Light drones represent a decisive tactical stake in the fights of tomorrow, and the number of programs aiming to design these small flying machines intended for reconnaissance or ...
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Lockheed and the US Air Force transform the C130 Hercules into a super-bomber
The elimination of denial-of-access systems, whether Russian or Chinese, has become the obsession of Pentagon planners, as these systems can potentially threaten the optimal use of ...
Read the articleIndonesia could buy MV-22 Osprey
This Monday, July 6, the US State Department announced that it had approved $ 7,5 billion in arms sales as part of the Foreign Military Sales (FMS). These export political authorizations ...
Read the articleAirborne laser weapon: the US Special Operations Command aims for a demonstrator by 2022
After years of postponement and initially expected for fiscal year 2019, the prospect of integrating a laser weapon system into the vast array of armaments of the AC-130J Ghostrider gunship seems to be…
Read the articleNew Zealand will buy C-130J Super Hercules transport aircraft
The New Zealand government recently confirmed the acquisition of five C-130J Super Hercules transport planes from US aircraft manufacturer Lockheed Martin. Between 2024 and 2025, these five new devices ...
Read the articleFollowing the departure of Boeing, Embraer is seeking new partners to market its C-390 Millenium transport aircraft
For more than a year, Boeing has had a series of setbacks both in space (failure of the first shot of the CST-100 Starliner), civil (ban on the flight of the 737 Max) and…
Read the articleWill France acquire a real strategic air transport capacity?
A few days after the Ministry of the Armed Forces recognized France's critical dependence in terms of strategic airlift, Minister Florence Parly asked the…
Read the articleUS Air Force could turn transport planes into bombers, and more
Last week, the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) and the Air Force Special Operations Command jointly disclosed that they had carried out between January and February several test drops of…
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