This Monday, July 6, the US State Department announced that it had approved $ 7,5 billion in arms sales under the Foreign Military Sales (FMS). These political export authorizations ...
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Category: Transport Aviation
Airborne laser weapon: the US Special Operations Command aims for a demonstrator by 2022
After years of postponement and initially expected for the 2019 fiscal year, 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 aircraft from the American aircraft manufacturer Lockheed Martin. Between 2024 and 2025, these five new aircraft…
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 been following setbacks in the space sector (failure of the first shot of the CST-100 Starliner), civil (flight ban 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 air transport, 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 revealed having carried out between January and February several tests of…
Read the articleCovid-19: Air Force renounces heavy helicopters, but not modernized capabilities
A few months ago, the confirmation by Aviation Week that the French Air Force was ready to rent and then acquire CH-47 Chinook heavy helicopters had done great…
Read the articleFirst two V-22 Ospreys delivered to Japan after several years of waiting
On May 8, 2020, two V-22 Osprey convertible aircraft from the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF - Japan Ground Self-Defense Force) arrived on the ground for the first time…
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