seven
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The turbofan, recently designated the F143, has now demonstrated a 100 percent ignition success rate as the programme works toward large-volume production. Kratos Defense & Security Solutions and GE Aerospace have successfully ignited the first serial-number GEK800 turbofan cruise missile propulsion system at Kratos’s X-58 test facility in San Diego, the companies announced on 21
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The uncrewed fighter has flown alongside crewed F-35 and F-15E jets as the US Air Force’s Collaborative Combat Aircraft programme accelerates toward production. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) delivered a new FQ-42 Vengeance to Creech Air Force Base, Nevada, on 18 September, where it will continue test and evaluation operations with the US Air Force’s
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France’s Aeronautical Maintenance Directorate has placed a follow-on order for four two-drone Capa-X systems for the Navy and Army, after a land and sea evaluation campaign found the uncrewed aircraft met the requirements of a light tactical drone programme. FRANCE ORDERS EIGHT MORE AIRBUS CAPA-X DRONES FOR NAVY AND ARMY The French Aeronautical Maintenance
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