The Modular Aerial Fire Fighting Systems program was instituted in 1971 as a collaboration between the U.S. Forest Service and the Department of Defense. The MAFFS system can be installed inside C-130 airplanes without any structural modification in just two hours....
The U.S. Air Force’s F-15E Strike Eagle and F-15EX Eagle IIs are now set to be armed with the AGM-158C-1 LRASM (Long Range Anti-Ship Missile), allowing the Air Force’s assets to engage surface targets at sea. The development was disclosed by...
The achievement of the IOC follows the first combat deployment of NGJ-MB with VAQ-133’s EA-18Gs embarked aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln. The Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) has disclosed on Jan. 6, 2025, that the U.S. Navy declared initial operational capability...
U.S. Air Force E-11A aircraft equipped with the BACN (Battlefield Airborne Communications Node) payload took part in a C-UAS and IAMD exercise in the Arabian Peninsula. Airmen from the 378th Air Expeditionary Wing teamed up with their Saudi counterparts for Exercise...
The Hürkuş-II will replace the TAF’s current Hürkuş-B trainers, with the first 15 aircraft expected to be delivered this year and the remaining 40 being handed over by 2027. The new advanced version of Hürkuş, Turkey’s primary trainer aircraft, named...
The Ukrainian Su-25s started using the French-made AASM Hammer guided bombs in June 2024, as the stocks of Soviet-made unguided munitions were depleted and Western ones started dwindling. A new video showing the Ukrainian Su-25 Frogfoot in action, posted online on...
A €91.7 million contract to replace Ireland’s existing EC135 fleet was awarded to Airbus Helicopters, with deliveries to commence in 2027. Ireland’s EC135s have been in service since 2003, with the introduction of the first EC135 T2. Two EC135 P2s, with...
The contract comes after Lockheed Martin said in October that it was internally funding the F-35 production line while negotiations for Lots 18 and 19, which had been ongoing since 2023, were underway. The Pentagon has awarded Lockheed Martin an...
The Austrian MoD is currently negotiating the procurement contract with the Italian government, with the 12 aircraft being eyed for both training and air defense roles. Austria has decided to acquire the Leonardo M-346FA, the light fighter variant of the M-346...
After the new supposed regional bomber developed by Chengdu was sighted during its first flight, another design developed by Shenyang has now emerged. Few hours after the first images of China’s new supposed regional stealth bomber surfaced online, a video showing...
