Multi-Mission Aircraft

Taiwan is in the process of gathering information to upgrade the avionics on its 20 Lockheed Martin C-130H military transport aircraft.

To handle greater challenges in its maritime environment, Singapore looks to field a more capable maritime patrol aircraft to replace its Fokker 50s.

The Royal Thai Air Force is looking for a tanker platform to refuel Lockheed Martin F-16s and Saab Gripens.

The Air Force no longer deems a stealthy successor to the Boeing KC-46 and KC-135 necessary for its modernization strategy.

The CMMT leverages Lockheed Martin’s Rapid Dragon palletized munitions platform concept.

The mission system upgrades installed at Cecil Field, Florida, are known bureaucratically as the Increment 3, Block 2 version of the P-8.

Embraer will propose a regional hub in India that will assemble and even export C-390 airlifters, if the country acquires it for the MTA requirement.

The delivery was the 64th for the MC-130J fleet and the 134th total number of MC-130Js, AC-130Js and HC-130Js.

The first application is the Sky One, a modified Robinson R66 light helicopter.

The C-130Js from the California Air National Guard’s 146th Airlift Wing based near the fires are the first to be activated.

The contract for the Take Charge and Move Out (TACAMO) Recapitalization program calls for Northrop to deliver the first three engineering and manufacturing aircraft.

Embraer and the Brazilian Air Force have agreed to deepen studies of a surveillance variant of the C-390 to focus on maritime patrol, the company said Dec. 3.

Bombardier Defense has delivered the first converted Global 6500 business jet, a prototype, to the U.S. Army in support of its HADES program.

Boeing has received two U.S. military aircraft contract updates, bolstering its backlog as the company returns from a strike and faces a tough financial road.

Embraer has signed agreements with Dutch companies to support the country’s acquisition of C-390 Millennium airlifters.

U.S. Air Force leaders say the service’s mobility fleet of tankers and airlifters need to become more connected to each other.

Sweden's selection of the C-390 forms part of a declaration to expand the aviation partnership beyond the ongoing joint development of the Gripen E/F fighter.

Airbus presented a model of the proposed aircraft at the Euronaval defense exhibition in Paris, held Nov. 4-7.

Airbus’ A400M airlifter is set to receive a series of upgrades as part of a new agreement between the launch customer nations.

The Defense Department Inspector General on Oct. 29 released an investigation into Boeing’s performance-based logistics contract for the C-17.

Market research has started on a new intratheater airlifter program that could begin fielding hundreds of new aircraft after 2031.

Czech ministers approved spending 11.3 billion Czech koruna ($490 million) for a pair of C-390s on Oct. 2.

The UK’s military space efforts are not matching the change in the threat and more may need to happen, a Royal Air Force official says.

The German Space Command is exploring the possibility of launching an active in-orbit space defense project not unlike what France is pursuing.

PT Dirgantara Indonesia (PTDI) sees itself focusing on special-mission conversions for its CN-235 turboprop transport aircraft, as it looks to keep it relevant in the international market.