Category: From Oceania

RAAF P-8A Poseidon in Exercise Sea Dragon 0

Australian Maritime Air Power on Show

Maritime air power was on show in Guam as a RAAF P-8A Poseidon participated in Exercise Sea Dragon alongside Japan, Canada, India and the United States, from January 13 to 27. The exercise provided...

China Air Force (PLAAF) subsonic H-20 stealth bomber, 20 November 2020 0

China’s new stealth bomber H-20 will allow it to make ‘truly intercontinental’ strikes, report says

China’s subsonic H-20 stealth bomber will give the country a “truly intercontinental” capacity expanding its reach far beyond the country’s seaboard, according to a report by a leading think tank. The bomber is still...

The Philippine Air Force (PAF) Bell UH-1H Huey delivered election paraphernali. 0

The Philippine Air Force delivers election paraphernalia in remote barangays in Tapaz

The Philippine Air Force (PAF) delivered election paraphernalia and personnel in three far-flung villages of the town of Tapaz in Capiz last week, and remain on standby for other possible support needed for the...

Northrop Grumman has delivered to the U.S. Army the first production-representative engagement operations center for the Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) Battle Command System (IBCS). 0

Northrop Grumman IBCS advances toward operational capability

Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) has delivered to the U.S. Army the first production-representative engagement operations center (EOC) for the Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) Battle Command System (IBCS). “This milestone is testament...

Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton flight testing 0

Australia to Purchase Second Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton Aircraft

Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) welcomes the announcement last month by the Australian Government to purchase a second MQ-4C Triton aircraft. Australia’s 2016 Defence White Paper identified the requirement for seven high altitude, long...

Papua New Guinea Bell 212 demo in Port Moresby 0

Papua New Guinea Bell 212 demo in Port Moresby

PNGDF Incident Response Group soldiers rappelfrom Bell 212 P2-HCW in Port Moresby on November 5. (Photo by Commonwealth of Australia/ABIS Kieran Whiteley)A Papua New Guinea Defence Force (PNGDF) Bell 212, P2-HCW, was used for...

France orders new EDA-S landing craft 0

France orders new EDA-S landing craft

An industry team led by French equipment manufacturer CNIM has been awarded a contract by defense procurement and technology agency Direction Générale de l’Armement (DGA) to build 14 new EDA-S (Engin de Débarquement Amphibie...

Japan Air Force AGM-158B JASSM ER 0

Air Weapons (Smart Bombs and Missiles): Customized For F-35A

Japan has ordered AGM-158B JASSM ER (extended range of 900 kilometers) gliding smart bombs for its F-15 fighter-bombers. These cost $1.15 million each and will be delivered by 2020. Since it entered production in...

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NASA’s InSight Lander Starts an Unprecedented Mars Mission on Cyber Monday

While tech geeks go nuts on Cyber Monday this year, NASA’s InSight Landerwill be making its historic touchdown on Mars. It’s expected to land at Elysium Planitia, an equatorial plane, on November 26, marking the first day...