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Sweden, Germany, United Kingdom jointly acquire 436 BAE Systems BvS10 all-terrain vehicles

Sweden, Germany, and the United Kingdom have reached an agreement with BAE Systems to purchase 436 BvS10 all-terrain vehicles . The joint procurement, worth $760 million, is in support of Arctic operations for the...

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...

USAF F-16C (87-352) captive-carry Gray Wolf cruise at Edwards AFB, 9 Jun 2020 0

USAF 416th FLTS, AFRL Tests “Gray Wolf” Prototype Cruise Missile

The USAF 416th Flight Test Squadron recently completed a round of tests of the Air Force Research Laboratory’s “Gray Wolf” prototype cruise missile at Edwards Air Force Base, California. Gray Wolf is a DoD-directed...

Airbus Helicopters has signed an order for six H135 military training helicopters from the Royal Thai Air Force 0

Royal Thai Air Force joins H135 military training operators

New order of six H135s will increase its Airbus fleet to 18 helicopters Airbus Helicopters has signed an order for six H135 military training helicopters from the Royal Thai Air Force (Photo by Airbus,...

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Nigerian Air Force inducts Mi-171E helicopter

The NAF announced in January that two new AW109Ms and been delivered but its procurement of the Mi-171E was previously unreported. The Nigerian Air Force has received the first of two Mi-171E (NAF 581)...

Italy’s Guardia di Finanza -72B maritime patrol aircraft 0

Initial two P-72Bs delivered to Italy’s Guardia di Finanza

The first two of four P-72Bs ordered by Italy’s Guardia di Finanza (GdF, Financial Guard) were handed over during an official ceremony at Leonardo’s Caselle Torinese facility on November 27. GDF-20’, the first P-72B...

Proximity tests between a C295 and Spanish Air Force F18 fighter. 0

Spanish Air Force Airbus C295 successfully performs wet contacts as a tanker

The Airbus C295 tactical airlifter has successfully achieved its first wet contacts during an air-to-air (AAR) tanker flight test campaign. Proximity tests between a C295 and Spanish Air Force F18 fighter. (Photo by Airbus...

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NASA places order for three Airbus H135 helicopters

The U.S. agency will use the aircraft for security during rocket launches, emergency medical services and qualified personnel transport. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has placed an order for three H135 helicopters,...

Hungarian Air Ambulance's Airbus H135 0

Hungarian Air Ambulance becomes first helicopter operator to fully digitalise its support operation with Airbus

Purchases complete end-to-end solution, from digitisation to analytics Hungarian Air Ambulance’s H135 The operator. (Photo by Airbus Helicopters. 29 January, 2020)Hungarian Air Ambulance Nonprofit Ltd, has signed a three-year contract to deploy Airbus Helicopters’...