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Thales to Provide Kuwait With H225M Training Solutions

The 30 multirole Caracal H225Ms are for search and rescue, transport and ground support missions.

Training and Workforce

With CH-53K in Production, Lockheed Martin Looks to Future

Legacy CH-53 customers Germany, Japan and Israel among others are considered potential customers of the new CH-53K King Stallion.

RT LTA Teams With SES For Global Comms

SES and RT LTA are showing off a collaboration in which surveillance imagery from an aerostat can be transmitted around the world.

Textron Systems, Boeing Win U.S. Special Ops Tasking Contracts

The Mid-Endurance Unmanned Aircraft Systems III program has a potential value of $475 million.

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Network-Enabled Spike Unveiled

Rafael has delivered 27,000 missiles of the Spike family to more than 26 countries. The latest version is being unveiled at the Paris Air Show.

Mirage Testbed Showcases New Capabilities

The French military flight test organization is testing equipment and weapons that are due to feature in the Miirage 2000D update program

Fast as Lightning

Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Air Force have brought two F-35A stealth fighters to Paris.

L3 Shows New Light Strike System Based On Agplane

The AT-802L is a conversion of Air Tractor's cropduster, with attack mission avionics and weapons

MBDA Launches Glide Weapon Family

European missile house MBDA has unveiled a new family of precision-guided weapons with long glide ranges to provide stand-off capability

U.S. Air Force Reacts to 'Hypoxia like' Incidents Affecting F-35As

The investigation into the root cause of a series of physiological incidents at Luke Air Force Base in Arizona was ongoing.

Embraer Demo Flight Highlights KC-390 Capabilities

Embraer expects to begin deliveries of the KC-390 to the Brazilian air force in 2018.

Tata, Lockheed Martin Agree on India F-16 Production

The agreement will allow India “to produce, operate and export F-16 Block 70” models.

Airbus Negotiating To Reduce A400M Penalty Payments

The European countries that launched the airlifter are being asked to forgive late deliveries of aircraft and performance

Safran Unveils New-Generation Optical Sensor

The Euroflir 410 provides multispectral imaging from a variety of airborne platforms

Lockheed Martin’s F-35A Flying Display at Paris Air Show 2017

Lockheed Martin’s F-35A Flying Display at Paris Air Show 2017

Embraer KC-390 Military Transport Flying Display at Paris Air Show 2017

Embraer KC-390 Military Transport Flying Display at Paris Air Show 2017

P-8A Roll Out to U.S. Navy Accelerates With ASW Mission

The U.S. Navy has P-8A Poseidon aircraft stationed on both the east and west coasts of America.

Elbit Systems debuts 'SkyStriker' loitering munition

Elbit will also feature a new wide-area persistent surveillance system at this year's Paris Air Show.

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Caret Reaffirms Boeing's Goal of Delivering First KC-46 This Year

Following an annual risk assessment exercise, the U.S. Air Force raised the possibility that first delivery will be delayed to next spring.

Contractors Seek To Cut The Cost of Military Flight Training

Even leading air forces are opting to contract out some flight training provision.

Training and Workforce