Yearly Archive: 2022

TAIPEI — Taiwan’s flagship carrier China Airlines (CAL) on Tuesday announced the purchase of 16 Boeing 787-9 passenger jets to meet demand in an anticipated post-pandemic boom.

The aircraft, the first of which is set to be delivered in 2025, will become the mainstay of CAL’s medium-capacity wid…

WARSAW — The problem of how to replace the old Mi-24D / W helicopters of the Land Forces’ Aviation, which are today practically useless, seems to be close to a happy ending. In the Kruk attack helicopter program, the final ‘gunfight’ will take place between the Bell AH-1Z Viper and the Boeing AH-6…

Raytheon Missiles and Defense, Tucson, Arizona, has been awarded a $972,184,161 non-competitive, firm-fixed-price incentive modification (P00022) to previously awarded contract FA8675-21-C-0034 for Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) Production Lot 36.

The modification provides for…

ANKARA — The US Army Materiel Command has grounded its entire fleet of Chinook helicopters manufactured by Boeing due to a risk of engine fires, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday.

US officials who spoke to WSJ said around 400 CH-47 Chinook helicopters were grounded “out of an abundance o…

MESEBERG, Germany — The ‘traffic light’ coalition government has approved arms exports worth almost 5.1 billion euros this year, based on information from the Federal Ministry of Economics. In the same period last year, the ‘black-red’ coalition government reportedly authorized exports worth about…

SYDNEY — Australian naval officers will be allowed to train inside Britain’s nuclear-powered submarines for the first time to ensure they are prepared for the eventual arrival of the highly prized technology under the AUKUS pact.

Defence Minister Richard Marles is set to announce the landmark a…