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Boeing’s Troubled Air Force Tanker Hit By New Delay

Boeing’s Troubled Air Force Tanker Hit By New Delay

The Air Force’s latest schedule for Boeing Co.’s troubled KC-46 tanker adds as much as 11 months to start installing an improved version of its flawed camera-based refueling system, according to the service.

The added time could push completion of the improvements into fiscal 2026. “The magnitud…

Ukraine Sets 2023 Security and Defense Budget at 18% of GDP

Ukraine Sets 2023 Security and Defense Budget at 18% of GDP

The National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine proposes to the Government to provide in the draft Law of Ukraine “On the State Budget of Ukraine for 2023” a general financial resource for ensuring the national security and defense of Ukraine in the amount of at least 17,8 % of GDP for the secu…
US Air Force Clears KC-46 Tanker for Worldwide Operations

US Air Force Clears KC-46 Tanker for Worldwide Operations

OXON HILL, Md. — Gen. Mike Minihan, commander of Air Mobility Command, approved the KC-46A Pegasus for worldwide deployments to meet combatant command taskings effective Sept. 14.

“We are ready to use this aircraft globally in any fight, without hesitation,” Minihan said.

The KC-46A rece…

US Drone Maker Opposes Proposed Chinese Mill Near Its Base

US Drone Maker Opposes Proposed Chinese Mill Near Its Base

SAN DIEGO — General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) firmly opposes a new Chinese agricultural investment near Grand Forks Air Force Base, N.D., and calls on the U.S. government to halt the project.

A Chinese agricultural conglomerate plans to develop a large-scale corn milling plant…

South Africa’s Paramount Bags First Orders for Mwari Aircraft

South Africa’s Paramount Bags First Orders for Mwari Aircraft

PRETORIA — Private South African defence firm Paramount Aerospace Industries has received orders for nine of its Mwari aircraft – the first military aircraft to be designed and built in the country in nearly two decades, the company said on Wednesday.

The first of the propeller-driven reconnais…

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