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Further Gripen fighter purchases for Brazil were discussed at the start of the program, but now serious evaluations are getting under way.

Belgium’s decision to increase its usage of the MMF tanker/transport fleet has driven the procurement of a further A330 to bring the fleet to 10.

Airbus's Auto’Mate technology successfully guided a series of drones to a pre-contact refueling position behind a tanker.

A dozen FA-50GFs are being delivered ahead of the full-spec FA-50PL to provide a replacement for Poland’s MiG-29s.

General Atomics' MQ-9B drones will help the U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command develop a beyond-the-horizon power projection capability.

The engine-maker is expecting to deliver more than 600 F130 turbofans to re-engine the USAF’s entire B-52H fleet.

The Boeing 737 AEW&C/E-7A has been selected to replace the USAF’s long-serving E-3A Sentry in the airborne warning and control role.

The first two-seater version of the Korean fighter to fly is the fourth of six developmental aircraft.

The new T-54A twin turboprop aircraft is based on the King Air 260, and will replace the T-44C, an earlier King Air derivative.

Repositioning and retrieving aircraft is one of the tasks that the CH-53K military helicopter will perform in its operational life.

The Middle East nation's air force has operated Fighting Falcon fighters for many years, and is now refreshing the fleet with AESA-equipped aircraft.

The French multi-role fighter has emerged as Colombia’s preferred solution to replace its aging Israeli fighters.

The upgrade has been planned for a decade, but initially delayed on cost grounds, and will now expand the fleet in terms of both capability and numbers.

The launch was the first inflight test of remote carrier technology destined for the Future Combat Air System.

Growing industrial cooperation between the two future fighter teams has led to a more formal collaborative approach between the Tempest and F-X programs.

The order for new transport aircraft will increase Brunei’s ability to not only conduct airlift missions, but also other roles such as search and rescue.

The four P-8As on order will replace the long-serving Lockheed Orions of No. 5 Squadron.

Although superficially similar to the B-2, the B-21 bomber benefits from four decades of advances in systems, manufacturing, and low-observable technology.

Production of the F-16 has moved to Lockheed Martin's new South Carolina location to free up capacity for F-35 assembly line at Fort Worth in Texas.

Beechcraft has handed over the first examples of its T-6C turboprop trainer to its most recent military customers—Tunisia and Thailand.

The replacement and expansion of the Super Hercules fleet with a greater number of the same type represents a cost-effective, low-risk approach.

The Koninjklijke Luchtmacht’s Apache fleet is being overhauled with the delivery of remanufactured AH-64Ds.

MQ-9A Reapers are being leased from General Atomics to fill a capability gap ahead of Poland’s planned acquisition of RPAs under the Zefir project.

The podded system is aimed at the Luftwaffe’s requirement to outfit Eurofighter Typhoons for the electronic attack role.

The primary flight trainer that produces pilots for the U.S. Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps has also passed five million flying hours.

Six civilian-standard helicopters are being taken into service by the Marine Nationale in advance of the first deliveries of militarized H160Ms.

The high-altitude, long-endurance uncrewed aircraft will operate on maritime surveillance duties alongside crewed P-8A Poseidons.

If all the planned 96 AH-64Es are purchased it will make the Polish army the second biggest Apache operator after the U.S. Army.

Military certification of fire-fighting equipment will add another capability to the multi-role medium airlifter.

The Gripen E program is now into the serial production phase, while work progresses at pace to bring the aircraft into operation.