Category Archives: Military Aviation

The US Air Force and Lockheed Martin successfully conducted a hypersonic-boosted flight test of the AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW) from the service’s B-52H Stratofortress. The successful flight demonstrates the weapon’s ability to reach and withstand operational hypersonic speeds, collect crucial data for use in further flight tests, and validate safe separation from theRead More

Airbus has signed a follow-on Contractor Logistics Support (CLS) contract with the US Army to provide spare parts, material, and engineering support for the Army’s entire UH-72A and UH-72 B Lakota fleet of 482 utility and training helicopters. The contract includes a six-month base and 4.5 option years, with a potential total value of moreRead More

Boeing, in partnership with Korean Aerospace Industries and other key suppliers, has delivered the first new wing set for the A-10 Thunderbolt II fleet to the US Air Force. The wing set arrived earlier this month to Hill Air Force Base in Ogden, Utah, where the Air Force has started aircraft integration. “Boeing is workingRead More

Thales and CS GROUP are working with their partners in France and Europe’s defense industrial and technological base on are developing the PARADE program capability to provide permanent deployable protection for critical infrastructure from drone threats. The program follows an open competition contract was awarded after a European competitive tendering process launched by the DGARead More

Northrop Grumman Corporation’s, NATO’s Alliance Ground Surveillance (AGS) RQ-4D Phoenix Global Hawk has reached a major milestone with the NATO AGS Management Agency (NAGSMA)’s Full System Handover to the NATO AGS Force (NAGSF) at the Main Operating Base, Sigonella, Sicily. The specially-designed AGS system is uniquely suited to NATO requirements and is providing critical JointRead More

Boeing has begun assembly on New Zealand’s first P-8A Poseidon aircraft, announcing it has this week laid the jet’s keel beam alongside Spirit AeroSystems. It marks the first major construction milestone on one of four Poseidons headed to the New Zealand Defense Force. According to Boeing, the process, referred to as ‘keeling’, was completed atRead More

Lockheed Martin is announcing the grand opening of a new facility that expands its Johnstown, Pennsylvania, operations. The Johnstown business expects to hire more than 80 mechanics and technicians in the next year to support component production for the newest F-16s being manufactured in Greenville, South Carolina. In conjunction, Lockheed Martin is celebrating 25 yearsRead More

Saudi Arabia’s Intra Defense Technologies hopes that its indigenous UAV programs will play a key role in helping the country to achieve its ambitious target of localizing 50 percent of government military spending as part of its wider Vision 2030 effort to diversify the economy and grow non-oil revenues. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman hasRead More

The Canadian government has selected the Lockheed Martin F-35A to meet its Future Fighter Capability Project (FFCP) requirement. The F-35A was chosen as the replacement for the Royal Canadian Air Force’s CF-188 Hornet fleet following a thorough evaluation that initially also included the Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornet, Dassault Rafale, Eurofighter Typhoon, and Saab Gripen. FollowingRead More

Blue Force Technologies has been awarded a contract by the Aerospace Systems Directorate of the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory to develop its unmanned air vehicle—known as Bandit—for the adversary air (ADAIR) training mission. The Small Business Innovation Research contract was awarded after Blue Force’s strategic financing (STRATFI) proposal was selected by the AFWERX, AFRL’sRead More