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Brazilian Air Force Receives First Batch of Meteor BVRAAMs

Brazilian Air Force Receives First Batch of Meteor BVRAAMs

The Brazilian Air Force (FAB) received the second batch of the Meteor missile, which will equip the F-39 Gripen fighter aircraft, whose first four units were delivered by Saab on 24 November. The first batch had been purchased for the development of the aircraft. With the new armament, Brazil will t…
Boeing Wins $398M to Upgrade Saudi AWACS Aircraft

Boeing Wins $398M to Upgrade Saudi AWACS Aircraft

The Boeing Co., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, has been awarded a $397,921,549 firm-fixed-price contract for the Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF) Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) Modernization Program, Phase 2.

This contract provides for production, training and installation and checkout, in or…

Brazil Flight-Tests 14-X Hypersonic Aero Engine

Brazil Flight-Tests 14-X Hypersonic Aero Engine

The test is part of the development of the PropHiper Project, Hypersonic Propulsion Project 14-X, one of the Strategic Projects of the Brazilian Air Force (FAB) and is coordinated by the Department of Aerospace Science and Technology (DCTA).

The Brazilian Air Force (FAB), at the Alcântar…

RAF Typhoon Shoots Down Terrorist Drone in Syria

RAF Typhoon Shoots Down Terrorist Drone in Syria

The event was the first operational air-to-air engagement conducted by an RAF Typhoon, and also the first RAF air-to-air missile firing during Operation SHADER.

A Royal Air Force Typhoon has shot down a small hostile drone in Syria which posed a threat to Coalition forces in the area.

This unp…

Deadly Skies: Integrated Air and Missile Defence 2021-2035

Deadly Skies: Integrated Air and Missile Defence 2021-2035

European states are facing an increasing threat from missiles and aircraft. Interacting geopolitical and technological trends have both made these weapons more effective and increased the scenarios in which aggressors could find use for them.

Consequently, there is now an increasingly complex, p…

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