Monthly Archive: Settembre 2022

Spain Prepares for Initial Deliveries of VCR 8×8 Dragon IFV

Spain Prepares for Initial Deliveries of VCR 8×8 Dragon IFV

MADRID — Spanish Defense Minister Margarita Robles, accompanied by the Secretary of State, María Amparo Valcarce, and the Army Chief of Staff, Amador Enseñat, today visited the Trubia Arms Factory (Asturias) to examine the progress of the production program of the VCR 8×8 ‘Dragón’ wheeled combat v…
China’s 2nd AG600M Amphibious Aircraft Makes Maiden Flight

China’s 2nd AG600M Amphibious Aircraft Makes Maiden Flight

The second AG600M firefighting aircraft prototype completed its first flight test mission on Saturday in Zhuhai City, south China’s Guangdong Province, according to the Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC), the country’s leading plane-maker.

Codenamed Kunlong, the AG600 large amphibious …

US Rebuilds Runway on UK’s Ascension Island

US Rebuilds Runway on UK’s Ascension Island

SAN ANTONIO, Texas –– After a year of construction, Ascension Island Auxiliary Airfield resumed full flight operations recently with the opening of the newly paved eastern portion of the runway.

Thanks to the ongoing efforts of the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center, spearheaded b…

DOD Security Cooperation Takes ‘LEAP’ Forward

DOD Security Cooperation Takes ‘LEAP’ Forward

The Defense Department is ensuring that it engages with its partners in ways that are holistic, effective, efficient and in direct support of the objectives in the National Defense Strategy, the assistant secretary of defense for strategy, plans and capabilities said today in prepared remarks.

Ma…

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