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France Orders Three Additional A330 to Modify to MRTT Tankers
Florence Parly, Minister of the Armed Forces, welcomes the order by the General Directorate of Armaments (DGA) on August 25, 2020 of three Airbus A330 aircraft as part of the government plan to suppor

Greece Denies NATO Sec-Gen Statement on De-Confliction Agreement
Greece denied that talks on de-escalating tensions with Turkey are planned, just hours after NATO announced a deal. Hopes for a breakthrough in quelling the rising tensions in the eastern Mediterra

Incoming US Air Force Chief Outlines Strategic Priorities
ARLINGTON, Va. --- In his first major pronouncement as Air Force Chief of Staff, Gen. Charles Q. Brown, Jr., declared Aug. 31 that the service must go fast, must collaborate more effectively with Cong

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France Orders Three Additional A330 to Modify to MRTT Tankers
Florence Parly, Minister of the Armed Forces, welcomes the order by the General Directorate of Armaments (DGA) on August 25, 2020 of three Airbus A330 aircraft as part of the government plan to suppor...

Greece Denies NATO Sec-Gen Statement on De-Confliction Agreement
Greece denied that talks on de-escalating tensions with Turkey are planned, just hours after NATO announced a deal. Hopes for a breakthrough in quelling the rising tensions in the eastern Mediterra...

Incoming US Air Force Chief Outlines Strategic Priorities
ARLINGTON, Va. --- In his first major pronouncement as Air Force Chief of Staff, Gen. Charles Q. Brown, Jr., declared Aug. 31 that the service must go fast, must collaborate more effectively with Cong...

France Deploys Latest Rafale F3.R Variants to Middle East
Beyond the visit of the Minister of the Armed Forces to the Levant and air activity in support of Operation Inherent Resolve, the news will have been marked by the arrival on the theater of the Rafale...

US Navy Inaugurates New Naval Support Base in Poland
REDZIKOWO, Poland --– The Navy’s newest shore installation, Naval Support Facility (NSF) Redzikowo, was officially commissioned on Sept. 3 at a ceremony in front of U.S. and Polish dignitaries. The...

US Army Awards $164M Order for AH-64E Mast-Mounted Sights
Longbow Limited, Orlando, Florida, was awarded a $164,606,754 firm-fixed-price contract for AH-64E helicopter mast mounted assembly/radar electronics units. Bids were solicited via the internet w...

US, Qatari Air Force Generals Discuss F-15QA, Rafale Fighters
AL UDEID Air Base, Qatar --- U.S. Air Forces Central Command conducted a bi-lateral key leader engagement known as the Qatar-AFCENT Friendship Event Aug. 23-24, 2020, at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. T...

Canada Begins NATO Air Policing Mission in Romania
OTTAWA --- Today, the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) Air Task Force – Romania (ATF-Romania) received their readiness certification from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) during a certificatio...

Chinese Navy Cruisers May Be First to Get Ballistic Missiles
A Department of Defense report suggests that the Chinese Navy, formally known as the PLAN (People’s Liberation Army Navy), may put anti-ship ballistic missiles (ASBMs) on its new cruisers. These are t...

KAI Announces Final Assembly of KF-X Prototype
Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. (KAI) announced that final assembly of KF-X prototype is now launched from 1st September. Final assembly means to put forward/middle/rear fuselage and main wing/empenna...

Romaero to Support Future Black Hawk Helicopters in Romania
A new Maintenance Repair and Overhaul (MRO) facility for civil and military Black Hawk helicopters is set to be created in Romania, further contributing to the country’s aerospace industry and providi...

Embraer Cuts 900 Jobs As Covid-19, Failed Boeing Deal Bite
SÃO JOSÉ DOS CAMPOS, Brazil --- Embraer announced today a 4,5% adjustment to its global workforce, which corresponds to approximately 900 employees in Brazil. The measure stems from the impacts caused...

GA-ASI Demos High-Power Computing with Agile Condor Pod on MQ-9
SAN DIEGO --- General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI), with the support of SRC Inc., successfully integrated and flew the Air Force Research Laboratory’s (AFRL) Agile Condor Pod on an MQ-9...

Indian and Russian Navies Begin Indra Exercise
The 11th edition of exercise INDRA NAVY, a biennial bilateral maritime exercise between Indian Navy and Russian Navy is scheduled in the Bay of Bengal from 04 to 05 September 2020. Initiated in 20...

GE, TAE to Support US Navy F414 Engines in Australia
BRISBANE, Australia –-- GE Aviation and TAE Aerospace will support advanced engine work in Australia for the United States Navy’s fleet of F414 engines. Under the GE Total Logistics Support program...

Austal Delivers 12th Expeditionary Fast Transport to US Navy
MOBILE, Ala. --- The U.S. Navy accepted delivery of the twelfth Expeditionary Fast Transport (EPF) vessel, USNS Newport (T-EPF 12), Sep. 2. EPFs are designed to operate in shallow waterways and are...

Airbus Unit Satair Takes Over A220 Material Management Services
TOULOUSE, France --- Airbus Canada Limited Partnership has officially transferred the overall A220 material management services offer to Satair, as part of the programme integration into Airbus. S...

NASSCO Lays Keel for Second T-AO Replenishment Ship
SAN DIEGO --- The keel for the future USNS Harvey Milk (T-AO 206), the Navy's second John Lewis-class fleet replenishment oiler, was laid at General Dynamics National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (G...

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