One of the world’s most versatile attack planes is taking on the counter-UAS mission
An airborne layer pushes drone engagements farther from defended assets and changes the cost-per-kill equation.
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Embraer reveals Uzbekistan, Philippines as KC-390, Super Tucano customers
“This is a clear demonstration that Embraer Defense and Security is ready for the future and is ready to support the most demanding air forces here in the Asia-Pacific region,” Embraer Defense and Security President and CEO Bosco da Costa Jr. said at the Singapore Airshow.
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Why propulsion could be the critical piece in Golden Dome’s architecture
Throttleable systems, boost-phase interception, and new manufacturing capacity expand missile defense options.
Embraer, SNC pushing A-29 for counter-drone mission
"You don't need a bespoke F-35 at eleventy billion dollars an hour, right? You can do this in a very cost-effective way,” Ray Fitzgerald, senior vice president for strategy at SNC, told Breaking Defense.
US clears $100M A-29 Super Tucano sustainment deal for Lebanese Air Force
Years ago, the Lebanese armed forces eyed expanding the A-29 fleet up to as many as 12, but these ambitions never came together
Portugal seals order for 12 A-29N Super Tucano aircraft
Embraer has been marketing a NATO-specific version of the A-29, a light- attack prop plane, for several years, but Portugal marks the first customer to sign on.
Embraer targets prime status in US defense market
“This strategy to become a supplier of the US government is not a project that I have created inside of my business unit only. It is a 'One Embraer' approach,” Embraer Defense and Security CEO Bosco da Costa Jr told Breaking Defense.
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Three exercises that proved a new approach to C-UAS
Architecture that linked sensors, C2, RF effects, and lasers into a distributed c-UAS kill chain.
Embraer facing production ‘gap’ at Florida-based A-29 facility
“We are running the facility without big orders coming from FMS [foreign military sales],” Bosco da Costa Jr., chief executive of Embraer's defense unit, told Breaking Defense. “We are facing a gap of production there."
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Lethal effects coupled with low cost to fly, the light attack A-29 Super Tucano garnishes Foreign Military Sales
The Nigerian Air Force is flying a dozen A-29 Super Tucano aircraft in its efforts to quell the Boko Haram insurgency.
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SNC Deploys Cutting-Edge Security Tech For Maritime Regions
As the importance of oceans, coastlines, economic exclusion zones and sovereign waters increases, countries are faced with a crucial problem.
Israel Asks Trump To Withhold TOWs, Drones From Lebanese Military Aid
A senior Israeli defense source who spoke on condition of anonymity said: "Washington has not realized that the Hezbollah is Iran's very strong proxy and that supplying weapons to such an organization that actually is calling the shots in Lebanon is sheer stupidity."
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One of the world’s most versatile attack planes is taking on the counter-UAS mission
An airborne layer pushes drone engagements farther from defended assets and changes the cost-per-kill equation.
House Members Seek NDAA Language to Force Light-Attack Aircraft Buy
Phil Clay, a former Navy test pilot for the Imminent Fury/Combat Dragon close air support experiments, says the Air Force should purchase "at least a wing" (20 planes) of the Light-Attack Aircraft for SOCOM and the so-called foreign internal defense (FID) mission to combat insurgencies.
Mattis, Dunford Defend Strategy: Afghan Force Smaller But Better
WASHINGTON: Yes, Afghan forces are shrinking even as violence grows, but that smaller force is better trained, better advised, and better at taking the offensive against the Taliban, the Secretary of Defense and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs told the Senate. The ongoing increase in US and other NATO advisors is crucial to this turnaround, […]
Afghan AF Getting New Hellfire-Shooting Planes; More Airstrikes Coming
WASHINGTON: The Afghan Air Force is about to get a powerful new weapon in what is shaping up to be a bloody year in the 17-year-old war against the Taliban. On Friday, the U.S. Air Force announced an $86 million deal with an American defense contractor Orbital ATK to supply single-engine, turboprop AC-208 airplanes to […]
SecAF: Don’t Expect Large Budget Increases After 2019; $2.4B Set For Light Attack
The Air Force placed a $2.4 billion placeholder in the 2019 budget to buy Light Attack Aircraft over the next five years, Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson told reporters this morning.