DefenceTalkAll five Marines on board a US military aircraft that crashed in southern California were confirmed dead on Thursday. Their MV-22B Osprey came down during a training mission on Wednesday near Glamis, just 20 miles (35 kilometers) from the Mexican border. “We mourn the loss of our Marines in this tragic mishap. Our hearts go […]https://www.defencetalk.com/five-dead-in-us-military-aircraft-crash-78937/

DefenceTalkChina said Wednesday a flight by 16 military aircraft over hotly contested waters off Malaysia was routine training, after the Southeast Asian nation accused Beijing of breaching its sovereignty. Malaysia scrambled fighter jets Monday to intercept the Chinese air force transport planes that appeared off Borneo over the South China Sea, where it has overlapping […]

Multiyear III provides C-130J Super Hercules aircraft for U.S. Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard Lockheed Martin will deliver 50 C-130J Super Hercules to the U.S. government through a C-130J Multiyear III award, which was finalized by the U.S. government on Dec. 27, 2019. The award comes as a delivery order under an existing Indefinite […]

Embraer and the Brazilian Air Force (FAB) signed today a memorandum of understanding which enables the study of the potential development of a new light military transport aircraft. The study seeks to identify alternatives and solutions to meet FAB’s operational needs, especially in the Amazon region and austere environments, including unpaved, short and damaged runways […]

A Chilean military plane with 38 people aboard “lost radio communication” Monday after taking off from the south of the country for a base in Antarctica, Chile’s Air Force said. It said 17 of those aboard were crew and the other 21 were passengers. A “dismayed” President Sebastian Pinera, whose country has been witnessing its […]

DefenceTalkUkraine has suspended a joint venture with Saudi Arabia to produce the An-132 military transport aircraft. President of Ukraine Antonov State Company, Alexander Donets, which manufactures the aircraft, announced on Friday that the company will continue to build the vehicles but with a new partner. “In the framework of this project, an An-32D was built […]https://www.defencetalk.com/ukraine-suspends-joint-venture-with-saudi-arabia-to-build-an-132-aircraft-72294/

DefenceTalkA senior US lawmaker introduced legislation on Monday (May 7) to create a panel looking into military aviation mishaps, following a string of deadly incidents including one last week that killed nine airmen. The US military has been beset by a series of air accidents and crashes in recent years, and the rise has been […]https://www.defencetalk.com/as-us-military-air-crash-toll-rises-lawmaker-calls-for-probe-71647/

DefenceTalkJapan will lease military aircraft to the Philippines in another sign of deepening security ties between the two former foes to counter Beijing’s increasing regional influence. The agreement was made Monday afternoon during telephone talks between Japan’s Defence Minister Gen Nakatani and his Philippine counterpart Voltaire Gazmin, the ministry said. Tensions in the South China […]https://www.defencetalk.com/japan-agrees-to-lease-military-aircraft-to-philippines-67387/

DefenceTalkThe Philippines said Friday it will buy $524.7-million worth of aircraft from South Korea and Canada as part of a military upgrade amid territorial disputes with superpower neighbor China. The contracts to be signed on March 28 will include the purchase of 12 FA-50 fighter jets from state-run Korea Aerospace Industries for 18.9 billion pesos […]https://www.defencetalk.com/philippines-to-spend-524mn-on-military-aircraft-59110/