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Raytheon delivers first B-52 AESA radar to Boeing

Raytheon, an RTX business, delivered the first B-52 active electronically scanned array radar (AESA) to Boeing for the U.S. Air Force's B-52 Radar Modernization Programme. This first radar will be used for system integration,...

Kongsberg wins contract to supply parts for F-35

Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace has signed an agreement with Lockheed Martin Aeronautics worth NOK 1.2 billion ($112 million) to supply parts for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Programme. The agreement with Lockheed Martin covers...

Australian P-8A Poseidon fleet to be upgraded

Australia has recently announced that the Royal Australian Air Force's (RAAF) fleet of P-8A Poseidon Maritime Patrol and Response aircraft will undergo an upgrade to the latest capability upgrade available for the aircraft, Increment...

US Air Force takes delivery of first T-7 aircraft

The US Air Force (USAF) has received the first of five T-7A Red Hawk aircraft from Boeing. These five Engineering, Manufacturing, and Development (EMD) aircraft will soon be tested and join the two production...

Austria to replace Hercules aircraft with Embraer C-390

During a press conference held today, Austrian Defence Minister Klaudia Tanner, alongside Major General Harald Vodosek, announced that the Embraer C-390 will be the new replacement for the C-130 Hercules which has been in...

Elbit Systems awarded contract to supply SkyStriker loitering munitions

An undisclosed European country has awarded Elbit Systems a contract worth $95 million to supply them with SkyStriker loitering munitions (LM) over a two-year period. Elbit Systems will provide several hundred SkyStriker units as...

Funding boost for MBDA’s SPEAR-EW

MBDA has been granted extra funding by the UK Ministry of Defence to speed up the development of the SPEAR-EW stand-in jammer system. SPEAR-EW is a novel electronic warfare effector designed to confuse and suppress...

MQ-4C Triton achieves IOC with US Navy

Northrop Grumman Corporation announced that its multi-intelligence MQ-4C Triton uncrewed aircraft achieved a declaration of initial operating capability (IOC) by the U.S. Navy. The MQ-4C Triton is a multi-intelligence aircraft designed for the U.S. Navy...