Air News & Articles

New GPS-denied Navigation and Target Designation Features for V-BAT UAS

The V-BAT vertical take-off and landing Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) from Martin UAV is designed to modernize U.S. Army reconnaissance, surveillance and target acquisition capabilities in GPS-denied environments

Sep 08, 2021
New Airborne Surveillance Radar with SAR/MTI Capabilities

After proving the Synthetic Aperture Radar/Moving Target Indication (SAR/MTI) capabilities of its airborne surveillance radar PrecISR, HENSOLDT will supply one PrecISR 1000 to CAE-Aviation for installation on a King Air Beechcraft B350 aircraft

Sep 08, 2021
High-Altitude Tethered Aerostat to Protect German Forward Operating Base

Rheinmetall Canada will provide a balloon-based area reconnaissance system to the Bundeswehr to provide 24/7 surveillance and protection at its Forward Operating Base in Niger

Sep 07, 2021
New EO/IR Airborne Sensors for U.S. Navy Maritime Patrol Aircraft

The Navy have procured 19 WESCAM MX-20 sensor systems that will provide advanced, multi-spectral imaging capabilities for the Naval Air Systems Command P-8A Poseidon fleet

Sep 06, 2021
Production of F-16 Wings Resumes Using Established Assembly Line

Due to increased global demand, Israel Aerospace Industries will resume production of F-16 wings, shipping them to the F-16 final assembly line at Lockheed Martin’s facility in Greenville, South Carolina, U.S.

Sep 03, 2021
Kazakhstan Orders Two A400M Military Transport Aircraft for Airlifting Operations

With the capacity to accommodate the country’s inventory and conduct military, civil and humanitarian missions, the A400M aircraft from Airbus will allow Kazakhstan to rapidly respond to any mission

Sep 03, 2021
Platform-Flexible Infrared Wide-Area Motion Imagery Sensor System Unveiled

The ultra-light BlackKite Pod from Logos Technologies can be externally mounted to planes, tactical unmanned aerial vehicles, and helicopters to perform wide-area surveillance day and night, storing imagery for up to 11 hours

Sep 03, 2021
UAV Connects the Joint Force in Advanced Battle Management System Exercise

Northrop Grumman’s Global Hawk Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) provided high-altitude, long-endurance support, delivering near real-time data to monitor the battlefield throughout the exercises

Sep 02, 2021
Unmanned MQ-25 Conducts Aerial Refueling with U.S. Navy E-2D Aircraft

The Boeing MQ-25 T1 unmanned test asset has successfully completed an air-to-air refueling mission with a U.S. Navy E-2D command and control aircraft, the second carrier-based aircraft it has refueled to date

Sep 01, 2021
Japan’s First KC-46A Aircraft Completes Test Refueling Flight

Boeing’s first KC-46A tanker for a non-U.S. customer has successfully given and received fuel in a test flight before delivery to the Japan Air Self-Defense Force later this year

Aug 27, 2021
First UH-60V Helicopter with Open Architecture Avionics Suite for U.S. Army

Northrop Grumman has integrated its OpenLift open architecture avionics suite onto the first UH-60V Black Hawk helicopter for the U.S. Army to enhance aircrew situational understanding and mission safety while reducing pilot workload

Aug 27, 2021
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