Air News & Articles

The Deployable Instrument Landing System (D-ILS) has been delivered outside the United States to Osan, Korea, to assist pilots in precision landing on damaged or temporary airfields, or in austere conditions

Triumph will provide repair and overhaul services for Boeing’s AH-64 Apache combat helicopter engine-driven pumps, to ensure continued supply of hydraulic power to critical flight controls and utility functions on the aircraft

USSOCOM has selected Leidos as the prime contractor to compete for the final phase of the Armed Overwatch aircraft prototype program where its Bronco II aircraft will advance to the Phase III Operational Prototype Demonstration fly-off

The U.S. Navy has conducted the first-ever aerial refueling of a manned aircraft by a Boeing MQ-25 unmanned tanker to demonstrate that the MQ-25 can use the Navy’s standard probe-and-drogue aerial refueling method

Demonstrations of the two side-by-side Black Hawks shows that the helicopter with the Vita Rescue System has clear advantage over the traditional system, resulting in faster, more efficient field rescues, easy dynamic hoist, and reduced hover time

This mid-life modernization will update the aircraft to Block 5 configuration to include increased electrical power capability, improved landing gear and the latest versions of the GA-ASI Lynx Multi-mode Radar and Raytheon Electro-Optical sensors

The Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System and Advanced Arresting Gear system from General Atomics have achieved the U.S. Navy’s target of 8,000 successful launches and recoveries aboard the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78)

Croatia will buy 12 secondhand Dassault Rafale fighter jets from France to modernize its air force, including fleet support and training

The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has tested its autonomous counter-drone system that can neutralize adversary drones using an X band radar that automatically senses and identifies unmanned aerial system threats

Curtiss-Wright will provide Modular Open-Systems Approach (MOSA) computers and video processing modules to bring advanced display graphics capabilities to the Sikorsky MH-60R/S Seahawk helicopters

As the dedicated military helicopters for the United States Marine Corps (USMC), Bell Flight's H-1 mixed fleet aircraft have achieved 400,000 joint flight hours since 2010