Category -- Air -- The Defense Post

Jan- 2025 -

8 January

California Startup Wins $100M Drone Contract From US Air Force

The US Air Force has awarded California-based Firestorm Labs a $100-million contract for its small unmanned aerial systems.

8 January

High Explosive Incendiary with Tracer (HEI-T) ammunition.

Giulia Bernacchi

Ukraine Orders Rheinmetall Ammunition for Gepard Anti-Aircraft Gun

Ukraine has commissioned Rheinmetall to deliver 35mm ammunition for the Gepard anti-aircraft gun, which can be used to counter drones.

8 January

Joe Saballa

Ukraine Trials ‘Unjammable’ Fiber-Optic-Guided FPV Drones

Ukraine has tested fiber-optic-controlled first-person view drones designed to enhance resistance to interference and hacking.

7 January

ReDrone Counter Unmanned Aerial System (C-UAS)

Christine Casimiro

Elbit to Supply Counter-Drone Solutions to NATO Customer

Israel-based Elbit Systems has clinched a $60-million deal to supply counter-unmanned aerial systems (C-UAS) for an unnamed European NATO country.

7 January

Joe Saballa

Boeing Clinches $616M US Air Force Deal for F-15 Survivability System

Boeing has been awarded a $616-million contract to begin full-rate production of the Eagle Passive Active Warning Survivability System for the F-15 fighter aircraft.

6 January

Inder Singh Bisht

Sweden Donates $27 Million for Romanian Patriot Replacement

The Swedish government partially funded Romania’s replacement for its Patriot air defense system donated to Ukraine.

6 January

Inder Singh Bisht

Ukraine Group Outfits Patriot System With Armored Protection

Ukraine’s Metinvest Group has produced armored shields for the country’s Patriot air defense systems, enhancing safety against enemy counterattacks.

6 January

A row of TH-57 Sea Ranger helicopters waits on the runway at Naval Air Station Whiting Field, June 9, 2014. During the advanced flight training phase of a two-year-long flight school course, future Coast Guard pilots train for 7-8 months in the TH-57, learning aircraft systems and avionics, routine and emergency procedures, flight planning, risk management techniques, and earning their instrument rating, which allows them to fly in clouds and restricted visibility.

Rojoef Manuel

Sri Lanka to Receive Military Aircraft From US, Pakistan

Sri Lanka is adopting more American Bell 206 helicopters and a Pakistani Chengdu J-7 aircraft to enhance the country’s air force capabilities.

6 January

Christine Casimiro

US Greenlights $78.5M Lightweight Torpedo Sale to Saudi Arabia

The US government has authorized the potential sale of MK 54 MOD 0 lightweight torpedoes to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia under a $78.5-million deal.

6 January

A US Air Force Airman assigned to the 1st Special Operations Support Squadron Mission Sustainment Team watches as an MQ-9 Reaper prepares to land on an unprepared dirt surface

Giulia Bernacchi

US Air Force Tests MQ-9 Reaper Drone in Challenging Environments

The US Air Force has conducted Exercise Reaper Castillo to test the mission capabilities of the MQ-9 Reaper in challenging environments.

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