Air News & Articles

First Flight Test Integrating Sniper ATP with F-18 Super Hornet

Following a successful first flight test, Lockheed Martin is set to integrate Kuwait Air Force’s F/A-18E/F Super Hornets with Sniper Advanced Targeting Pods (ATPs) to enhance targeting capabilities

Jun 11, 2021
Honeywell Adapts JetWave SATCOM for Military Customers

The new JetWave MCX broadband satellite communication (SATCOM) solution from Honeywell is specifically designed for military and government aircraft used for surveillance, combat, or humanitarian search and rescue operations

Jun 10, 2021
Boeing to Provide C-17 Training for Next Generation RAF Crews and Engineers

The training program will apply a combination of digitally based training, advanced aircraft simulation and desktop training devices to advance the expertise of pilots, loadmasters and engineers who operate and maintain the Royal Air Force C-17 aircraft

Jun 10, 2021
Logic Fruit Technologies Launches IP Core for Avionics Applications

The new ARINC 818 IP from Logic Fruit Technologies is designed for high bandwidth, low-latency, uncompressed digital video transmission in avionics systems with a transmission rate of up to 4.25 Gbps

Jun 09, 2021
French Navy Orders Two More H160 Airbus Helicopters

The two H160 helicopters will be delivered to the French Aéronautique Navale (Fleet Air Arm) in a search and rescue configuration, equipped with a winch and modular cabin that can be optimized for each mission

Jun 07, 2021
Collins Aerospace Delivers NP2000 Propeller Systems for E-2D Aircraft

Collins Aerospace has started delivering NP2000 propeller systems for the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft following the receipt of a second multi-year contract

Jun 03, 2021
Saab to Upgrade Radar Warners on German Air Force Tornado Aircraft

Saab has received an order from Panavia Aircraft GmbH to supply modern digital components to enhance the processing power and extend the lifetime of the Tornado aircraft radar warning equipment

Jun 02, 2021
100th A400M Aircraft for Spanish Air Force

Airbus has delivered its one-hundredth A400M aircraft in the same week that the global fleet reached 100,000 flight hours

Jun 02, 2021
Successful First Flight of Skyborg ACS

The U.S. Air Force’s Skyborg autonomous core system (ACS) prototype made its first flight aboard a Kratos UTAP-22 tactical UAV, the first step to integrating these aircraft into a complex operational environment

Jun 01, 2021
MOSAIC AESA Radar System Demonstrated Within U.S. Air Force AgilePod

Telephonics Corporation demonstrated the MOSAIC Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar system, showing its dual-beam surveillance capability and ease of integration into the U.S. Air Force AgilePod

Jun 01, 2021
USAF Software Defined Radios use Multi-node Network to Extend Data Range

Collins Aerospace is developing two new software-defined radios (SDRs) that combine commercial-off-the-shelf technology with military hardware to expand network nodes and extend the effective range that data can travel

May 28, 2021
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