Category -- Air -- The Defense Post

Sep- 2024 -

23 September

Japan Protests Airspace ‘Violation’ by Russian Patrol Plane

Japan lodged a "very serious protest" with Moscow after a Russian patrol plane entered its airspace three times, the defense minister said, calling it the first confirmed incursion since 2019.

23 September

Rojoef Manuel

Boeing Completes Maiden Flight of Future British Wedgetail Early Warning Aircraft

Boeing has completed the initial flight of the UK Royal Air Force’s future E-7 Wedgetail early warning aircraft at Birmingham Airport.

23 September

Joe Saballa

Saab Concludes GlobalEye Early Warning Aircraft Deliveries to UAE

The UAE Air Force has taken delivery of its fifth and final GlobalEye Airborne Early Warning and Control aircraft ordered from Saab.

23 September

Joe Saballa

Lockheed Braces for First Sea-Launched JAGM Missile Test

Lockheed Martin plans to conduct the first-ever sea-launched trial of its Joint Air-to-Ground Missile next year.

23 September

Giulia Bernacchi

US Considers Sending AGM-154 Glide Weapon for Ukraine’s F-16s

The US may soon send AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapon medium-range missiles to Ukraine as part of a $375 million military aid package.

23 September

Rojoef Manuel

Japan Announces More Funding for Next-Gen EW Aircraft Based on Kawasaki P-1

Japan is investing $288.2 million to develop an electronic warfare aircraft based on the Kawasaki P-1 for the Maritime Self-Defense Force.

20 September

Joe Saballa

Northrop Stepping Up B-21 Stealth Bomber Testing, Production

Northrop Grumman has announced a significant stride in the flight-testing and production of the US Air Force’s futuristic B-21 Raider.

20 September

Christine Casimiro

AFSOC to Deploy CV-22 Ospreys Soon After Grounding Fleet

The Air Force Special Operations Command has announced it will deploy some of its fleet of CV-22 Osprey aircraft in a few weeks for counter-terrorism ops.

20 September