Yearly Archive: 2022

I reject criticisms made in The Australian article ‘Defence revises down planned availability of the F-35A jet fleet’. The criticisms contained are completely unfounded.

The Royal Australian Air Force has revised the expected flying hours based on our maturing understanding of the F-35A capabilit…

The Armed Forces of the Republic of Poland made a preliminary selection of suppliers of the frigate-platform project and the Integrated Combat System (ZSW) under the program p. SWORDFISH. The PGZ-MIECZNIK consortium is starting negotiations on the conclusion of strategic industrial cooperation agree…

The Air Force has spent the past four years making a concerted push to ready its planes for war. It’s gained almost no ground.

On average, seven out of every 10 planes were available as needed for combat missions, training or other routine operations last year, according to fiscal 2021 data the s…

The U.S. Air Force recently expressed its interest to replace the E-3 Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) fleet. Over the summer and fall of 2021, several senior Air Force officials, including Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall and Commander of Pacific Air Forces General Kenneth Wilsbach, dis…

Western powers are reassessing their mission to Mali amid deteriorating relations with the country’s military junta. European and African Union leaders are set to meet later this week for talks.

French President Emmanuel Macron will meet with European allies on Wednesday to discuss his country’s …

BEIJING — China is facilitating the development of the homegrown AG600 large amphibious aircraft, a key member of the country’s “large aircraft family,” according to the developer Wednesday.

In 2022, the AG600 project has set a target to see three new aircraft enter the final assembly phase and…