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NewsAudit flags issues with Japanese P-1 availability
An audit has revealed major sustainment challenges facing Japan’s Kawasaki P-1 maritime patrol aircraft, which have reduced availability of the type.
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NewsKAI wins order for 20 more KF-21s
Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) has secured a follow-on order from Seoul for additional KF-21 fighters, as Hanwha Aerospace secures more engine production work.
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AnalysisItalian Eurofighter contract boosts EJ200 engine backlog
The Eurojet industry consortium has been contracted to supply up to 54 EJ200 engines to power a new batch of Eurofighter combat aircraft ordered by Italy.
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Analysis‘Brightest explosion that I’ve ever seen’: inside US effort to develop a bomb for Iran’s nuclear sites
The US military’s top officer says development of the bunker-busting 13,600kg (30,000lb) GBU-57 bomb began 15 years ago and involved significant use of supercomputers.
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NewsUS Air Force seeks to retire all A-10 Warthogs by 2027
Congress must approve the plan, which would see the US Air Force accelerate retirement of its entire A-10 fleet by two years.
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NewsTrump Administration ‘all in’ on F-47 but plans minimal funding for F/A-XX naval fighter
A senior Pentagon official tells FlightGlobal the Trump Administration will focus resources on developing a sixth-generation fighter on the US Air Force’s F-47 programme, with the US Navy’s new carrier-based equivalent in a holding pattern.
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NewsPentagon seeks to cancel E-7A procurement instead opting for more E-2Ds
Congress must provide final approval to the plan, which would see the US Air Force forego the development of a new Boeing E-7A airborne early warning and control fleet, instead investing in new space-based capabilities and the existing Northrop Grumman E-2D platform.
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NewsAirbus validates A400M firefighting performance in French tests
Airbus Defence & Space has successfully validated the firefighting performance of its A400M airlifter during a series of test flights in southern France earlier this year.
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NewsAustralia completes first MQ-28 flight from active RAAF base
Complete with a new all-grey combat livery, Boeing’s MQ-28 Ghost Bat logged its first flight sortie from an operational Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) base, as the airframer’s Australian subsidiary seeks to accelerate development of the uncrewed jet.
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NewsSweden eyes extra capabilities for incoming Gripen E fighter
The Swedish air force is exploring the future introduction of additional capabilities for its Saab Gripen E fighters, as the service gets ready to introduce the type operationally.
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NewsUK will buy ‘at least a dozen’ F-35As to restore airborne nuclear deterrence role
The Royal Air Force (RAF) is to regain the ability to deploy nuclear weapons, with the UK government poised to order a batch of “at least a dozen” Lockheed Martin F-35As able to support NATO’s dual-capable aircraft mission.
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NewsNATO order will boost pooled A330 tanker fleet to 12 jets
NATO’s pooled fleet of Airbus Defence & Space A330 multi-role tanker transports is to increase to a dozen airframes, following the formal addition of Denmark and Sweden to the initiative.
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NewsFrance completes first development firing with MBDA’s Mica NG missile
France’s DGA defence procurement body has conducted a first development launch of MBDA’s enhanced Mica NG air-to-air missile.
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NewsUS Air Force releases footage of B-2s preparing for Iran strike mission
Video shot through a low-light night vision lens shows multiple Northrop Grumman B-2 stealth bombers taxiing and launching under cover of darkness, and later returning to land during daytime conditions.
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NewsSweden to accelerate GlobalEye introduction using interim configuration
The accelerated introduction of Sweden’s first GlobalEye surveillance aircraft will be made with the Saab-prepared asset entering use in an interim configuration, officials have confirmed.
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NewsBoeing defence chief optimistic about prospects for US E-7 acquisition
Despite indications the Pentagon has soured on purchasing new E-7A airborne early warning and control jets from Boeing, the head of the airframer’s defence unit remains sanguine on the aircraft’s prospects.
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NewsLeonardo, Avioane Craiova team up for Romanian trainer bid and C-27J upgrade
Leonardo and Avioane Craiova will pursue an opportunity to offer the Italian airframer’s M-345 and M-346 jet trainers to the Romanian air force.
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NewsAustralia nears $2 billion support deal for Super Hornet fleet
Australia has requested a potentially $2 billion package of sustainment and support services for its 36-strong fleet of Boeing F/A-18F Super Hornet strike and EA-18G Growler electronic-attack aircraft. Announcing the package’s receipt of approval from the US Department of State, Washington’s Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) says the deal “will ...
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NewsUS strikes Iranian nuclear facilities with largest B-2 mission in history
After more than a week of uncertainty about whether Washington would directly join Israel’s military operation against Iran, US President Donald Trump carried out air strikes against Tehran’s nuclear development sites on the evening of 21 June US time.
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NewsFormer air mobility chief calls out USAF vulnerability amid Middle East build-up
Retired US General Mike Minihan, who oversaw the US Air Force’s (USAF’s) mobility fleet, says the current flow of combat assets into the Middle East is providing “false comfort that tomorrow’s war will look like today’s rehearsal”.