Category: Features & Analysis

2023 03 28 Canada issues LOR for Poseidon MMA 0

Canada issues LOR for Poseidon MMA

Canada has issued a letter of request (LOR) to the US government for the Boeing P-8A Poseidon maritime multimission aircraft (MMA). The Canadian government announced the LOR on 27 March, saying it is seeking...

2023 03 17 Boeing to Produce 184 Apaches for U.S. Army, International Customers 0

Boeing to Produce 184 Apaches for U.S. Army, International Customers

Boeing awarded $1.9 billion contract to build 184 AH-64E Apaches including first Apaches for Australia Boeing [NYSE: BA] will build 184 AH-64E Apaches for the U.S. Army and international customers, including the first Apaches...

2023 03 07 Denmark orders ATMOS SPHs and PULS MRLs 0

Denmark orders ATMOS SPHs and PULS MRLs

Denmark awards contracts to Elbit Systems for artillery systems worth USD252 million Denmark has awarded contracts to Elbit Systems for 155 mm/52 calibre Autonomous Truck Mounted howitzer System (ATMOS) self-propelled howitzers (SPHs) and Precise...

2023 02 13 Nepal Army Air Wing M28 Skytrucks 0

US orders two PZL Mielec M28 Skytrucks for Nepal Army Air Wing

On 3 February 2023, PZL-Mielec has been awarded a USD 30 million contract to supply the Nepal Army Air Wing with two M28 Skytrucks. The two Block 05 aircraft will be delivered under US...

2023 01 25, What is the F-16 Falcon Fighter Jet NATO is Debating Shipping to Kiev 0

What is the F-16 Falcon Fighter Jet NATO is Debating Shipping to Kiev

NATO allies are debating whether to supply Ukraine with F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jets to bolster its air defense capabilities. The F-16 Fighting Falcon is a multirole fighter aircraft that has been a cornerstone...

2023 01 25 F-16 Block 70 makes maiden flight, first aircraft destined for Bahrain 0

F-16 Block 70 makes maiden flight, first aircraft destined for Bahrain

The first Lockheed Martin F-16 Block 70 Fighting Falcon made its maiden flight on 24 January, ahead of its delivery to Bahrain. The twin-seat F-16D conducted its first test flight out of Lockheed Martin’s...

US Army 50 kW-class laser architecture designed 0

Lockheed Martin Achieves First Light in Latest Laser Lab Demonstration

Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) achieved first light from the Directed Energy Interceptor for Maneuver Short-Range Air Defense System (DEIMOS) system, which verifies that the laser’s optical performance parameters align with the system design parameters....

Mighty Merlin on the frontline with the Royal Navy’s Commando Helicopter Force (CHF) 0

Mighty Merlin on the frontline with the Royal Navy’s Commando Helicopter Force (CHF)

The UK Ministry of Defence (MOD), on behalf of the Royal Navy, has received its final AW101 Mk4/4a Merlin helicopter. The Royal Navy AW101 Mk4/4a Merlin helicopter. (Photo by Leonard) The UK Ministry of...

Georgian Air Force Su-25UB 0

Wings Over Georgia: Retired Warplanes Can Find New Life in the Georgian Air Force

The recent Independence Day celebrations on May 26 were a beautiful moment of national pride. It was also a showcase of some of the nation’s defense and security forces, complete with a flyover of...

Nigerian Air Force L-39ZA (NAF-354), 27 November 2020 0

CAS Inspects ongoing in-Country Reactivation of L-39ZA, Reiterates Commitment to Ensuring Protection of Nigeria’s Airspace

The Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, has expressed satisfaction with the progress of work on the ongoing in-country Life Extension Programme (LEP) on 3 L-39ZA aircraft at the 403...