The first CMV-22B Osprey, built by Boeing and Bell Textron Inc. completed first flight operations at Bell’s Amarillo Assembly Center. The CMV-22B is the latest variant of the tiltrotor fleet, joining the MV-22 and CV-22 used by the U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Air Force. The U.S. Navy will use the CMV-22B to replace the […]

DefenceTalkThe United States has expanded a runway at a northern Syria air base to accommodate the large C-17 military plane needed to help with logistics for the push to retake the IS stronghold of Raqqa, a US defence official said Tuesday. The huge military air freighter will play an essential role in supplying the Syrian […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-expands-northern-syria-airfield-for-huge-cargo-plane-69665/

DefenceTalkNASA has informed Boeing that it is out of the running for a $3.5 billion competition to send cargo to the International Space Station, a company spokeswoman said Thursday. Boeing has received a NASA contract to send astronauts to the ISS aboard its CST-100 Starliner capsule beginning as early as 2017, but its bid to […]https://www.defencetalk.com/nasa-drops-boeing-from-race-for-3-5-billion-cargo-contract-65759/

DefenceTalkResearchers at the U.S. Army Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center are developing a pocket-sized aerial surveillance device for Soldiers and small units operating in challenging ground environments. The Cargo Pocket Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance program, or CP-ISR, seeks to develop a mobile Soldier sensor to increase the situational awareness of dismounted Soldiers by […]https://www.defencetalk.com/army-researchers-develop-cargo-pocket-isr-60236/

DefenceTalkBrazilian aircraft maker Embraer launched a new hangar Tuesday that will be used for the final assembly of its KC-390 military cargo plane, a major step in its expansion into the defense sector. “No one can have any doubt that the defense industry is strategic,” said Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff at the launch ceremony. “Many […]https://www.defencetalk.com/brazils-embraer-moving-into-defense-with-cargo-plane-59659/

DefenceTalkA huge helium-filled airship with military and commercial uses has been unveiled near Los Angeles. It is still experimental, but a full-sized working model should be finished in a few years. The prototype unveiled in this immense World War II hangar near Los Angeles is just half the size of the final working model. But […]https://www.defencetalk.com/giant-airship-could-move-huge-amounts-of-cargo-47052/