Malaysia has expressed its willingness to purchase military equipment from Turkey, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim says. Anwar said prior to this, some of Malaysia’s military equipment had been purchased from South Korea. Continue reading
2nd Special Operations Squadron Awarded RPA Squadron of the Year
The Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies and General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) presented the 2022 Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) Squadron of the Year Award to the 2nd Special Operations Squadron (SOS) at a special ceremony at the Air Force Association’s Air, Space & Cyber Conference on Sept. 11, 2023. Continue reading
Red Cat to Supply US Customs and Border Protection with 106 Teal 2 Drone Systems
Red Cat Holdings, Inc. announced that subsidiary Teal Drones has signed $1.8 million in contracts with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to provide Teal 2 systems to U.S. Border Patrol. Continue reading
BAE System’s FalconWorks Celebrates Progress in Combat Air Research
FalconWorks, the combat air research facility under BAE Systems, is marking achievements two months after its inception. Continue reading
NATO Flies Phoenix UAV Along Finnish-Russian Border for First Time
NATO has flown its Northrop Grumman RQ-4D Phoenix high-altitude long-endurance (HALE) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) along the Finnish-Russian border for the first time. Continue reading
FAA Revises UAS Safety Risk Managment Policy
The FAA has revised its national policy order that manages applicants’ requests to operate unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and how safety risk management (SRM) assessments are performed. Continue reading
A-10 Pilot’s Compelling Case for Replacing Warthogs with Super Hornets
The U.S. Air Force wants to retire the A-10 Warthog, an aircraft I have flown for years around the globe, by the end of the decade. While many may think all of us in the A-10 community want to hold onto our beloved mount for dear life, that isn’t necessarily the case. Continue reading
Hitachi Rail Files Merger Notification with European Commission for Acquisition of Thales Ground Transportation Systems Business
Hitachi Rail has refiled its merger notification with the European Commission, formally restarting the merger clearance process for the acquisition of Thales’s Ground Transportation Systems (GTS) in the European Union. Continue reading