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70 years in the skies – Patrouille de France

27 September 2023 Jacek Domański

This year, the most famous French aerobatics team Patrouille de France, celebrates its significant anniversary – 70 years since the team was officially established and adopted the current name. However, the beginning of the French […]

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Winner 2023 – live-fire exercise in Serbia

20 September 2023 Jacek Domański

Combat aircraft of the Serbian Air Force and Air Defence recently participated in a tactical, live-fire exercise codenamed ´Winner 2023´ (Победник 2023), organized by the 4th Army Brigade of the Serbian armed forces. For ten […]

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Boeing hypersonic interceptor for DARPA Glide Breaker programme

18 September 2023 Jacek Domański

Last week, Boeing annouced that the company was awarded the contract to develop and test technologies for a hypersonic interceptor prototype within the Glide Breaker programme led by Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). The […]

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Portugal to acquire German P-3C Orion aircraft

4 September 2023 Jacek Domański

On 30th August 2023, the Portuguese Council of Ministers (Presidência do Conselho de Ministros) issued the resolution No. 102/2023, authorizing the Portuguese Air Force (Força Aérea Portuguesa) to buy six P-3C Orion maritime patrol aircraft […]

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Indonesia looks towards F-15EX

29 August 2023 Jacek Domański

On 21st August 2023, the Republic of Indonesia and the Boeing company signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with regards to future sale of twenty-four F-15EX aircraft. The MoU was concluded at one of Boeing´s […]

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JetZero Inc. selected for further development of blended wing body aircraft

29 August 2023 Kacper Kolibowski

On 16th August 2023, the United States Air Force announced on its website that JetZero Inc. has been selected by the Department of the Air Force for the next phase of a blended wing body […]

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Serbian MoD in Egypt – another step towards Rafale acquirement?

21 August 2023 Jacek Domański

At the beginning of August 2023, the Serbian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence Miloš Vučević paid an official visit in the Arab Republic of Egypt. During that visit, the Serbian MoD and his […]

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European armed forces help Slovenia after deadly flooding

15 August 2023 Jacek Domański

Two weeks ago, massive floods caused by heavy rainfall hit Slovenia. According to the local authorities, the country is currently facing the worst natural disaster in the history of independent Slovenia, affecting two-thirds of the […]

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Rapid Viking over Iceland

14 August 2023 Jacek Domański

10th August 2023 marked conclusion of German Air Force ´lean and mean´ exercise over Iceland. For two weeks, six Eurofighters from the 73rd Tactical Air Wing were deployed to Keflavik Air Base within a training […]

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Canada awards Airbus a contract for new strategic tankers

6 August 2023 Jacek Domański

On 25th July 2023, the Government of Canada officially announced that the country awarded Airbus Space and Defence S.A. the contract for nine aircraft within the Canadian Strategic Tanker Transport Capability (STTC) programme. The contract […]

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