Category -- Air -- The Defense Post

Jan- 2023 -

10 January

MQ-9 Reaper Multi-Domain Variant Completes Maiden Flight

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems’ latest MQ-9 Reaper Multi-Domain Operations variant has completed its first flight.

9 January

Staff Writer With AFP

Canada Confirms Order of 88 F-35 Fighter Jets

Canada confirmed the purchase of 88 US F-35 fighter jets to replace its aging fleet for $14.2 billion.

9 January

Bulgarian Air Force L-39ZA aircraft. Photo: Aero Vodochody

Rojoef Manuel

Aero Vodochody to Upgrade Bulgarian L-39 Jet Trainers

Bulgaria has awarded Aero Vodochody a contract to upgrade the Bulgarian Air Force’s L-39 Albatros jet trainers.

9 January

U.S. Marines with 2nd Low Altitude Air Defense Battalion Counter-Unmanned Aerial Systems Detachment, attached to Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Central Command, fire the Marine Air Defense Integrated System Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicle during a live-fire range in southwest Asia Feb. 18, 2019. The MADIS is the first vehicle to utilize kinetic and non-kinetic measures to disable Counter-Unmanned Aerial Systems. SPMAGTF-CR-CC is specifically designed to be capable of deploying aviation, ground, and logistics forces forward at a moment’s notice. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jack C. Howell)

Rojoef Manuel

US Army to Receive Additional Anti-Drone Systems From Leonardo

Leonardo DRS has secured a task order to deliver additional counter-unmanned aircraft systems to the US Army.

6 January

Rojoef Manuel

US Air Force to Host AI-Based Airlift Competition

The US Air Force Research Laboratory has announced an airlift challenge competition to identify “advanced state-of-the-art planning algorithms” for airlift operations.

6 January

HH-60W Jolly Green II Combat Rescue Helicopter. Image: Lockheed Martin

Inder Singh Bisht

USAF Seeks Capability Upgrades on HH-60W Rescue Helicopter

The US Air Force is seeking market responses on upgrading the HH-60W Jolly Green II Combat Rescue Helicopter.

6 January

Medium-Range Intercept Capability prototype

Joe Saballa

US Marines Advance Mobile ‘Iron Dome’ Defense System Development

The US Marine Corps has approved the next stage of development of a mobile defense system that is partly based on Israel’s famous “Iron Dome.”

6 January

Joe Saballa

Rafael Unveils New Tactical Capabilities of SPYDER Air Defense System

Rafael Advanced Defense Systems has unveiled new tactical capabilities of its surface-to-air Python 5 and Derby air defense missile system.

6 January

Joe Saballa

US Warplanes Facing Capability Gap: Report

Many of the existing warplanes in the US military inventory are facing a “capability gap,” the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) has concluded.

5 January