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Moldova Says Russian Missiles That Hit Ukraine Crossed Its Airspace
10OctAvatarBy Military SeriesNo Comments
News, Air

Moldova Says Russian Missiles That Hit Ukraine Crossed Its Airspace

Moldova said Monday that Russian cruise missiles targeting Ukraine had crossed its airspace, and summoned Moscow’s envoy to demand an explanation. “Three cruise missiles launched on Ukraine this morning from Russian ships in the Black Sea crossed Moldova’s airspace,” Foreign Minister Nicu Popescu said on Twitter. https://twitter.com/nicupopescu/status/1579403165476454402   “I instructed that Russia’s ambassador be summoned to provide an explanation.” Popescu expressed outrage at the many strikes carried out on Ukrainian cities on Monday, a day after Moscow blamed Ukraine for an explosion on a bridge connecting Crimea to Russia. “Appalled by multiple Russian rocket strikes on cities across Ukraine, including the capital Kyiv, striking civilian targets. Russia must stop killin...
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Drone crashes into Russian military airfield northeast of Ukraine, governor says
7OctAvatarBy Military SeriesNo Comments
Air

Drone crashes into Russian military airfield northeast of Ukraine, governor says

LONDON, Oct 7 (Reuters) - A drone has crashed into a military airfield in Russia's Kaluga region, just over 200 km (130 miles) northeast of Ukraine, the region's governor said on Friday. "Today there was an explosion at the Shaykovka military airfield in Kaluga region," governor Vladislav Shapsha wrote on Telegram. "A drone, presumably coming from the direction of the border, crashed," he said. "The airfield infrastructure and equipment were not damaged. There is no threat to operations."
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Avenger MQ-20A Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) to fly a military aircraft using an Artificially Intelligent (AI)
30SepAvatarBy Military SeriesNo Comments
Air, News

Avenger MQ-20A Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) to fly a military aircraft using an Artificially Intelligent (AI)

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) used a company-owned Avenger MQ-20A Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) to fly a military aircraft using an Artificially Intelligent (AI) pilot deployed on an operationally relevant, Open Mission Systems (OMS) software stack on September 12, 2022. The Avenger’s completely autonomous flight used an AI pilot for close to 30 minutes as a part of a cooperating live, virtual, and constructive UAS swarm. The flight was performed as part of GA-ASI’s ongoing commitment and investment into the development of advanced autonomy of AI and Machine Learning (ML) for UAS. The flight made use of GA-ASI’s novel Reinforcement Learning (RL) architecture to develop and validate an RL agent in an operationally relevant environment. RL agents provide a new and ...
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Bell’s High-Speed Vertical Takeoff and Landing (HSVTOL) aircraft
30SepAvatarBy Military SeriesNo Comments
Air Force, Air

Bell’s High-Speed Vertical Takeoff and Landing (HSVTOL) aircraft

Bell Textron Inc., a Textron Inc. company, announced on September 19, 2022 it has entered into a teaming agreement with Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC), a global aerospace and national security company, for Bell’s High-Speed Vertical Takeoff and Landing (HSVTOL) aircraft. As part of the collaboration, SNC will specifically support the design and development of mission systems for HSVTOL variants. Bell’s HSVTOL vehicles blend the hover capability of a helicopter with the speed, range and survivability features of fighter aircraft, with low downwash hover capability and jet-like speeds of more than 400 kts/460 mph/741 km/h. This family of scalable aircraft concepts is designed to carry out USAF and USSOCOM missions across the full spectrum of conflict and political scenarios, including pe...
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The Brazilian armed forces acquire 27 H125 helicopters
30SepAvatarBy Military SeriesNo Comments
Air, Armed Forces Branches

The Brazilian armed forces acquire 27 H125 helicopters

The Brazilian armed forces, through the Combat Aircraft Programme Coordinating Committee (COPAC), have acquired 27 single engine H125 helicopters to boost the training capacity of the Brazilian Navy and the Air Force. The H125 will be produced in the H125 final assembly line located in Itajubá, Brazil at Helibras’ factory where the H225Ms for the Brazilian armed forces are also assembled. These new helicopters will replace the ageing AS350 and Bell 206 helicopters currently in service with the Brazilian Air Force and the Brazilian Navy respectively. «This joint procurement contract represents the realisation of a project that will equip both the Brazilian Air Force and Navy with modern aircraft that will meet the needs of the Forces for the next 30 years», said Commander of the Air For...
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US approves F-16 equipment for Pakistan
10SepAvatarBy Military SeriesNo Comments
Air Force, Air

US approves F-16 equipment for Pakistan

The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Pakistan of F-16 Case for Sustainment and related equipment for an estimated cost of $450 million. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification notifying Congress of this possible sale today. The Government of Pakistan has requested to consolidate prior F-16 sustainment and support cases to support the Pakistan Air Force F-16 fleet by reducing duplicate case activities and adding additional continued support elements. Included are U.S. Government and contractor engineering, technical, and logistics services for follow-on support of Pakistan’s F-16 fleet to include: Participation in F-16 Aircraft Structural Integrity Program Electr...
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US Special Operations Command has selected AT-802U Sky Warded strike aircraft for its Armed Overwatch program
5SepAvatarBy Military SeriesNo Comments
Air, Special Forces

US Special Operations Command has selected AT-802U Sky Warded strike aircraft for its Armed Overwatch program

L3Harris Technologies has announced that U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) has selected AT-802U Sky Warded strike aircraft for its Armed Overwatch program. The company said in a release that the award of the Indefinite Quantity, Indefinite Delivery contract includes a cost ceiling of $3 billion. The program includes delivery of up to 75 manned, fixed wing aircraft, with an initial program contract award of $170 million. The fleet of modern multi-mission aircraft will address SOCOM’s need for a deployable, sustainable single-engine fixed-wing, crewed and affordable aircraft system. It will provide close air support, precision strike, armed intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR), strike coordination and forward air controller requirements for use in austere and permi...
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Australia procures 12 more MH-60R naval helicopters
5SepAvatarBy Military SeriesNo Comments
Air, Navy

Australia procures 12 more MH-60R naval helicopters

Lockheed Martin has been awarded a USD504 million contract by the US Naval Air Systems Command to supply Australia with 12 more MH-60R Seahawk maritime helicopters under the foreign military sales (FMS) process. Work on the contract will be fulfilled at three locations across the US and is expected to be completed by October 2026, according to an announcement from the US Department of Defense (DoD) on 29 August. The US Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) first disclosed in October 2021 that the US Department of State had approved the prospective sale of 12 MH-60R helicopters to Australia. The entire sale, which would presumably include a package for training, logistics support, and spares, is expected to cost about USD985 million. “This proposed sale will improve Australia’s ca...
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US State Department approves sale of UH-60Ms to Australia
5SepAvatarBy Military SeriesNo Comments
Air

US State Department approves sale of UH-60Ms to Australia

The US State Department has approved the possible sale of Sikorsky UH-60M Black Hawk Helicopters and related equipment to Australia under Foreign Military Sales (FMS). The estimated cost of the deal is AUD2.79 billion (USD1.95 billion). The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) delivered the required certification notifying the US Congress of this possible sale on 25 August. The DSCA said that the Australian government requested to buy 40 UH-60M and 88 T700-GE 701D engines (80 installed, with another eight as spares). Other major components of the proposed sale include 44 AN/AAR-57 Counter Missile Warning Systems (CMWS) (40 installed and four as spares), 96 H-764U embedded global positioning systems with inertial navigation (EGI) and Country Unique Selective Availability Anti-Sp...
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