On October 19, an operational evaluation took place over the Atlantic Ocean with five crews from the 33rd ESRA in order to gauge the usefulness of the MQ-9 Reaper for maritime surveillance operations.

On the Air Force side, five crews from the 33rd Surveillance, Reconnaissance and Attack Wing (ES…

SAN DIEGO — General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) successfully completed an air-to-air laser communication link between GA-ASI’s Laser Airborne Communication (LAC) terminals integrated onto two company-owned King Air aircraft.

Laser communication is desirable for military applica…

In Brazil, October, 23 is Aviator Day and the Brazilian Air Force Day (FAB), and this year the date took additional significance as Alcântara Launch Center (CLA) launched the suborbital vehicle VSB-30, from the Suborbital Microgravity Platform (PSM). VSB-30 was developed by the Institute of Aeronaut…

HAIFA, Israel — Elbit Systems Ltd. announced today that it was awarded a contract valued at approximately $65 million to supply a modernization solution to a Latin American Army. The contract will be executed over a period of two and a half years.

Under the contract, Elbit Systems will supply …

The Bulgarian and Spanish fighter jets will jointly perform airspace protection tasks in the period November 14 – December 2, 2022. The joint implementation of tasks to strengthen the airspace protection of our country by the air forces of Bulgaria and Spain was approved by a decision of the Council…

Raytheon Co., Andover, Massachusetts, was awarded a $122,000,000 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor pre-planned product improvement Increment III effort.

Bids were solicited via the internet with two received. Work will be performed in Huntsville and R…