Beijing claims weapons transfers, including a recent potential $1.1 billion deal, “gravely undermine China’s sovereignty and security interests.”
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Warsaw dropped $1.4 billion in contract announcements during the MSPO show, even before the surprise announcement about the Apache purchase.
By Bartosz Głowacki
The demo follows up on a similar event the company held last year.
By Justin Katz
“The expectation is that these aircraft can be designed to be less survivable and less capable, but still bring an awful lot to the fight in a mixture that the enemy has a very hard time sorting out and dealing with,” said Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall.
By Valerie Insinna
The US Air Force hopes to develop and field autonomous combat drones that would augment piloted fighters “in the mid to late 2020s,” Andrew Hunter, the Air Force’s top acquisition official, said in August.
By Valerie Insinna
The Israeli air force has been eager to replace its aging fleet of 707 refueling tankers, a move delayed by political instability.
By Arie Egozi
Boeing will continue to have a hand in MDA’s Ground-based Midcourse Defense program.
By Andrew Eversden
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“This milestone really represents the beginning of Air Force testing for the Grey Wolf,” said Lt. Col. Mary Clark, a Grey Wolf pilot with the 96th Operations Group.
By Valerie Insinna
“We think that China has a formidable aerospace capability, and they have concentrated that aerospace capability in the South China Sea region to deter others from going into that airspace,” the head of the Royal Australian Air Force said. “It doesn’t make it impenetrable, and it doesn’t mean you can’t deliver military effects to achieve your interests when you are operating against China.”
By Colin Clark
Currently, the Air Force envisions its next-generation KC-Z tanker as a family of systems, which could include a tanker aircraft as well as “other technologies, whether it’s survivability, or connectivity, or maybe efficiencies that we want to pull into that,” said program officer Paul Waugh.
By Valerie Insinna
“That new start reprogramming would give us the flexibility to potentially speed it up somewhat,” said Steven Wert, who leads the Air Force’s Program Executive Office Digital. “It’s not going to be a dramatic speed up, but we’re doing everything we can.”
By Valerie Insinna
The recent test verified the projectile’s flight stability and propulsion system. Next up: guided flight.
By Andrew Eversden
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Despite this quarter’s losses, Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun said he was “more bullish” on the prospect of international sales now than he had been when he first became CEO in 2020, specifically for the KC-46 tanker and MQ-25.
By Valerie Insinna
