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Diehl Wins Luftwaffe Order for GBU-54 Guided Bombs

Diehl Wins Luftwaffe Order for GBU-54 Guided Bombs

On September 11, 2020, Diehl Defence received an order from the Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support (BAAINBw) to deliver GBU-54 weapon systems to the German Air Force.

GBU-54 is an air-to-surface weapon, equipped with the conversion kit “Laser JD…

USAF Low-Altitude Missile Shot Destroys Cruise Missile Target

USAF Low-Altitude Missile Shot Destroys Cruise Missile Target

EGLIN AFB, Fla. — A BQM-167A aerial target cruising over the Gulf of Mexico was obliterated by a surface-to-air missile deployed from Santa Rosa Island on Sept. 3.

The successful shoot-down was the culmination of the 780th Test Squadron’s Vermilion Stallion test program, that allowed air defens…

French Air Force Establishes Separate Special Forces Brigade

French Air Force Establishes Separate Special Forces Brigade

On September 1, the French Air and Space Force began transforming its organization with the establishment of the Special Air Forces Brigade (Brigade des Forces Spéciales Air, BFSA). This reorganization is part of the ramp-up of the Special Forces Air (FSA) and the Air Protection Force (FPA) as direc…
US Air Force, SpaceX Mum About Sky-High Rocket Costs

US Air Force, SpaceX Mum About Sky-High Rocket Costs

Five years ago, Elon Musk, the multibillionaire CEO of the SpaceX rocket company, smashed his way into the business of launching U.S. military and intelligence satellites, a lucrative market that had been cornered for nearly a decade by United Launch Alliance.

Musk, one of the world’s richest men…


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