PATUXENT RIVER, Md. — The Air-to-Air Missiles Program Office (PMA-259) gained Portugal as its 29th Air Intercept Missile (AIM)-9X International Partner, after Portugal announced it signed and accepted the AIM-9X Block II Missile Letter of Offer and Acceptance (LOA) on Sept. 28.

The signed LOA a…

WICHITA, Kan. — Textron Aviation Defense today announced the delivery of the first Beechcraft T-6C Texan II Integrated Training System to the Tunisian Air Force in support of operations at No. 13 Squadron at Sfax Air Base in Tunisia.

The Foreign Military Sales (FMS) contract comprises eight T-…

It’s not here yet, by most accounting, but we’re within spitting distance of spending $1 trillion annually on the U.S. military. This might actually be a good thing, if more spending made us safer. But it doesn’t. It only makes us feel safer, which is a devil’s bargain.

The Senate version of the …

AUGSBURG, Germany — The German Air Force will receive 38 new Eurofighter combat aircraft over the next few years as part of the so-called Quadriga contract (Tranche 4). Deliveries of the aircraft are scheduled to begin in 2025 and be completed in 2030. Premium AEROTEC has now successfully delivere…

On 11 October, Operation EUNAVFOR MED IRINI conducted an inspection of the merchant vessel MV Meerdijk off the coast of Libya. The ship was found to be transporting vehicles modified for military use to Libya suspected to be in breach of the UN arms embargo.

This is the second time IRINI’s seized…

On 9 November 2022, representatives from over 30 Partner Nations attended informal workshops at NATO Headquarters in Brussels, to discuss areas of common interest, including crisis prevention and management, cooperative security, counter-terrorism and human security. The Bi-annual Meeting with Partn…