13 March 2023
by Zach Rosenberg
The USAF has requested to divest a total of 310 aircraft and helicopters during fiscal year (FY) 2024, including the last remaining Boeing KC-10 tankers and the first block of F-22s.
The USAF aims to retire all 24 KC-10s, ending the type's run as the USAF's largest air-to-air tanker. The aircraft will be replaced by the Boeing KC-46. Though smaller and capable of passing less fuel to receivers, the KC-46 is meant to serve as a bridge tanker until the planned introduction of the Next-Generation Air-refueling System (NGAS) in the 2030s.
29 March 2024
by Akhil Kadidal
The Japan MoD has disclosed two airborne ELINT flights by Chinese PLA aircraft near Japanese airspace on 26 and 27 March 2024. (Japan Ministry of Defense/Janes)
A Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Guizhou WZ-7 Xianglong (Soaring Dragon) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) was observed near Japanese airspace over the Sea of Japan (East Sea) for the first time.
This high-altitude long-endurance (HALE) UAV appeared from the direction of the “continental area” on “the morning of 26 March 2024”, the Japan Ministry of Defense (MoD) said.
29 March 2024
by Oishee Majumdar
In a recent demonstration to the ADF, Fleet Space Technologies applied the Beagle waveform technology to deliver push-to-talk capabilities using its Centauri 4 LEO satellite (pictured). (Fleet Space Technologies)
South Australia-based Fleet Space Technologies has used communications waveform technology Beagle to demonstrate satellite-enabled push-to-talk (PTT) capabilities to the Australian Defence Force (ADF).
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28 March 2024
by Yaakov Lappin & Jeremy Binnie
Oron arriving at Nevatim Air Base in April 2023. (Israeli Air Force)
The Oron intelligence-gathering aircraft is carrying out missions in support of Operation ‘Iron Swords' against Hamas in the Gaza Strip, the Israel Ministry of Defense (MoD) announced on 26 March.
“The aircraft became operational quickly for use in Operation ‘Iron Swords' and has already recorded hundreds of operational flight hours and close to 100 sorties,” the MoD said in a statement.
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