Defense

By Tony Osborne
The two UAE MRTTs will be new-build Airbus A330 Multi-Role Tanker Transports, built to the MRTT Enhanced standard.
Dubai Airshow

By Tony Osborne
The seat, a derivative of the company’s Mk. 18 escape system, was selected by Lockheed Martin as part of an open competition.
Dubai Airshow

By Piotr Butowski
After making its move with a next-generation light fighter designed for export, Russia believes it will be able to scoop up orders from a wide range of countries.
Dubai Airshow

By Tony Osborne
The UK Ministry of Defense has confirmed it is looking to procure as many as 44 rotorcraft for its New Medium Helicopter requirement.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Dassault Aviation is participating in Dubai Airshow 2021and will display a Rafale C combat aircraft and a Falcon 8X business jet.
Aerospace

A confident and assured UAE Air Force and Air Defence has hosted the tenth Dubai International Air Chiefs’ Conference in Dubai.
Defense

A surprise star of this year’s Dubai Airshow is Russia’s new Checkmate fighter.
Defense

Two years after its launch, EDGE is again making a major splash at the Dubai Airshow, as the single largest exhibitor.
Aerospace

The Dubai Airshow – one of the few major aerospace events in the world to not have to cancel its event during the past two years – is all all set to welcome back the world.
Aerospace

By Tony Osborne
COVID-19 has dashed the Royal Bahraini Air Force's hopes of taking delivery of the first Block 70 F-16s in 2023.
Dubai Airshow

By Steve Trimble
As airpower capabilities shift to a non-kinetic focus, the service understands the need to break down obstacles that frustrate attempts to create seamless interoperability with allies.
Dubai Airshow

By Tony Osborne
Spain has contracted Airbus to convert a trio of ex-Iberia A330-200 airliners into Multi-Role Tanker Transports.
Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Brian Everstine
The White House is pressing Congress to approve a budget before next month’s deadline, arguing an extended continuing resolution (CR) would lead to cuts in defense spending and development delays for hypersonic weapons.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
For seven weeks this fall, the U.S. Army’s vision of a conflict in the Pacific played out over the American Southwest with the goal of testing emerging technologies to the point of breaking them and guiding modernization programs at a time when the service’s boss says it needs to make ruthless decisions amid uncertain budgets.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Graham Warwick
Indian private space company Digantara Research and Technologies has signed a contract with UK satellite startup Orbital Astronautics to launch a lidar-based debris-tracking payload.
Space

By Brian Everstine
The Brazilian Air Force said the planned purchase of 28 KC-390s exceeded “budget reality” as military budgets have been restricted.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Satellite-servicing startup Astroscale and a New Zealand government agency have signed an agreement to study the removal of three large debris objects from low-Earth orbit using a single servicer satellite.
Space

By Mark Carreau
The Dragon’s autonomous docking occurred at 6:32 p.m. EST Nov. 11, just under 40 min. earlier than initially projected.
Space

By Maksim Pyadushkin, Chen Chuanren
China will perform most of the heavy lifting in the areas of design and manufacturing, while Russia will supply the transmission, main rotor and de-icing system for the helicopter.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Kim Minseok
From next year until 2026, Indonesia will pay the Korean government in cash and barter commodities in exchange for the right to license the manufacturing of 48 KF-21s.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The National Guard Bureau is happy with its current fleet of UH-60 Black Hawks and the pace of recapitalizing old A models with M variants.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
Three customers are already in the books for the platforms, even before some are operational.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare