December 24, 2023 | International, Aerospace
The U.S. Coast Guard is keeping its C-27J aircraft grounded as it checks on cracks found in the fuselage of its 14 aircraft, the service said.
https://www.defensenews.com/air/2023/12/22/us-coast-guard-keeps-its-c-27js-grounded/
November 28, 2023 | International, Aerospace
Iran has finalised arrangements for the delivery of Russian made Sukhoi su-35 fighter jets and helicopters, Iran's deputy defence minister told Iran's Tasnim news agency on Tuesday, as Tehran and Moscow forge closer military relations.
September 17, 2018 | International, Aerospace
By: Joe Gould WASHINGTON — Beyond the 77 F-35 Joint Strike Fighters authorized by the 2019 defense policy bill, congressional appropriators are adding another 16 for a total of 93. Congressional conferees on Thursday finalized a $674.4 billion defense spending bill for next year packaged with funding for the departments of Education, Labor, Health and Human Services, or Labor-HHS — and a continuing resolution through Dec. 7 for some other parts of the government. As usual, appropriators used their annual defense spending bill to offer tweaks to the existing shopping list for military hardware from the previous version, which President Donald Trump signed into law last month. The new compromise spending bill, which trumps the authorization bill, buys three littoral combat ships instead of two and 13 Bell-Boeing V-22 Ospreys instead of seven — among other differences. The Navy and Marine Corps continue to invest in vertical takeoff aircraft and announced a $4.2 billion contract for dozens of new V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft just weeks ago. Full article: https://www.defensenews.com/congress/2018/09/14/f-35-inventory-soars-in-new-pentagon-spending-bill
January 26, 2022 | International, Aerospace
Le Conseil des ministres espagnol a autorisé ce mardi le financement du développement, de la production et du soutien du programme européen MALE RPAS (Medium Altitude Long Endurance Remotely Piloted Aircraft System), ou Eurodrone, piloté par l'OCCAR (Organisation Conjointe de Coopération en matière d'Armement). L'Allemagne, la France et l'Italie participent également à ce programme, dont les partenaires industriels sont Airbus Defence and Space, Dassault Aviation et Leonardo. Le budget alloué par le gouvernement espagnol est de 1,73 Md€. Cet accord « ouvre la voie à la signature d'un contrat sur ce programme », comme l'a twitté Michael Schoellhorn, CEO d'Airbus Defence and Space. La Tribune et Aviacionline du 26 janvier