Category Archives: Military Aviation

Australian company Rosebank Engineering has formally opened its F-35 Lightning II wheels and brakes repair depot in Melbourne. The facility in Bayswater, 27km east of the state capital’s CBD, will support Australia’s fleet of F-35A aircraft in partnership with the F-35 Joint Program Office, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics, Honeywell, and the Australian Department of Defence. RosebankRead More

Boeing and Australia industry partner Ferra Engineering signed a Memorandum of Understanding to continue production of Joint Direct Attack Munition Extended Range (JDAM ER) wing kits. The agreement also includes the intent to explore applications for Powered JDAM — a long-range, low-cost and mass-producible JDAM derivative capable of travelling upwards of 300 nautical miles. Brisbane-basedRead More

Airbus Defence and Space has signed two contracts valued at € 1.2 billion in total with France’s Direction générale de l’armement (DGA) and Direction de la Maintenance Aéronautique (DMAé) for the Capability Enhancement and the In-Service Support of the French A330 MRTTs (Multi Role Tanker Transport) fleet. “We thank the French Ministry of Armed ForcesRead More

The Chilean Army is calling for bids as part of its effort to acquire 40 new eight-wheel drive, all-terrain armored infantry transport vehicles. The new platforms are to replace a fleet of 160 six-wheel drive Mowag Piranha armored vehicles, built locally under license by Cardoen Industries in the 1980s and assigned to infantry units inRead More

Switzerland has signed a contract to buy the most advanced version of the Lockheed Martin-made Patriot missile as an add-on to the country’s Air2030 program, the company announced recently. Lockheed did not detail the number of Patriot Advanced Capability-3 Missile Segment Enhancement weapons Switzerland plans to buy. But the U.S. State Department previously approved aRead More

Booz Allen Hamilton won a seven-year $630 million contract from the US Space Force for systems engineering and integration of satellite systems used for missile warning, environmental monitoring and surveillance, the company announced recently. Based in McLean, Virginia, Booz Allen is a large consulting firm that provides management and technology services. The Space Force contractRead More

The US Army awarded Comtech Telecommunications a $48.6 million contract to develop a satellite modem that can connect to multiple networks, the company announced recently. Comtech, based in Melville, New York, is a provider of satellite and terrestrial communications equipment and services. The company will design what the Army calls an EDIM modem, short forRead More

Airbus has officially launched the construction of the new A400M maintenance center in Wunstorf. The traditional groundbreaking ceremony on the site at Wunstorf Air Base, the base for the German Air Force’s A400M military transport aircraft, was held by Airbus Defense and Space CEO Michael Schöllhorn together with high-ranking representatives from politics and the GermanRead More

A Boeing and Nammo team set a record for longest indirect fire test of a ramjet-powered artillery projectile alongside officials from the US Army — firing a Ramjet 155 munition from a 58-caliber Extended Range Cannon Artillery (ERCA) at Yuma Proving Ground, Ariz. The test advances development efforts for the Army’s top modernization priority, LongRead More

Boom Supersonic, the visionary company behind the groundbreaking Overture supersonic airliner, has marked several significant milestones in the development of its technology demonstrator aircraft, XB-1. This aircraft embodies 60 years of aviation advancements, including carbon fiber composites, advanced avionics, and digitally optimized aerodynamics, all aimed at enabling sustainable supersonic travel. In early 2023, XB-1 wasRead More