Category -- Air -- The Defense Post

Aug- 2024 -

7 August

NATO, Raytheon to Supply Patriot Missiles for Germany

The NATO Support and Procurement Agency has awarded Raytheon a $478-million contract to deliver Patriot Guidance Enhanced Missiles to Germany.

7 August

Rojoef Manuel

Colorado Firm to Provide Propulsion Subsystem for Lockheed’s Next Generation Interceptor

Lockheed Martin has selected Voyager Space to provide a propulsion subsystem for the US Missile Defense Agency’s Next Generation Interceptor.

7 August

Inder Singh Bisht

Netherlands Installs Upgraded GM400 Radar for Airspace Monitoring

The Netherlands has installed a new Ground Master 400 Alpha (GM400α) radar at its Nieuw Milligen radar station in Gelderland.

7 August

Joe Saballa

Boeing Delivers First MH-139A Grey Wolf Production Helo to US Air Force

The US Air Force has taken delivery of its first MH-139A Grey Wolf multi-role helicopter produced under a low-rate initial production contract awarded to Boeing.

7 August

Staff Writer With AFP

Philippines Holds Joint Patrols With US, Canada, Australia

The Philippines launched two days of joint sea and air exercises with the US, Canada, and Australia, as Beijing presses its territorial claim over the South China Sea.

6 August

Joe Saballa

Ukraine Needs to Destroy Russian Air Defenses to Use F-16s: Think Tank

The Ukrainian military will need to neutralize Russian air defense systems from the rear in order to use Western-supplied F-16 fighter jets.

6 August

From left: Darrell Phillipson, director, Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, Materials and Manufacturing Directorate; Dr. Sean Donegan, Digital Manufacturing Research Team lead; Timothy Sakulich, AFRL executive director; and Dr. Charles Ormsby, Manufacturing, Industrial Technologies and Energy division chief observe as Boston Dynamics robot Astro cuts a ceremonial ribbon, officially opening the new Collaborative Automation for Manufacturing Systems Laboratory at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, July 23, 2024. (U.S. Air Force photo / Sarah Perez)

Rojoef Manuel

US Air Force Launches Collaborative Manufacturing Research Laboratory in Ohio

The US Air Force Research Laboratory has opened a Collaborative Automation for Manufacturing Systems facility in Ohio.

6 August

MQ-20 Avenger, Sabreliner jet, and F-5 Advanced Tigers.

Inder Singh Bisht

MQ-20 to Play Adversary Aircraft in Pentagon Training Program

General Atomics has been contracted to turn a pair of MQ-20 Avenger drones into surrogate adversary autonomous aircraft for a Pentagon training program.

6 August

US Marines fire against terrorists operating in Fallujah, Iraq

Staff Writer With AFP

US Personnel Injured in Rocket Attack on Iraq Base

A rocket attack on a base in Iraq wounded multiple US personnel, officials said, adding to already heightened regional tensions over an expected Iranian counterattack on Israel.

5 August