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The US Air Force wants to speed up deliveries of the E-7 Wedgetail long-range radar detection aircraft. They will be a replacement for the E-3 Sentry.
The Ukrainian Defence Ministry has reported that the Ukrainian fleet of armoured vehicles has been expanded with new ones.
Raytheon Technologies, a US company, has been awarded a contract to manufacture and supply StormBreaker smart bombs. The customer is the US Air Force.
Germany has handed over Leopard 2 tanks to the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
The Polish government recently decided to hand over its MiG-29 fighter jets to the Ukrainian Armed Forces. As it turned out, Ukraine will not receive all the planes.
We recently wrote that North Macedonia had handed over Su-25 planes to the AFU and might send Ukraine Mi-24 helicopters. This information has now been confirmed.
The US Department of Defence has allocated additional funding for the production and support of Trident II (D5) missiles. This was officially announced on the Pentagon website.
The saga of the sale of Turkey's Generation 4++ F-16 Fighting Falcon fighters upgraded to Block 70/72 (Viper) seems never to end. The day before, the story got a sequel.
The United States and the Republic of Korea conducted a remote launcher exercise for the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system. The test took place on 25 March 2023.
This week saw the conclusion of Freedom Shield, a bilateral exercise involving US and South Korean forces. The B-1B Lancer supersonic bomber flights were covered, but other aircraft were also used.
Lockheed Martin has received additional funding to a previously awarded contract for F-35 Lightning II Lot 17 fighter jets. It was officially announced on the website of the US Department of Defence.
In December 2022, the US Air Force first tested a hypersonic missile combat prototype with a B-52H Stratofortress aircraft. The second test was completed a few days ago.
In early 2023, Canada officially announced the purchase of 88 F-35 Lightning II fifth-generation fighter jets. But to operate, the world's 7th largest country must invest in infrastructure upgrades.
The American RC-135V/W Rivet Joint strategic aircraft made its first flight in Finnish airspace. Such missions may become routine after Suomi is admitted to NATO.
US company Lockheed Martin has confirmed that it is working on a new weapons compartment layout for the fifth-generation F-35 Lightning II fighter. It is called the Sidekick.
