General Javier Salto Martínez-Avial, chief of the Spanish Air Force, says securing a further top-up order of Eurofighters is among his top priorities for 2023.
The new partnership seeks to pressure the Canadian government to open the CP-140 fleet replacement to bids instead of a sole-source award for the P-8A.
Capitol Hill is supportive of the Pentagon’s, and particularly the U.S. Air Force’s, plan to develop large numbers of uncrewed Collaborative Combat Aircraft.
Sikorsky hopes to establish a partnership with Spanish industry to support the sustainment of new MH-60R Seahawk helos being acquired by the Spanish navy.
Airbus is advancing the development of its Sirtap tactical uncrewed aircraft system, targeting a first flight in 2025 and service entry as soon as 2026.
Airbus Helicopters has completed the first autonomous takeoffs and landings from a ship with its VSR700 uncrewed rotorcraft in a full operational configuration.
Germany’s army is to begin phasing out its Airbus Tiger attack helos beginning in 2031 after concluding that a planned upgrade program would be “highly risky."
The single-engine L-159 can carry guns, missiles and bombs, but falls short of the speed, agility and payload of Ukraine's preferred fighter: the F-16.
