Tuesday, June 23
News items
- Sikorsky develops Black Hawk upgrade kits for rapid combat role changes
- Underground bunker network preserves majority of Iran air force
- UK awards Boeing Apache and Chinook support contract worth $1.1 billion
- UK announces largest-ever drone package for Ukraine
- B-21 stealth bomber completes aerial refueling test with KC-135
- Japanese startup develops Shiraha drone for under $450 per unit
- Ukraine strikes Russian petrochemical plant with long-range drones
- How Munich matters: Lufthansa’s southern hub
- Bombardier Celebrates Valued Customer Vista’s First Global 8000 Aircraft
- Satellite images confirm damage at Russia’s Su-57 plant
- Textron wins $150M deal to sustain T-6 Texan II fleet
- Northrop Grumman and U.S. Air Force push Sentinel toward 2027 first flight
- DFA Systems to test ‘flying grenade’ during Nevada range demo
- Rheinmetall launches joint venture with Destinus for cruise missile output
- Turkish jet drone optical sensor detects target at 110 km
- Turkish firm ASELSAN launches serial production of guided bomb kits
- Japan buys drones to replace Apache fleet
- U.S. Air Force expands KC-135 Stratotanker fleet at Eielson to boost Arctic refueling power
- Fire catches Russia’s only Su-57 production plant in Komsomolsk-on-Amur
- Turnarounds – the low cost pilot’s perspective
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