Category: Latin America

Brazilian Air Force Launches Meteor Missile from Gripen E 0

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Brazilian Air Force Launches Meteor Missile from Gripen E in Historic Test

First South American firing of MBDA Meteor strengthens Brazil’s air combat capability and Gripen program The Brazilian Air Force has successfully carried out its first guided launch of the MBDA Meteor long?range air?to?air missile from a Saab...

2026 01 05 El Salvador UH-1N helicopter delivery 0

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El Salvador Receives Four Refurbished Bell UH-1N Helicopters from the United States

Two aircraft join the Salvadoran Air Force at Comalapa Air Base, while two support peacekeeping operations in Haiti—marking a strategic upgrade to replace aging UH-1Hs. Two aircraft join the Salvadoran Air Force at Comalapa...

2025 12 19 Embraers Eve Completes First Flight of Full-Scale eVTOL Prototype 0

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Embraer’s Eve Completes First Flight of Full-Scale eVTOL Prototype

Milestone marks progress toward certification as company targets 2027 for commercial entry into service. The full-scale prototype of an electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft developed by Eve Air Mobility is seen as...

2023 03 17 Don't Fear the Reaper- How Can Heavy Drones Be Detected, Identified and Brought Down 0

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Don’t Fear the Reaper: How Can Heavy Drones Be Detected, Identified and Brought Down?

Russia and the US inched a step closer to a direct military clash on Tuesday after a pair of Russian jets took emergency measures to try to force a US Reaper drone flying in...

2023 03 10 Why Bloated US Military Spending Can't Ensure Its Dominance Over Russia, China 0

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Why Bloated US Military Spending Can’t Ensure Its Dominance Over Russia, China

The White House has requested a whopping $842 billion for the Pentagon for fiscal year 2024, which is $69 billion more than the Department of Defense received for FY2023. What’s behind the hike and...

2023 03 02 Belize Ministry of National Defense and Border Security Receives First Multi-Mission Cessna Grand Caravan EX Aircraft 0

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Belize Ministry of National Defense and Border Security Receives First Multi-Mission Cessna Grand Caravan EX Aircraft

Textron Aviation Inc. today announced it has delivered a special mission Cessna Grand Caravan EX aircraft to the Belize Ministry of National Defense and Border Security. The Foreign Military Sale (FMS) contract was executed...

2023 03 01 Costa Rica receives new NCPV to bolster maritime security 0

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Costa Rica Receives New NCPV to Bolster Maritime Security

Shipbuilder Metal Shark recently delivered an 85 ft (25.9 m) welded aluminium Near Coastal Patrol Vessel (NCPV) to the Costa Rica Coast Guard, the Ministry of Public Security confirmed. The new vessel was acquired...

Colombian Air Force IAI 201 Arava (FAC1952) 0

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Colombian Air Force (FAC) retirements

The Fuerza Aérea Colombiana (Colombian Air Force), said goodbye to a number of venerable types in its inventory in the past few years. Colombian Air Force, Cessna OA-37B Dragon (FAC 2153) aircraft. (Photos by...

Jamaica to fly Bell 505 JetRanger X light helicopter 0

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Jamaica to fly Bell 505 JetRanger X light helicopter

Jamaica Defence Force receives milestone aircraft to support public safety and future pilot training Jamaican Defence Force (JDF) Bell 505 JetRanger X light helicopters (Illustration by Bell) Bell Textron Inc., a Textron Inc. (NYSE:TXT)...

Leonardo AW139M wins Colombian presidential deal 0

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Leonardo AW139M wins Colombian presidential deal

Colombia the new presidential transport helicopter of the Republic of Colombia will be an AW139 supplied by Italian aerospace firm Leonardo in the second quarter of this year, the company confirmed on January 11....