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24 July

Canadian Army Buys 90 Light Tactical Vehicles

Ottawa has awarded GM Defense a contract to deliver 90 Light Tactical Vehicles in personnel and cargo variants for the Canadian Army.

24 July

A 12th Maintenance Group aircraft maintenance technician signals to the pilots of the T-1 Jayhawk during the last 99th Flying Training Squadron’s Pilot Instructor Training flight May 17, 2024, at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas. The Air Force is divesting the T-1 as a part of its ongoing realignment of Undergraduate Pilot Training. As the aircraft is divested, the units will transition to Air Mobility Fundamentals-Simulator training which will provide an efficient, medium-cost training program to learn required fundamentals and bridge the gap between training aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Sean Worrell)

Rojoef Manuel

US Air Force T-1 Jayhawk Trainer Jet Conducts Final Flight

The US Air Force has conducted the final flight of the T-1 Jayhawk trainer jet, marking the aircraft’s retirement after three decades.

24 July

Staff Writer With AFP

US Announces Sudan Ceasefire Talks

The United States announced that it had invited Sudan's warring sides to hold ceasefire talks in Switzerland next month.

23 July

Joe Saballa

Textron Debuts King Air 260 Military Trainer in Europe

Textron’s King Air 260 military trainer aircraft is making its much-awaited European debut at the Farnborough International Airshow in England.

23 July

Joe Saballa

Northrop Wins $1.5B E-2D Hawkeye Contract for US Navy, Japan

Northrop Grumman has received a $1.5-billion contract to deliver E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft to the US Navy and Japan.

23 July

Joe Saballa

US Unveils New Arctic Strategy With Eye on China, Russia

The US Department of Defense released its updated Arctic strategy with focus on the deployment of new technologies.

23 July

Staff Writer With AFP

US DoD Warns of China-Russia Cooperation in Arctic

The US Defense Department warned of increasing Russian-Chinese collaboration in the Arctic as climate change opens the region to greater competition over maritime routes and resources.

23 July

Inder Singh Bisht

Northrop Tests Next-Gen Electronic Warfare Suite on F-16

Northrop Grumman tested the F-16 next-generation electronic warfare suite in an anechoic chamber recently.

22 July

Inder Singh Bisht

US Navy’s SM-6 Missile Intercepts Target Using Army’s LTAMDS Radar

Raytheon has demonstrated a simulated missile interception using the US Army’s new missile defense radar and command and control system and the US Navy’s interceptor.

22 July