In 2019, the Ministry of Defence granted a total of 284 permanent export licences for defence materiel (257 in 2018). The total value of the licences was EUR 105 million, which is 40% lower than in 2018; then the figure was EUR 176 million. The value of actual exports decreased by 12% and was around…
The head of the U.S. Air Force’s Air Combat Command says the F-22 fleet is facing a shortage of Pratt & Whitney F119 engines. http://www.dodmedia.osd.mil / Copyrighted free use Gen. James “Mike” Holmes was speaking via video teleconference during an event hosted by the Air Force Association’s Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies. He said the […]
The first CMV-22B Osprey assigned to VMR-30 has arrived at NAS North Island. VRM-30 is the U.S. Navy’s first CMV-22B Opsrey squadron and was established to begin the service’s transition from the C-2A Greyhound. For more information, hit the Source below Source
The U.S. Air Force has nearly completed the installation of Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast Out (ADS-B Out) transponders on its KC-135 fleet. 396 KC-135s are involved in the project which started on Oct. 7, 2019. For more information, hit the Source below Source
South Korea will start operating its three RQ-4 unmanned air vehicles from as early as next month, Yonhap reports. Photo: U.S. State Department “We are going to field Global Hawk for actual operations within the second half of this year. They will be put into service after the one remaining unit arrives here, which will […]