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Jon Jackson / Newsweek
2024-04-26T18:48:58.570311-07:00 D

Ukraine to receive expedited delivery of F-16s

Belgium said they are working on supplying Ukraine with F-16s before the end of 2024.


Guy Norris / Aviation Week
2024-04-26T17:55:32.224300-07:00 D

Piasecki Smuggler UAV Breaks Cover. The UAV “is a vehicle that is designed to provide logistics to small units operating in dispersed environment

Piasecki Aircraft has unveiled a small air-launched UAV designed to glide autonomously from altitude and deliver logistics payloads.


Guy Norris / Aviation Week
2024-04-26T17:39:21.819061-07:00 D

Leonardo Pushes Th-73 Helo For Wider U.S. Basic Training Roles

Leonardo diverted the latest new-build TH-73A Thrasher training helicopter for the U.S. Navy for display at the Army Aviation Association of America summit.


Cal Biesecker / Defense Daily
2024-04-26T09:36:23.553649-07:00 D

L3Harris’ Earnings Down In First Quarter On Non-Operating Items

L3Harris Technologies last Thursday posted a steep decline in net income due to ongoing efficiency efforts combined with one-time costs related to an.

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Brian Everstine / Aviation Week
2024-04-26T13:28:31.625659-07:00 D

New Bell V-280 Valor Model Shows FLRAA Design Evolving

An updated model of the Bell V-280 shows that the Future Long Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) design is evolving from the demonstrator that won the competition.


Guy Norris / Aviation Week
2024-04-26T16:44:11.766061-07:00 D

Uncrewed Airbus Lakota Marine Logistics Bid May Spur US Army Role

Airbus is proposing an uncrewed logistics version of the UH-72B Lakota.


The Trentonian / trentonian.com
2024-04-26T19:57:32.842324-07:00 D

Demolition of Naval Air Propulsion Base in Ewing New Jersey underway

EWING — Demolition started on the decommissioned United States Naval Air Propulsion Center. This marks a step towards revitalizing Ewing’s landscape. The site will make way for industrial inn….


Joseph Trevithick / The War Zone
2024-04-26T14:28:17.643189-07:00 D

XQ-67 Confirmed To Be A Prototype For General Atomics' Collaborative Combat Aircraft Design

The XQ-67 gives General Atomics a demonstrator that is already flying as competition to build Collaborative Combat Aircraft heats up.


Unshin Harpley / Air & Space Forces Mag
2024-04-26T13:43:54.080778-07:00 D

US Air Force F-15Es and A-10s Join Red Flag-Like Exercise on Arabian Peninsula

U.S. Air Force F-15Es and A-10s are participating in the Desert Flag exercise hosted by United Arab Emirates that started April 21.


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