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The US has announced it will withdraw from Open Skies Treaty, a major accord that permits unarmed aerial surveillance flights over dozens of participating countries.
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MAY 2020 news
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The Nigerian Air Force will take delivery of its JF-17 Thunder fighter jets in November 2020, according to the Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar.
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The UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) will upgrade to Leonardo’s latest Osprey radar to support missions such as search and rescue, border protection, fishery and pollution patrols. The Osprey 30 radar will be installed on-board the two customised Beechcraft King Air aircraft provided to the UK MCA by UK-based aviation services company 2Excel.
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Zala Aero has developed a new multipurpose VTOL unmanned aerial vehicle ZALA 421-16EV
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The Belarusian military has received four repaired Sukhoi Su-25 (NATO reporting name: Frogfoot-A) close air support (CAS) aircraft, according to the country’s State Committee for Military Industry (Goskomvoenprom, GKVP).
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The U.S. Air Force has issued a broad agency announcement to seek technical proposals for a potential $400M program that aims to advance prototyping and experimentation work on Skyborg unmanned air vehicles. The US Air Force’s (USAF) project Skyborg aims to address this cost risk by replacing some of these expensive fighter jets with more affordable unmanned combat aerial vehicles (UCAVs) acting as unmanned wingmen.
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Israeli company RAFAEL Advanced Defense Systems announced on May 21, 2020, that it has been awarded a contract to supply 5th generation Litening and RecceLite airborne electro-optical systems for installation on a combat platform of an undisclosed air force.
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Saab has extended its support and maintenance agreement with the Swedish Armed Forces regarding the SK60 trainer aircraft, which is used for pilot training. The contract is valid from 1 July 2020 up to 2025, with 2026 as an optional year. The initial order value amounts to MSEK 875.
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Aircraft representing the air forces of more than 10 countries took part in the Red Flag combat training exercise at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada, US between 8 and 20 March.
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The “Greyhawks” of Airborne Command & Control Squadron (VAW) 120 successfully conducted the first fleet aerial refueling dry-plug certification between an E-2D Advanced Hawkeye and an F/A-18F Super Hornet - from Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 211, May 11.
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Waymon Armstrong, CEO/president, announced that the U.S Army Program Executive Office – Aviation (PEO Aviation) Project Manager Apache (PM Apache) office has awarded Engineering & Computer Simulations (ECS) a contract extension for additional upgrades to its aviation maintenance training and modernization programs. Jeff Huber, Vice President of Operations, Huntsville, will continue leading this project from the ECS Huntsville office.
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Canadian Commercial Corp., Ottawa, Canada, has been awarded a $44,473,960 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for the installation of the Block Upgrade 7.0/8.1 kits into C-130J cargo aircraft.
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On 18 May, French Defense Minister Florence Parly, published on her Twitter account that, after testing, the French Airbus A400M Atlas transport aircraft is cleared to drop paratroopers through a side door. Dropping through the rear ramp was already validated.
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According to news published by the NATO website on May 14, 2020, NATO’s Multinational MRTT (Multi Role Tanker Transport) Fleet (MMF) will take delivery of its first two A330 MRTT tanker aircraft next month. The handover of the first two aircraft to the Main Operating Base in Eindhoven is scheduled to start next month.
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According to a statement of the French Ministry of Defense released on April 28, 2020, the French fighter aircraft Rafale deployed in the Middle East in the fight against Daesh are now equipped with the RECO-NG, a long-range high-resolution reconnaissance pod designed to provide intelligence imagery.
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The 9th EBS Expeditionary Bomb Squadron with B-1B Lancer Supersonic strategic heavy bomber, and other units assigned to the 7th Bomb Wing of Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, are deployed to Guam as part of a Bomber Task Force to support Indo-Pacific Command.
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Turkey has conducted a successful test of its indigenously-developed HGK-84 LAB laser-guided bomb (LGB), the country’s Ministry of National Defence announced.
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BAE Systems awarded $26.7 million for modification and installation of electronic countermeasures aboard KC-130J aircraft.
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According to Sputnik, Russia's fifth-generation Su-57 fighter jet is working on the use of an unpiloted mode during tests.
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Saab has signed a contract and received an order for the Airborne Early Warning and Control solution Saab 2000 Erieye AEW&C. The order value is 1.553 billion SEK.
