Category -- Air -- The Defense Post

Jul- 2024 -

3 July

America’s New JAGM Missile Sinks Mock Vessel in First Pacific Test

Lockheed Martin’s lethal AGM-179 Joint Air-to-Ground Missile successfully struck and sank a mock vessel during its debut launch in the Pacific.

2 July

Two General Electric (GE) Aerospace T901 engines are displayed inside what appears to be a big warehouse or aircraft hangar. Wires, exposed metal, and other parts of machinery make up the engines.

Juster Domingo

US Army Receives GE T901 Engines for Black Hawk Trials

The US Army has received two T901 engines from GE Aerospace for integration and testing aboard its UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters.

2 July

Staff Writer With AFP

Russia Says Destroyed 5 Ukrainian Jets in Strike on Air Base

Russia claimed to have destroyed five Ukrainian military jets in a strike on an air base that comes as Kyiv prepares for the arrival of long-awaited F-16 fighters.

2 July

Joe Saballa

Finland Picks Sierra Nevada’s RAPCON-X as New Border Surveillance Jet

Finland has selected Sierra Nevada’s RAPCON-X jet as its new border surveillance and reconnaissance solution.

2 July

Inder Singh Bisht

Safran, MTU Partner for Europe’s Next-Gen Military Helicopter Engine

France’s Safran and Germany’s MTU Aero Engines have formed a joint venture to develop an engine to power Europe’s next-generation of military helicopters.

2 July