On Tuesday, September 29, four F-16s will take off from Florennes air base to fly to the Middle East, as part of the international coalition’s Operation Inherent Resolve against the Islamic State.

Defense is implementing the government’s decision of June 26, 2020. Belgium’s commitment falls with…

YUMA PROVING GROUND, Ariz. — To win a fight against a foe with similar weapons and capabilities, the U.S. military’s ability to find and strike that enemy must become exponentially faster, and at this austere weapons testing range in southern Arizona, the Army is leveraging new technology to do ju…

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…

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…

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Boeing is teaming with General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) and Aerojet Rocketdyne in its bid to build the Next Generation Interceptor (NGI) for the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA). The NGI is a key element of the MDA’s missile defense system, which is designed to …

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…