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Royal Netherlands Air Force Receives Final Upgraded Chinook Helicopter 
Royal Netherlands Air Force Receives Final Upgraded Chinook Helicopter 

These Boeing CH-47F Chinook aircraft aim to significantly improve the defense and humanitarian assistance capabilities of the Royal Netherlands Air Force

Nov 16, 2022
New Combat Training Aircraft for Czech Air Force
New Combat Training Aircraft for Czech Air Force

AERO Vodochody’s four L-39NG jet aircraft will be used for basic and advanced training of Czech Air Force pilots as well as for training NATO partner nations in Europe

Nov 15, 2022
Participants Announced for Counter UAS Technology USA Conference 2022
Participants Announced for Counter UAS Technology USA Conference 2022

SAE Media Group has announced some of the organizations that will participate in the Counter UAS Technology USA Conference in Arlington, VA, 5-6 December, 2022

Nov 14, 2022
Tunisian Air Force Receives First Beechcraft T-6C Texan II Military Training Aircraft
Tunisian Air Force Receives First Beechcraft T-6C Texan II Military Training Aircraft

This is the first of eight Textron Aviation Defense Beechcraft T-6C Texan II Integrated Training Systems being delivered to support training operations at No. 13 Squadron at Sfax air base in Tunisia

Nov 10, 2022
Kratos Tests Extended Capabilities of XQ-58A Valkyrie Aircraft
Kratos Tests Extended Capabilities of XQ-58A Valkyrie Aircraft

The test flight proved XQ-58A’s extended capabilities by flying longer, higher, at a heavier mission weight, and at a longer range than the platform has previously been approved for and demonstrated

Nov 09, 2022
GKN Aerospace Completes First Test Run of New Gripen Engine
GKN Aerospace Completes First Test Run of New Gripen Engine

GKN Aerospace has been collaborating with GE and Saab to build up the necessary infrastructure to support production and testing of the new RM16 engine for the Swedish Air Force’s Gripen E fighter jet

Nov 07, 2022
Unmanned Black Hawk Helicopter Flies Autonomous Logistics & Rescue Missions
Unmanned Black Hawk Helicopter Flies Autonomous Logistics & Rescue Missions

Performed as part of the US Army's Project Convergence 2022, Sikorsky demonstrated how an optionally piloted Black Hawk helicopter flying in autonomous mode could resupply forward forces

Nov 04, 2022
New Integrated Avionics System for Indonesian Air Force C-130H Aircraft
New Integrated Avionics System for Indonesian Air Force C-130H Aircraft

Eleven C-130 aircraft will be upgraded with Collins Aerospace’s Flight2 digital cockpit, which delivers a cost-effective, low-risk Communications Navigation Surveillance/Air Traffic Management upgrade solution

Nov 04, 2022
Embraer Partners with Local Industry to Offer C-390 Millennium to South Korea
Embraer Partners with Local Industry to Offer C-390 Millennium to South Korea

Embraer has offered its C-390 Millennium aircraft and the potential supply of locally manufactured parts to contribute to the offset requirements of the Large Transport Aircraft (LTA) II Program

Nov 03, 2022
Garmin Integrated Flight Deck Selected for USSOCOM Armed Overwatch Program
Garmin Integrated Flight Deck Selected for USSOCOM Armed Overwatch Program

Garmin International’s G3000 integrated flight deck will be integrated with L3Harris Technologies’ Sky Warden aircraft

Nov 03, 2022
Royal Jordanian Air Force Purchases Bell 505s for Rotary-Wing Training
Royal Jordanian Air Force Purchases Bell 505s for Rotary-Wing Training

The contract between the Royal Jordanian Air Force and Bell Textron also includes delivery of a flight training device and a computer-based training package

Nov 03, 2022
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