Agility Prime assessed the Kitty Hawk electric aircraft's ability to do medical evacuation and personnel recovery as well as remotely piloted and fully autonomous flight in the hope of providing new forms of transport for the U.S. military
Link 16 technology from Northrop Grumman enables the AH-1Z to share information with other weapon systems, provide greater situational awareness, and enhance survivability to outmaneuver and defeat threats across a range of military operations
Several Leonardo technologies were trialled at the Formidable Shield 2021 NATO air defense and anti-missile exercise, including the Kronos MFRA radar, multi data link communications system and Mode-5-capable Identification Friend/Foe system
The MC-208 Guardian from MAG Aerospace has progressed to Phase 3 of the United States Special Operations Command’s Armed Overwatch effort, in search of new aircraft for the U.S. Armed Forces
Successful completion of Milestone C marks the transition to system production based on meeting all key performance parameters in the U.S. Navy’s Tactical Combat Training System II program
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
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