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The Spanish Air Force has become the first air force worldwide to support the development of Airbus’ drone and augmented reality-based maintenance inspection services, with the aim of drastically reducing maintenance inspections for large military aircraft and increasing overall fleet availability.  This digital innovation technology will initially be trialled on Spanish Air Force A400M aircraft based ...


Logistical challenges facing the Ministry of Defence aren’t confined to supplying troops in conflict zones. Whether it is a natural or man-made disaster, with broken infrastructure and shortages of food and water, responding to life-threatening situations and providing humanitarian assistance is an essential function of the modern Armed Forces.  Playing a key role in the Armed Forces’ ability to deliver this aid is ...


The French defence procurement agency DGA (Direction générale de l’armement) has awarded the RIFAN 2.1 contract worth a pontential €150 million to a consortium headed by Airbus and comprising the Naval Group and Rohde & Schwarz. The contract, which will run for a maximum duration of eight years, covers work to maintain and ...


Lockheed Martin is joining forces with Airbus to explore aerial refuelling opportunities for the US defence sector. It is thought that this joined up approach will allow the two giants to pool knowledge and experience to address an apparent shortfall in aerial refuelling capability. The move will also ensure that the ...


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