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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…

Dutch to Reach NATO 2% Target in 2024-25

Dutch to Reach NATO 2% Target in 2024-25

With the coalition agreement, the current government has already structurally invested €3 billion in Defense, of which €1.9 billion in 2023. In response to the war in Ukraine, the cabinet added €2 billion on a structural basis last spring. Defense will use the extra investment to improve the operati…
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…

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…

Sikorsky to Produce Two UH-60M Helicopters for Jordan

Sikorsky to Produce Two UH-60M Helicopters for Jordan

Sikorsky, Stratford, Connecticut, was awarded a $32,833,949 modification (P00004) to contract W58RGZ-22-C-0010 to exercise an option for two UH-60M aircraft for Foreign Military Sales.

Work will be performed in Stratford, Connecticut, with an estimated completion date of June 30, 2027. Fiscal 20…

New USAF Unit to Test AI, Anti-Drone Tech in Middle East

New USAF Unit to Test AI, Anti-Drone Tech in Middle East

The Air Force is starting a new organization to field-test unmanned systems and artificial intelligence technologies in the Middle East, the service’s top general in the region said.

The small task force, dubbed Detachment 99, will look for cheaper ways to detect Iran’s aerial drones, Maj. Gen. A…


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