The chief of Portugal’s air force says he could abandon the country’s planned purchase of the Embraer KC-390 because of the turbofan-powered airlifter’s high price.
Manufacturers of equipment to counter UAS say the tech is available and express frustration that airports are not being more proactive in meeting the threat.
Bulgaria’s Parliament has given its OK for the country’s government to begin negotiations with the U.S. to purchase Block 70-model Lockheed Martin F-16s.
Navistar Defense LLC, Lisle, Illinois, was awarded an $8,069,336 fixed-firm-price Foreign Military Sales (Iraq) contract for Navistar transport and cargo vehicles.
A previously-confirmed Chinese strategic bomber and a newly acknowledged stealth “fighter-bomber” are both now under development, according to the Defense Intelligence Agency.
The deployment of ScanEagle unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) on U.S. Coast Guard national security cutters is on hold because of the partial government shutdown.
A modest but intense protest was held outside the gates of NASA’s Johnson Space Center (JSC) on Jan. 15 against the record partial U.S. government shutdown.
Japan plans to develop indigenous standoff jamming aircraft based on the Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) C-2 airlifter and P-1 maritime patroller, the Yomiuri newspaper reported.
The Ukrainian government will purchase armed versions of the Baykar Makina Bayraktar TB2 unmanned aerial vehicle from Turkey, making it the second export customer for the system.
The FAA will soon publish a proposed reg that would allow flights of small drones for commercial purposes at night and over people under certain conditions.
The global combat aircraft market will grow at a “phenomenal” compound annual growth rate of 39% to 2026, consultancy Frost & Sullivan said in its new forecast.
