DefenceTalkWRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio: A KC-46A Pegasus tanker (EMD-2) made history with its first flight Sept. 25 from Paine Field in Everett, Washington, landing a few hours later at Boeing Field in Seattle. “The KC-46A will provide critical refueling capacity and enhanced capabilities to the warfighter,” said Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James. “This […]https://www.defencetalk.com/kc-46a-tanker-completes-successful-first-flight-65497/

DefenceTalkUSSOCOM has awarded Polaris Defense a new, sole source, firm-fixed-price contract for the MRZR off-road vehicle platform and vehicle delivery started earlier this month. The $83 million, five year, indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract, signed in July, continues delivery order options on MRZR 2 and MRZR 4 vehicles – along with contractor logistics support […]https://www.defencetalk.com/polaris-delivering-off-road-vehicles-to-ussocom-65198/

DefenceTalkIndonesian Air Force Chief of Staff, Air Marshal Agus Supriatna, revealed that he has conducted a study to replace Hercules aircraft with new transport aircraft. “We have conducted a study to replace C-130 Hercules aircraft with the new ones either from France, the United States, or Russia, but the replacement depends on the government,” Supriatna […]https://www.defencetalk.com/indonesian-air-force-plans-to-replace-c-130-hercules-64859/

DefenceTalkThe Ministry of Defence is pleased to announce it has taken delivery of its third A400M Atlas aircraft which has flown back to the UK. The next-generation transport aircraft took off from the assembly plant in Seville, Spain, and landed at its new home at RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire last night following the two […]https://www.defencetalk.com/latest-a400m-transport-aircraft-is-delivered-to-the-royal-air-force-64821/

DefenceTalkChief of Air Force, Air Marshal Geoff Brown, AO, welcomed the first RAAF C-27J Spartan battlefield airlift aircraft in Australia at a ceremony at RAAF Base Richmond today. The acquisition of the C-27J Spartan will fill a gap in Australia’s military capability for tactical fixed wing airlift, which has been left open since the retirement […]https://www.defencetalk.com/first-raaf-c-27j-spartan-arrives-in-australia-64756/

DefenceTalkKABUL, Afghanistan: A C-130 Hercules touched down at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan, June 20, bringing expanded flight capabilities to the Afghan Air Force. After a weeklong journey beginning at Little Rock Air Force Base in Arkansas, the arrival of the C-130 in Afghanistan’s capital city illustrates a partnership that will provide increased tactical […]https://www.defencetalk.com/fourth-c-130-touches-down-in-kabul-expands-afghan-air-force-capabilities-64641/

DefenceTalkPARIS: Looking at India as its key focus market, Russia’s United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) has asked its Indian partner to speed up the design work for their joint production of the Multi-role Transport Airplanes (MTAs). UAC chief Yuri Slyusar also said that India has agreed to install the Russian PS-90 engines on the MTAs which […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russias-uac-asks-hal-to-speed-up-joint-aircraft-project-64606/

DefenceTalkFrance: Airbus Defence and Space is about to recommence deliveries of Airbus A400M aircraft following the lifting of all remaining flight restrictions on new production aircraft by Spanish regulator DGAM yesterday. As a result, all A400Ms are now cleared for flight provided they have undergone the checks specified by the manufacturer in the Alert Operator […]https://www.defencetalk.com/airbus-resumes-a400m-deliveries-64608/

DefenceTalkEuropean aircraft maker Airbus believes the United States will be the biggest customer for its A400M military transport plane, despite a fatal crash involving one of them during a test flight last month. “By the next decade at the latest, the US armed forces will be the biggest customer for the aircraft,” Airbus chief executive […]https://www.defencetalk.com/airbus-says-us-to-be-biggest-customer-for-a400m-military-plane-64498/

DefenceTalkSpain on Thursday said test flights of Airbus A400M military planes that have already rolled off the assembly line could resume, after suspending them in May following a crash that killed four people. Airbus executives met with Spain’s National Institute of Aerospace Technology on Thursday to discuss resuming flights after one of the massive transport […]https://www.defencetalk.com/spain-allows-a400m-test-flights-to-resume-after-deadly-crash-64472/