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First Spanish Airbus A330 MRTT becomes operational

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The first Spanish Airbus A330 MRTT (Multi-Role Tanker Transport) has been commissioned into service with the 45th Wing of...

India to acquire 156 domestically manufactured Prachand helicopters

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India has announced a USD 7.3 billion agreement to acquire 156 domestically manufactured Prachand Light Combat Helicopters (LCHs) for...

Kongsberg enters into long-term agreement for maintenance of Norwegian F-35

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Kongsberg Aviation Maintenance Services has entered into a contract with the Norwegian Defence Materiel Agency to oversee the maintenance...

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

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US Army Special Operations Aviation Command (USASOAC) has awarded Boeing a USD 240 million contract to remanufacture five MH-47G...

Boeing to deliver Next-Generation Air Dominance Fighter Platform

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The US Air Force announced that Boeing has been awarded a contract to design, build and deliver its next-generation...

US F-16s to be equipped with AGM-158C LRASM

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The US Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) has revealed its intention to grant a contract to Lockheed Martin for...

Collins Aerospace to upgrade US Army Black Hawk avionics

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Collins Aerospace, a division of RTX, has been awarded a USD 80 million contract to enhance the avionics systems...

Final Apache AH-64E Guardian attack helicopter delivered to British Army

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The British Army has acquired its 50th and final Boeing AH-64E Apache Guardian attack helicopter, the UK Ministry of...

Saab awarded contract for TAURUS KEPD 350 sub-components

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Saab has been awarded a contract for the maintenance and modernization of the TAURUS KEPD 350 air-launched cruise missile....

Japan places order for 17 Boeing CH-47JA Block II Chinooks

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The Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF) has placed an order for 17 CH-47 Block II Chinook Extended Range heavy lift...

US Air Force takes delivery of first EPAWSS-equipped F-15 Strike Eagle

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The US Air Force Materiel Command announced on 17 January that the F-15 Eagle Passive/Active Warning and Survivability System...

Airbus delivers two additional H225M helicopters to France

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Airbus Helicopters announced on 17 January that it has delivered two new H225M helicopters to the French Armament General...

Lockheed Martin approves synthetic fuel use for F-35

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Lockheed Martin has recently authorized the use of synthetic aviation turbine fuels (SATF) for the F-35 Lightning II aircraft...

Babcock awarded contract to deliver air training solutions to French Armed Forces

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Babcock France, a subsidiary of Babcock International Group, has secured a 17-year contract to deliver and support military air...

GE Aerospace to supply 210 T700 engines for Poland’s Apache Guardian helicopters

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GE Aerospace has been contracted to deliver 210 T700 engines to power the 96 Boeing AH-64E Apache Guardian helicopters...

Boeing awarded F-15 EPAWSS contract

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The US Department of Defense (DOD) has awarded Boeing a USD 616 million contract to begin full-rate production of...

Japan to procure 1,200 AIM-120 AMRAAMs

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The US State Department has approved a Foreign Military Sale to Japan which includes AIM-120D-3 and AIM-120C-8 Advanced Medium-Range...

Irish Air Corps to receive four new Airbus H145M helicopters

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Ireland’s deputy prime minister and Minister for Defence Micheál Martin announced that the Irish Air Corps is to receive...

Türkiye’s Kaan fighter reaches new milestone with afterburner test

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Turkish Aerospace's Kaan fighter aircraft has successfully passed another critical milestone in its development with the aircraft activating its...

Saab to deliver enhanced capability for Sweden’s Gripen C/D

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Swedish defence company Saab has secured a supplementary order for the Gripen C/D contract from Swedish Defence Materiel Administration...

Italy places order for 24 additional Eurofighter Typhoons

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Eurofighter and NETMA (the NATO Eurofighter and Tornado Management Agency) have signed a contract for the delivery of up...

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