Air News & Articles

Two A400M Aircraft for Indonesia Ministry of Defense

Capable of operating from rough and short runways, the A400Ms will strengthen the Indonesian Air Force’s airlift capabilities to rapidly respond to any crisis

Dec 02, 2021
AESA Radar Pod Achieves First Flight on F-16 Aircraft

Northrop Grumman’s AN/ASQ-236 Dragon's Eye is a tactical Ku-band Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar surveillance pod that provides aircrew with all-weather, multi-target detection, track and engagement capability

Dec 02, 2021
US Air Force Orders 15 Cargo Delivery Drones

Silent Arrow’s GD-2000 cargo delivery drone will be scaled down and redesigned as a new product line which will initially be developed as an autonomous cargo delivery glider for side door and multi-unit (swarm) ramp deployment

Dec 01, 2021
MBDA Delivers 1000th MMP Missile to French Armed Forces

In use by the French Armed Forces since 2017, Missile Moyenne Portée (MMP) is the latest generation anti-tank missile in service to have been successfully engaged in combat on several occasions

Nov 29, 2021
ViDAR ISR System Trialed Aboard MH-60R Helicopter

Sentient Vision Systems’ Visual Detection and Ranging (ViDAR) system is a wide area imaging system based on software designed to autonomously detect, geo-locate, track and classify objects below an aircraft or UAS

Nov 26, 2021
Stratospheric Balloon Systems for US DoD

The Defense Innovation Unit will assess the feasibility of using Raven Aerostar’s stratospheric technology for live military field operations

Nov 26, 2021
First-Ever Hypersonic Missile Interceptor for US Navy

Raytheon Missiles & Defense’s interceptor will intercept hypersonic weapons in the glide phase of flight, which occurs once a missile has re-entered Earth's atmosphere and is manuevering toward its target

Nov 25, 2021
New Mobile High-Mast Solution for Giraffe 4A Radar

Saab’s new mobile high-mast solution is designed for fast and efficient deployment in order to meet threats of low altitude, such as cruise missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles

Nov 25, 2021
Royal Navy Expands Puma Drone Fleet 

The sailors at Royal Navy 700X Naval Air Squadron took delivery of the latest Puma remotely-piloted systems and can now immediately deploy flights from any ship in the fleet

Nov 25, 2021
PAC-3 MSE Missiles Achieve Major Milestones

Two Lockheed Martin PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) missiles successfully engaged from Integrated Air and Missile Defense Battle Command System (IBCS) and intercepted Tactical Ballistic Missile (TBM) threats

Nov 24, 2021
Norway Receives First Boeing P-8A Poseidon Aircraft

This is the first of five P-8 aircraft ordered by Norway and the 142nd delivered to customers worldwide for anti-submarine warfare, anti-surface warfare, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance operations

Nov 24, 2021
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