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August 14, 2026
On 12 August, at the facilities of Chile's Army Factories and Arsenals (FAMAE) in Talagante, the formal signing of the contract known as Artilleros II took place between…
Army Factories and Arsenals (Famae) and the Chilean Navy signed the formal contract Artillero II, whose main objective is the supply and maintenance of…
The US Army has awarded Collins Aerospace a contract worth up to US$472 million to provide engineering services supporting the modernisation and sustainment of its CH-47 Chinook fleet. The RTX…
The new version is still far from certification compared with its rugged predecessor, the Il-114-100. Nevertheless, a government official speaks of the first deliveries of the Ilyushin Il-114-300…
StandardAero has secured an exclusive, multi-year contract from Tanzania’s Precision Air to provide maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services for the Pratt & Whitney Canada PW127M engines…
Regulatory approval: Turkish competition authority approves Pegasus Airlines' takeover of Smartwings
Turkish competition authority Rekabet Kurumu has officially approved the planned takeover of Czech Smartwings Group by Turkish airline Pegasus Airlines. A…
President Donald Trump signed a national security presidential memorandum on August 13, 2026, directing the Pentagon to strip… The post Trump orders EMALS removed from fourth Ford-class carrier USS…
Rocket Lab Corporation announced this Thursday major progress on its previously announced proposed acquisition of Iridium Communications. Specifically, Rocket Lab reported that the…
Variants of the KUH-1 Surion continue to be adopted by South Korean parapublic agencies. Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) has secured an order for a single KUH-1P ‘Chamsuri’ helicopter from South…
Five separate stories crossed the wires this week: a tariff windfall; a closed strait; a burning grain corridor; a labour fight over an Amazon subcontractor; and a Mexican tariff counteroffer. None…
Gas Turbine Focus Conference and Exhibition (GTF) 2027 will bring together companies and industry professionals from across the aero-engine supply chain in Shanghai, China, in April 2027. Alongside…
BlackSky has won a seven-figure, multi-year international contract for combined Assured and On-Demand imagery, delivering integrated Gen-2 and Gen-3 imagery and AI-enabled analytics.
The Middle East is knocking on TKMS’s door for the first time, asking for something specific: technology to detect and neutralize naval mines. The reason behind this unprecedented demand has a name…
This report was originally published on IDRW.org. If the Indian Navy’s Project 18 Next-Generation Destroyer program is evaluated against its widely reported total cost... The post Project 18…
AW | 2026 08 13 21:53 | AIRLINES / INDUSTRY Largest single historic order by an airline AirAsia, the Malaysian low-cost airline best known for its A320neo fleet, signed a firm order for…
August 13, 2026
Following a new meeting of the Defense Acquisition Program Committee, held this past Tuesday, August 11, in Seoul, it was reported that South Korea would allocate…
The memo also called for the establishment of a new component repair center in an attempt to reduce submarine repair delays.
Thales becomes latest company to seek contract for common automation platform, but how will the agency fund it?
Key takeaway: Seven Republican attorneys general have joined the growing coalition urging the STB to kill America’s first proposed transcontinental railroad, citing a competition remedy that would…
Delta pilots abandon fast-track contract talks, delaying scheduling reforms that could improve Delta flight reliability during disruptions. The post Delta Pilot Contract Talks Delay Could Hurt…
Valqari CEO Ryan Walsh rebuilt his delivery drone in eight weeks after the original couldn't handle Northwestern Medicine's specimen boxes — and the VQ1600 kept the hospital program's record perfect…
With most of its military aircraft destroyed on the ground by the French Licorne force after the Bouaké bombing in November 2004, Ivory Coast, now stabilized, is reported to have…
New AD requires inspections of certain 912 and 914-series engines after production omissions were discovered.
Who will succeed the legendary "Triple 7" of the U.S. Army? Officially launched last autumn, the search for a successor to the M777 towed howitzer should soon enter a…
Geopolitical tensions, geopolitical crises and recurring blockades on traditional sea trade routes are forcing international logistics companies to rethink their…
The tax collection agency filed eight simultaneous lawsuits over unpaid employer contributions and taxes. In six of the cases, precautionary measures have already been ordered against the airline's…
Poczta Polska has won a tender to provide passenger and baggage security screening at Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport, one of Poland’s largest regional airports. The three-year contract took effect on…
Impulse Space has won further business with U.S. Space Force. It has won a $28 million Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase III contract extension in support of two missions: […] The post…
The acquisition is slated to close in September and aims to provide AEVEX greater “customer access” to military users.
India’s Ministry of Defence has issued a tender valued at around Rs1tn ($10.48bn) for the acquisition of 60 multirole transport aircraft.
