Kyiv intends to purchase multi-role warplanes produced in the West as part of the modernization program of the Ukrainian Air Force. Thus, the new aircraft will replace the planes made during the Soviet era, reports Rzeczpospolita.

According to the newspaper, Kyiv’s plan to upgrade military aviati…

TAUFKIRCHEN, Germany — As part of the modernization of all NATO’s IFF identification systems (IFF = Identification-friend-or-foe) to the new “Mode 5” standard, sensor solution provider Hensoldt is equipping the Air Force’s 90 Tornado fighter aircraft with its Mode 5-capable LTR 400 transponder.
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MADRID — The Ministry of Defence has awarded Indra the tender for the IFF (identification, friend or foe) systems modernization for Lanza 3D radars used by the Aerial Surveillance Squadrons of the Spanish Air Force.

With this upgrade, the systems will comply with the most recent NATO interoper…

MIRAMAR, Calif. –– Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 314 welcomed its most recent delivery of the F-35C Lightning II at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar May 18, 2020.

Earlier this year, the VMFA-314 Black Knights made history when they became the first F-35C squadron in the Marine Corps.

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OAK HARBOR, WA. — The Patrol Squadron (VP) 40 Fighting Marlins successfully completed transition from the P-3C Orion to the P-8A Poseidon, the Navy’s newest maritime patrol aircraft, on May 14, 2020.

VP-40 began the P-8A platform transition in November 2019 following its return to Naval Air Sta…

Where will the next war occur? Who will fight in it? Why will it occur? How will it be fought? This brief summarizes a series of reports that sought to answer these questions—looking out from now until 2030. The reports took the approach of examining these questions through the lenses of several tre…