Air News & Articles

Teal Drones Secures Additional Funding for US Army Short Range Reconnaissance Program
Teal Drones Secures Additional Funding for US Army Short Range Reconnaissance Program

The US Army seeks a rucksack-portable drone to provide platoons with a rapidly deployable reconnaissance capability

Jul 03, 2023
Honeywell Adds HUD Technology to its Avionics Offerings 
Honeywell Adds HUD Technology to its Avionics Offerings 

With high resolution and excellent optical quality, the HUD provides clear flight information enabling head-up/eyes-out operations, enhancing situational awareness and flight safety for defense, business aviation, and air transport operations

Jul 03, 2023
Collaboration Supports Global Roll-Out of Precision Payload Delivery UAS 
Collaboration Supports Global Roll-Out of Precision Payload Delivery UAS 

Following the successful delivery of over 500 PPDS autonomous systems to the Ukraine Defense force, SYPAQ and Tanglewood have teamed to support further sales, support and distribution throughout Europe and Middle East

Jun 30, 2023
HENSOLDT & Sener Aerospace & Defence Partner on Eurodrone LOS Data Links
HENSOLDT & Sener Aerospace & Defence Partner on Eurodrone LOS Data Links

Line-of-Sight data links delivered by HENSOLDT and Sener Aerospace & Defence will connect the Eurodrone RPAS to ground stations, enabling real-time decision making for military operations

Jun 29, 2023
New SAR & GMTI Pod for Fighter Aircraft
New SAR & GMTI Pod for Fighter Aircraft

IAI's new AESA pod produces high-quality radar images for operative reconnaissance, surveillance of time-critical targets, precision strike support and battle damage assessment

Jun 28, 2023
Electro-Optical Observation & Target Designation System Selected for French Air Force Intelligence Aircraft
Electro-Optical Observation & Target Designation System Selected for French Air Force Intelligence Aircraft

The Euroflir 410D will enable the VADOR aircraft to carry out ISR missions undetected, during the day or at night and in all weather conditions

Jun 28, 2023
Honeywell Provides F124 Engine for AERALIS Modular Aircraft
Honeywell Provides F124 Engine for AERALIS Modular Aircraft

The Honeywell/ITEC F124 is a high-performance, low bypass-ratio turbofan engine that meets the most rigorous requirements of modern light combat, advanced jet trainer and unmanned aircraft

Jun 28, 2023
DARPA Selects Teams to Propose VTOL Unmanned X-Plane Designs
DARPA Selects Teams to Propose VTOL Unmanned X-Plane Designs

AeroVironment, AVX Aircraft, Griffon Aerospace, Karem Aircraft, Leidos, Method Aeronautics, Northrop Grumman, Piasecki Aircraft, and Sikorsky will develop VTOL UAS designs, with Navy and Marine missions in mind, during the six-month Phase Ia

Jun 27, 2023
Italian Air Force Begins Training MQ-9A RPAS Pilots
Italian Air Force Begins Training MQ-9A RPAS Pilots

A total of 31 aircrew members (14 pilots and 17 sensor operators) from different Italian squadrons will be trained on General Atomics Aeronautical Systems’ MQ-9 Block 1 to Block 5 Transition Courses

Jun 27, 2023
USAF Orders Latest AMRAAM Configuration
USAF Orders Latest AMRAAM Configuration

In the largest Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) contract to date, RTX will deliver AIM-120 D-3 and C-8 AMRAAMs to the US Air Force

Jun 26, 2023
Self-Protection Sensor Technology for Ukrainian Helicopters
Self-Protection Sensor Technology for Ukrainian Helicopters

The Ukrainian Armed Forces will receive customized Airborne Missile Protection System (AMPS) sensor solutions from HENSOLDT to protect against threat of missile fire

Jun 26, 2023
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