According to a list of aircraft published by the Dubai Airshow organizers, the aircraft is called the Calidus B-250 and reportedly is larger than the Embraer A-29 Super Tucano.
Dassault, Thales and Safran were notified Oct. 25 of a €227 million ($266 million) fine connected to the sale of 60 Mirage 2000-5 fighters to Taiwan in 1992.
Vilnius is spending €110 million ($129 million) for two Nasams batteries, as well as a logistical support, maintenance and personnel training package following the system’s selection by the defense ministry last October.
As the commercial satellite industry prepares to extend broadband access globally, government assistance likely will be required to prevent collisions.
Czech Republic asks U.S. to buy 12 Huey helicopters; NATO general warns Turkey about buying Russian SAMs; a milestone for a modernized nuclear warhead; Bulgarian pilots opt not to participate in training flights.
South Korea is likely to pass up a chance at economizing on support costs by linking requirements for maritime patrollers and airborne early warning aircraft.
Boeing Chairman, President and CEO Dennis Muilenburg concedes more work on the tanker remains, but insists the biggest problems are behind the company.
The consortium of MBDA and Saab that builds the Taurus KEPD 350 bunker-busting missile thinks a proposed compact version probably could fit in the weapon bays of Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightnings.
South Korean engineers are, at least nominally, taking the lead in developing onboard systems for the KF-X. Whether they are always in fact leading is not so certain, since many foreign companies have been hired to assist.
Bulgarian media reports say pilots refused to undertake training flights on Oct. 24 over concerns about safety and additional delays to the country’s plans to replace the country’s Soviet-era fighters with Western-built equipment.
AFwerX Vegas will be a place where companies and start-ups with technologies applicable to the service’s core military missions can engage with the Air Force outside of the traditional acquisition process.
A fuel-efficient airliner concept developed within NASA that shows promise as an early application of turboelectric propulsion is to undergo a comprehensive external evaluation by Aurora Flight Sciences.
U.S. Air Force F-35 pilots have reported tingling fingers and other symptoms that indicate hypoxia five separate times since flights resumed at Luke AFB, Arizona.
The aircraft was launched from the Virginia Space UAS runway at Wallops on Oct. 18 on a planned seven-day flight, but with thunderstorms looming was recovered early, landing with 64 hr. of fuel remaining.
