Two ICEYE-built radar satellites for the Atlantic Constellation, CA-03 and CA-04, launched on 20 October on a SpaceX Falcon 9. The Air Force now operates four that can image land and sea at night and through cloud.
The Air Force's UH-60 Black Hawks took part in 56 firefighting missions this year, flying more than 200 hours and making over 900 water drops. The Defence Minister expects two C-130s with firefighting kits in 2027 and Canadair water bombers in 2029 and 2030.
The Air Force flew frozen food, fruit and vegetables to Corvo on Saturday after weeks in which the sea kept local boats from berthing and the island's usual supply ship was in maintenance. Another ship is due on Sunday, weather permitting.
Two men who ran social media groups sharing paid-for papers are indicted for usurpation, a crime carrying up to three years in prison. Impresa prices its loss at 63.16 euros for each of a Telegram group's 10,000 members.
A direct award under the Public Contracts Code's urgency clause buys one light helicopter from 1 October to 30 November for up to 407,799.82 euros plus VAT. Its start was first planned for the summer of 2025.
Lockheed Martin tells ECO on Thursday 14 May that 16 candidate industrial projects, 21 Portuguese beneficiaries and 5 universities sit inside the F-35 engagement architecture. Letter of Request from Lisbon is still the gating procedural step toward a €5.5 billion, 27-aircraft Air Force renewal.
Two F-16AM Fighting Falcons from Portugal's Air Force detachment at Ämari Air Base in Estonia scrambled on Tuesday to intercept Russian aircraft — the roughly tenth Alpha Scramble since the four-month NATO eAP rotation began on 1 April with four jets and 95 personnel.
