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China Touts ‘Great Potential’ of Y-20 Transport Aircraft

China Touts ‘Great Potential’ of Y-20 Transport Aircraft

BEIJING — Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 epidemic, China’s domestically developed Yun-20 large transport aircraft has carried out missions abroad for many times, successively delivering anti-epidemic supplies to Pakistan, Thailand and other countries.

Recently, it made its maiden flight to…

MBDA’s MMP Missile Selected for European BLOS Capability

MBDA’s MMP Missile Selected for European BLOS Capability

MBDA is joining with 13 partners and subcontractors from 5 countries to develop a new capability based on the MMP missile system that will be unique for mounted and dismounted forces.

LynkEUs, an MBDA coordinated project, has been selected by the European Commission as part of the new European De…

First NATO Tanker Aircraft Arrives at Dutch Home Base

First NATO Tanker Aircraft Arrives at Dutch Home Base

LUXEMBOURG — On 30 June 2020, the first Multinational MRTT Fleet (MMF) aircraft arrived at the Main Operating Base located in Eindhoven, The Netherlands. The ferry flight was successfully completed from Getafe (Madrid), marking a significant milestone for the programme.

The MMF is managed by th…

Pentagon Says Risk Aversion Impedes Hypersonics Development

Pentagon Says Risk Aversion Impedes Hypersonics Development

Speeding ahead with the development of hypersonic weapons, both offensive and defensive, will require the Defense Department to look back to the 1960s — a time when it was far less risk-averse than it is now, the department’s director of defense research and engineering for modernization said.

“W…

China to Hold Military Exercise Off Xisha Islands

China to Hold Military Exercise Off Xisha Islands

BEIJING — The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) is going to conduct military exercises in waters off China’s Xisha Isands from July 1st to 5th, according to a navigation warning released by the Hainan MSA Bureau on June 27 on the website of the Maritime Safety Administration (MSA) of the Peop…
GKN Aerospace Wins $440M Deal to Support Gripen Engines

GKN Aerospace Wins $440M Deal to Support Gripen Engines

GKN Aerospace has signed a follow-on Performance Based Logistics (PBL) contract with the Swedish Armed Forces for the provision of comprehensive support for the GKN Aerospace RM12 engine. The RM12 engine powers the JAS 39 Gripen C/D fighter. This contract follows a series of multi-year RM12 PBL agre…

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