Monthly Archive: Aprile 2022

LONDON — A British judge on Tuesday denied a request by Qatar Airways to force Airbus keep building A321neo jetliners in a setback to the airline as part of a wider legal dispute.

The decision means the European planemaker is free to market the in-demand jets to other airlines while the two sid…

Operational testing of the F-35 continues to be delayed—primarily by holdups in developing an aircraft simulator—even as DOD goes forward with the purchase of up to 152 aircraft a year. The more aircraft produced before testing is complete, the more it might cost to retrofit those aircraft if issues…

WASHINGTON —- The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Ukraine of various rounds of non-standard ammunition for an estimated cost of $165 million. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification notif…

STRATFORD, Conn. — The U.S. Marine Corps declared Initial Operational Capability (IOC) for the CH-53K heavy lift helicopter, validating the platform’s operational readiness to forward deploy Marines and equipment across the globe.

Sikorsky designed and manufactures the CH-53K, which enables th…

SEOUL — North Korea displayed its largest-known ballistic missiles and other advanced weapons at a nighttime military parade overseen by leader Kim Jong Un, the country’s state media reported Tuesday.

At the parade in central Pyongyang late Monday, Kim vowed to strengthen his country’s nuclear …

MOSCOW — Russia’s newest missile air defense system S-500 Prometheus, developed by the Almaz-Antey concern, has begun to be batch-produced and will be provided for the armed forces within the deadlines established under the state defense order, the company’s CEO, Yan Novikov, has said.

“At the …