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Navy Equips MH-60s With New 'Smart' Launcher

The digital launcher will let the Seahawk carry a variety of weapons and engage a larger set of threats.

Boeing Wins Contract To Develop Satellite Launch Vehicle

Apaches, Tankers and AEW Figure in Qatar Spending Spree

Qatar has announced a major new $23 billion defense spending program.

Elbit To Supply Hermes 900 UAS to Brazil's Air Force

The service will operate the aircraft in tandem with smaller Hermes 450s it already uses.

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

RAF Retires TriStar Tankers As Voyager Fleet Grows

AIN joined the last operational Tristar mission on March 24.

Turkey Shoots Down Syrian MiG

Under new rules of engagement, Turkey treats any Syrian aircraft approaching the border as a military threat.

Testers Prove Integration of Brimstone, Unmanned Reaper

The U.S. Air Force should consider buying the British-made Brimstone for its Reapers, said a British official.

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

South Korea Settles on F-35A for New Multirole Fighter

The Republic of Korea Air Force is set to take 60 copies of the Joint Strike Fighter.

Japan Highlights Increased Airspace Incursion By China

Chinese incursions into Japanese airspace.

Darpa Awards Final VTOL X-Plane Contracts

Australia Will Purchase MQ-4C Triton Unmanned Aircraft

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Boeing Australia Wins Wedgetail Contract Extension

Russian Helicopters On the Up, But Engine Supply Is Threatened

First F-35A Delivered To Luke AFB

The 56th Fighter Wing at Luke AFB, Arizona, will formally unveil its first Lockheed Martin F-35A today.

Dassault Agrees Rafale Workshare With India

The final contract for 126 Rafales could happen in the coming months.

Sikorsky Awaits U.S. Air Force, Navy Contract Awards

Sikorsky Aircraft anticipates contracts this year from the Air Force for its combat rescue helicopter and from the Navy for a presidential helicopter.

NATO Responds To Ukraine Crisis With Awacs Flights

Upgraded Orlik Trainer Unveiled

Airbus Defence and Space unveiled the Orlik MPT, an upgrade of the PZL-130 Orlik (eaglet) trainer that first flew 30 years ago.

Singapore Orders Airbus Tanker/Transport

Rolls-Royce Under Indian Spotlight