Air News & Articles

Unmanned Helicopter Makes Operational Deployment with US Navy

Northrop Grumman’s ship-based MQ-8C Fire Scout autonomous helicopter brings increased speed, endurance and payload capacity to maritime operations

Jan 27, 2022
Airborne SDR Completes Connectivity Flight Tests with Brazilian Air Force

Elbit Systems’ E-LynX Airborne Software Defined Radio (SDR) was integrated onboard two F-5M aircraft as part of the Brazilian Link-BR2 strategic program to improve network-centric data connectivity

Jan 27, 2022
Upgraded Self-Protection Systems for Bundeswehr NH90 Helicopter

HENSOLDT will provide its Airborne Missile Protection System (AMPS), which will also include the company’s Kalaetron radar warning receiver

Jan 26, 2022
Kadet-100 Parachute System Delivered for Official Testing

Rostec’s new parachute system allows paratroopers to perform jumps with a full set of weapons at speeds up to 350 km/h with increased stability and high maneuverability

Jan 26, 2022
Tethered Aerostat Technology for US Army

Drone Aviation will provide its Winch Aerostat Small Platform (WASP) for day/night video, secure multi-frequency and multi-wave form wireless communication range extension for national security and defense missions

Jan 25, 2022
New Airborne ISR SATCOM Capability for Military Operators

Eclipse Global Connectivity, Smiths Interconnect and ST Engineering iDirect’s aircraft SATCOM system will initially address the beyond-line-of-sight connectivity requirements for an EMEA government unmanned platform

Jan 25, 2022
New E-scan Radar for German and Spanish Typhoons

Leonardo will conduct development work on new wideband capabilities and provide core parts of the new radar’s antenna, Antenna Power Supply & Control and its processor

Jan 24, 2022
New Electronic Warfare Systems for Spanish Chinook CH-47F

Indra’s ALR-400FD radar alerter is fully digitalized with fiber optic interconnections and can detect and identify at long range the presence of enemy platforms and other radar threats

Jan 24, 2022
Safran Provides Engines for France’s Guépard Helicopters

Rated at 1,300 shaft horsepower and incorporating the latest aero-engine technologies, the Arrano will offer 20% lower fuel consumption than the helicopter engines it replaces in the French Armed Forces

Jan 21, 2022
SB>1 DEFIANT Completes Mission Profile Test Flights

These flights validated the relevancy of the Lockheed Martin Sikorsky-Boeing SB>1 DEFIANT to the U.S. Army’s Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft mission

Jan 21, 2022
Predictive Maintenance for Spanish Eurofighter

Indra will develop an artificial intelligence-based aircraft maintenance solution for the Spanish Air Force that will detect failures in critical avionics systems before they occur 

Jan 20, 2022
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