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Mar- 2023 -

6 March

Air

Bell, Pratt & Whitney to Collaborate on US Air Force High-Speed VTOL

Bell Textron has announced a collaboration with Pratt & Whitney on the US Air Force High-Speed Vertical Takeoff and Landing program.

6 March

Air

On the 01 Mar 23 a Memorandum of Understanding and Implementing Arrangement was signed to facilitate the delivery of two new PAC-750XL aircraft to the Papua and New Guinea Defence Force in 2023.

Rojoef Manuel

Australia to Supply Two PAC-750XL Aircraft to Papua New Guinea

Australia signed an agreement to deliver two PAC-750XL take-off and landing utility aircraft for the Papua New Guinea Defence Force.

4 March

Air

A B-52H strategic bomber equipped with the AGM-86 variant Air-Launched Cruise Missile

Rojoef Manuel

Rolls-Royce Testing New Engine for US Air Force B-52 Bomber Fleet

Rolls-Royce has begun testing its F130 engine that will replace the existing engines in the US Air Force’s B-52 Stratofortress bomber fleet.

2 March

Air

Rojoef Manuel

Embraer to Provide Support Services for Philippine Super Tucano Fleet

Aerospace company Embraer has signed a support services agreement for the Philippine Air Force’s A-29 Super Tucano light attack fleet.

2 March

Americas

A U.S. Navy E-2D Advanced Hawkeye with Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron (VAW) 125, lands at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Feb. 2, 2017. VAW-125 arrived at MCAS Iwakuni from Naval Station Norfolk, Va. The E-2D Advanced Hawkeye is equipped with the most advanced airborne radar in the world, possessing systems which increase the capabilities to defend Japan and provide security in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Aaron Henson)

Rojoef Manuel

US Navy Delivers First Aircrew Procedures Trainer to Carrier Pilots in Japan

The US Navy has delivered the first aircrew procedures trainer to the Marine Corps Air Station in Iwakuni, Japan.

1 March

Air

Joe Saballa

Boeing, Lockheed, Leonardo Compete for Australia’s Advanced Jet Trainer

Boeing is competing with two other defense giants for the Royal Australian Air Force's next-generation fighter trainer aircraft.

1 March

Air

F-35B Lightning II aircraft attached to Marine Operational Test and Evaluation Squadron 1 takes off aboard amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli

Rojoef Manuel

Singapore to Buy Eight More F-35B Fighters From Lockheed Martin

Singapore has exercised an option to acquire eight additional F-35B Lightning II Fighter multirole combat aircraft from Lockheed Martin.

Feb- 2023 -

28 February

Asia Pacific

Joe Saballa

BAE Systems Introduces Australia’s First Homegrown Hybrid Drone ‘STRIX’

BAE Systems has unveiled Australia’s first domestically-made hybrid unmanned aerial system, dubbed the “STRIX.”

27 February

Air

An F/A-18E Super Hornet, assigned to the “Tomcatters” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 31, approaches the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) April 5, 2021

Joe Saballa

Boeing to Stop Producing F/A-18 Super Hornets by 2025

Boeing has announced that it will no longer produce the F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter aircraft beginning in late 2025.

26 February

Air

Staff Writer With AFP

Russian A-50 Surveillance Plane Destroyed at Belarus Airstrip: Opposition

Belarus' exiled opposition said that partisans had destroyed a Russian A-50 surveillance plane at an airstrip near the capital Minsk.

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