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Russia trials new EW tactics
Russian forces have trialled new electronic warfare (EW) tactics designed for comprehensive protection against air assets such as cruise missiles, airborne radars, and...Full story -
Paris Air Show 2019: Boeing warns ‘last chance' to buy V-22
Prospective customers of the Bell-Boeing V-22 Osprey need to place their orders sooner rather than later as the tiltrotor’s production run enters into its final stages,...Full story -
Paris Air Show 2019: Leonardo unveils Falco Xplorer
Italy’s Leonardo has unveiled a new variant of its Falco unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) family, the Falco Xplorer.Full story -
Paris Air Show 2019: Lockheed Martin touts ‘25 by 25' initiative to drive down F-35 operating costs
Lockheed Martin plans to dramatically reduce through-life operating and sustainment costs of the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) combat aircraft through,...Full story -
AESA technology could migrate to electronic warfare equipment
Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) technology, typically associated with radar systems, is being explored to aid electronic warfare (EW) equipment.Full story -
South Korea's first KSS-3 submarine begins sea trials
South Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) has begun initial sea trials for the country’s first KSS-3 diesel-electric submarine (SSK), an industry...Full story -
Paris Air Show 2019: Pegasus makes international debut at Le Bourget
The Boeing KC-46A Pegasus tanker-transport aircraft made its first appearance outside of the United States during the week of the Paris Airshow.Full story -
IAI Elta announces multi-sensor air defence system
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) subsidiary Elta Systems unveiled on 12 June a new version of its EL/M-2084 Multi-Mission Radar (MMR) that has been developed to counter...Full story -
Paris Air Show 2019: Leonardo launches MAIR missile warning system
Italy’s Leonardo has launched a new hostile fire indicator system, known as the Multiple Aperture Infrared (MAIR) system.Full story -
Paris Air Show 2019: Embraer, ELTA announce new business jet AEW aircraft
Embraer and ELTA Systems Ltd (ELTA) are teaming to develop a new airborne early warning (AEW) aircraft based on the super mid-sized platform of Embraer’s Praetor 600...Full story -
Paris Air Show 2019: New air-combat training consortium looks for opportunities in GCC
Red Sky, a new consortium led by French businessmen based in the United Arab Emirates, is set to field a new global adversary training service aimed at the militaries of...Full story -
Belarus pursues armed multirotor UAS developments
Belarusian companies have unveiled three new weaponised multicopter unmanned aircraft systems (UASs) being developed under a wider national effort to advance indigenous...Full story -
Paris Air Show 2019: IAI offering Kfir NG to Colombia, expects to return Sri Lanka and Ecuador jets to service
Israeli Aerospace Industries (IAI) is offering Colombia an upgraded variant of the Kfir combat aircraft it currently flies, dubbed the Kfir Next-Generation (NG).Full story -
Paris Air Show 2019: Eurofighter launches long-term development plan for Typhoon
Eurofighter has agreed with the NATO Eurofighter & Tornado Management Agency (NETMA), on behalf of the partner countries, on a long-term capability development plan for...Full story -
Philippine Navy commissions two AW159 helicopters, four KAAVs
The Philippine Navy (PN) commissioned two Leonardo AW159 Lynx Wildcat helicopters and four Korean Amphibious Assault Vehicles (KAAVs) in a ceremony held on 17 June at...Full story -
Paris Air Show 2019: Viking Twin Otter Guardian 400 makes show debut
Canada’s Viking has debuted its new intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance aircraft, the Guardian 400, at the Paris Air Show.Full story -
Russia's Su-25SM3 ‘deep upgrade' programme gains pace and scope
The Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) is upgrading its fleet of Sukhoi Su-25 close air support (CAS) aircraft to the Su-25SM3 standard, a Russian military spokesperson...Full story -
Yemeni rebels claim cruise missile attack on Saudi powerplant
Yemeni rebel group Ansar Allah (Houthis) claimed on 19 June that it had carried out a third cruise missile attack on the previous day, saying it targeted the Al-Shuqaiq...Full story -
Indonesian MoD to acquire amphibious aircraft from Viking Air
Canada-based utility aircraft manufacturer Viking Air announced on 18 June that it has been awarded a contract to supply six new Viking Canadair CL-515 and one upgraded...Full story -
Sweden's second upgraded Gotland submarine returns to the water
The second Royal Swedish Navy (RSwN) A19 Gotland-class submarine to undergo a mid-life upgrade (MLU) has been relaunched by Saab’s Kockums business.Full story