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Ireland to procure new Strategic Reach Aircraft

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Ireland's deputy prime minister and Minister for Defence Micheál Martin announced on 18 December that the country's government had...

BAE, Leonardo and JAIEC form joint venture for GCAP

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BAE Systems (UK), Leonardo (Italy), and Japan Aircraft Industrial Enhancement Co Ltd (JAIEC) have entered into an agreement to...

Kazakhstan takes delivery of first Airbus A400M

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Airbus has delivered the first of two A400M Atlas transport aircraft to the Republic of Kazakhstan. The announcement was...

US Army orders additional CH-47F Block II Chinooks

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The US Army has ordered three additional CH-47F Block II Chinooks from Boeing in a deal valued at USD...

Hungarian Air Force takes delivery of first C-390

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Embraer has delivered the first C-390 Millennium multi-mission aircraft to the Hungarian Air Force. The aircraft is the first...

Poland signs deal for 96 AH-64E Apache attack helicopters

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Poland has signed a Foreign Military Sales (FMS) Letter of Offer and Acceptance (LOA) for 96 Boeing AH-64E Apache...

New Zealand takes delivery of first C-130J Super Hercules

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Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) has taken delivery of the first Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules military transport...

US Air Force awards Boeing E-7A contract

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Boeing has won a USD 2.56 billion contract from the US Air Force (USAF) for two rapid prototype E-7A...

UK F-35Bs take on first NATO air policing mission as they deploy to Iceland

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Royal Air Force (RAF) F-35B Lightning multi-role fighter aircraft from RAF Marham have deployed to Iceland to participate in...

US Air Force tests new modular pylon on B-1 bomber

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The US Air Force (USAF) has recently conducted a test on a new weapons pylon that can eliminate traditional...

GE Aerospace, Poland sign offset agreement ahead of Poland’s acquisition of AH-64E Apache helicopters

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GE Aerospace and the Polish Ministry of National Defence have finalized an agreement to support the expected acquisition of...

Boeing delivers first MH-139A Grey Wolf helicopter to US Air Force

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Boeing has delivered the first MH-139A Grey Wolf production aircraft to the US Air Force (USAF). This aircraft is...

Bell V-280 Valor to enter engineering and manufacturing development phase

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The US Army has given approval for the Bell V-280 Valor to enter the engineering and manufacturing development (EMD)...

Slovakia to purchase AH-1Z Viper attack helicopters

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The US State Department has approved a possible Foreign Military Sale to Slovakia of 12 Bell AH-1Z Viper attack helicopters...

US Army Special Operations orders two more MH-47G Block II Chinooks

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The US Army Special Operations Aviation Command (USASOAC) awarded Boeing a USD 115 million contract for the production of...

Ukraine receives first F-16 fighter aircraft

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The first batch of F-16 fighter aircraft from NATO allies has arrived in Ukraine, according to Bloomberg. This long-awaited...

Netherlands to acquire JASSM-ER cruise missiles for F-35 fleet

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The Netherlands has signed a Letter of Offer and Acceptance (LoA) agreement with the United States to purchase Lockheed...

Royal Navy to acquire additional Martlet missiles for Wildcat fleet

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The Royal Navy will take delivery of additional Martlet Lightweight Multirole Missile (LMM) systems for its Wildcat multi-role helicopters as...

Belgium to equip its F-35 fleet with StormBreaker glide bombs

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The US State Department has approved a possible Foreign Military Sale to Belgium of Raytheon's GBU-53/B StormBreaker glide bombs and...

Greece to acquire 20 F-35 fighter aircraft

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The Greek government has officially confirmed its plan to acquire 20 Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II aircraft by signing...

Netherlands, Austria place joint order for Embraer C-390s

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The Dutch Ministry of Defence has entered into a contract with Brazilian aerospace company Embraer to procure nine C-390...

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