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The light attack aircraft are being procured as part of a build-up of attack assets to counter extremist forces in the north of the country.
The delivery of the aircraft to the San Diego Air and Space Museum brings the flying career of the S-3 to a close after nearly 50 years.
The first of five P-8A Poseidons is scheduled to take to the air for the first time before the end of July.
U.S. suppliers have beaten European competitors in Switzerland's Air 2030 program for new fighters and an air defense system.
Bell is retiring its V-280 tiltrotor demonstrator to focus on the Army's next phase of future vertical lift competition.
The U.S. is happy to sell F-16s to the Philippines, but the price may be too high for Manila.
Parliamentary approval of the 2022 defense budget clears the path for development of the FCAS next-generation air combat system.
With its latest order the RAF becomes the first export customer for the Block II version of Boeing's Chinook helicopter.
The IFR-certificated version of the AW119Kx will replace the Bell TH-57 as the Navy’s undergraduate rotary-wing trainer.
In a ceremony yesterday at its U.S. headquarters in Philadelphia, Leonardo Helicopters delivered the first TH-73A training helicopter to the U.S. Navy.
