Air News & Articles

F-35 Lightning II Wins Swiss New Fighter Aircraft Competition
F-35 Lightning II Wins Swiss New Fighter Aircraft Competition

The Swiss Air Force will receive Lockheed Martin’s F-35A aircraft, a sustainment solution tailored to Swiss autonomy requirements, and a comprehensive training program

Jul 13, 2021
Germany Signs Deal for Five Boeing P-8A Poseidon Aircraft
Germany Signs Deal for Five Boeing P-8A Poseidon Aircraft

The P-8A Poseidon is designed to offer unique multimission capability such as anti-submarine warfare, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions, as well as search-and-rescue operations

Jul 13, 2021
Miysis DIRCM to Protect Middle Eastern VVIP Transport Aircraft
Miysis DIRCM to Protect Middle Eastern VVIP Transport Aircraft

The Miysis Directed Infrared Countermeasure will provide complete spherical protection and is able to output more than enough laser energy to protect the Global 7500 aircraft from infrared-guided missile threats
 

Jul 13, 2021
Nine Additional CH-53K King Stallion Helicopters for U.S. Navy
Nine Additional CH-53K King Stallion Helicopters for U.S. Navy

The CH-53K will support the U.S. Marine Corps' mission to conduct expeditionary heavy-lift assault transport of armored vehicles, equipment and personnel to support distributed operations deep inland from a sea-based center of operations

Jul 12, 2021
BAE Systems to Provide Additional F-35 Electronic Warfare Systems
BAE Systems to Provide Additional F-35 Electronic Warfare Systems

The contract builds on BAE’s delivery of more than 800 AN/ASQ-239 electronic warfare/countermeasure systems to date, providing Lockheed Martin F-35 jets with critical situational awareness and survivability capabilities

Jul 08, 2021
Raytheon Businesses Work on Thermal Management for Military Aircraft
Raytheon Businesses Work on Thermal Management for Military Aircraft

Collins Aerospace and Pratt & Whitney are working together with Raytheon to develop power and thermal management solutions that will enable future aircraft while also supporting upgrades to today’s fleet

Jul 08, 2021
Electra Develops Ultra-Short Takeoff Aircraft for U.S. Air Force
Electra Develops Ultra-Short Takeoff Aircraft for U.S. Air Force

Electra's electric ultra-short takeoff and landing (eSTOL) aircraft takes off in less than 150 feet, offering nearly triple the payload capacity and less than half the operating costs of electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) alternatives

Jul 07, 2021
Northrop Grumman Wins U.S. Air Force Minuteman III Sustainment Contract
Northrop Grumman Wins U.S. Air Force Minuteman III Sustainment Contract

The Northrop Grumman propulsion systems team is addressing sustainment challenges such as material obsolescence, associated hardware and/or equipment repair, and propellant aging-surveillance testing and analysis

Jul 07, 2021
NAWCAD Invention Boosts F/A-18 Readiness
NAWCAD Invention Boosts F/A-18 Readiness

The Programmable Silicon Controlled Rectifier Firing System reduces the time and effort required to ensure that an aircraft's electrical and electromechanical systems are operating correctly, increasing the operational readiness of the F/A-18 aircraft

Jul 06, 2021
Collins Aerospace Receives New Conformance Certificates from FACE
Collins Aerospace Receives New Conformance Certificates from FACE

The Mission Flight Management Software and Localizer Performance and Vertical Guidance Calculator, which provide software centric solutions on multiple aircraft, have received certification from Future Airborne Capability Environment (FACE)

Jul 05, 2021
MBDA Air Defense Missile Achieves Major Milestone
MBDA Air Defense Missile Achieves Major Milestone

The Common Anti-air Modular Missile (CAMM) extended range-based (CAMM-ER) air defense missile is designed to provide defense against evolving airborne threats at ranges over 40 km

Jul 05, 2021
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