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…

The new Gripen engine RM16 has been run on Swedish soil for the first time. Within a couple of years, all infrastructure for both product support and maintenance must be in place within the country’s borders.

The last time a new Swedish fighter jet engine was test-run in the country was 37 years …

On October 26, Minister of Defense Artis Pabriks will open the first US-Baltic defense industry day in Riga, the aim of which is to promote the cooperation of Latvian, Lithuanian and Estonian companies with the US.

“The USA is an important strategic partner and ally of the Baltic States, and this…