All Fixed-Wing news – Page 111
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NewsF-35B completes sea trials on Italian aircraft carrier ITS Cavour
The F-35 Joint Program Office has delivered a flight clearance recommendation to the Italian navy for the safe operation of the Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II on the aircraft carrier ITS Cavour.
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NewsLockheed sees no change to UK F-35 commitment, despite ambiguous review
Lockheed Martin remains confident of supplying the UK with many more F-35B combat aircraft than the 48 examples ordered to date, after a lack of detail in the Ministry of Defence’s latest spending plan raised doubts about the nation’s total requirement for the stealth fighter.
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NewsUSA has 70 efforts to develop hypersonic technologies, totalling nearly $15bn: GAO
The USA has funded 70 efforts to develop hypersonic missiles, and related technologies, between fiscal years 2015 and 2024.
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NewsMarshall expects strong demand for surplus UK Hercules
Set to be retired from Royal Air Force use in 2023, the service’s Lockheed Martin C-130J-30 tactical transports will represent an attractive proposition for secondhand buyers, according to support provider Marshall Aerospace and Defence Group.
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NewsDARPA tests artificial intelligent dogfighting in two-versus-one simulations
DARPA’s Air Combat Evolution programme tested team dogfighting between artificial intelligence-controlled fighters in a software simulation in February.
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NewsTyphoon, C-130J and Puma retirements, FCAS investment headline UK defence review
The UK will retire its Tranche 1 Eurofighter Typhoons, Lockheed Martin C-130J tactical transports and Airbus Helicopters Puma HC2 rotorcraft by the middle of this decade, as the Ministry of Defence (MoD) targets a range of capability updates. Detailed within a Command Paper publication released on 22 March titled Defence ...
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NewsUS Navy looks at manned-unmanned teaming role for E-2D Advanced Hawkeye
The US Navy is planning to award Northrop Grumman a sole-source contract to modify the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye’s mission computer and display software so that the early warning aircraft could control unmanned air vehicles.
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AnalysisWhat’s the strategic logic behind ‘surprise’ bomber flights?
US Air Force (USAF) bombers are touching down in new places. In February, for the first time in history, the Boeing B-1B Lancer bomber landed in India. Then, in March, the supersonic jet deployed for the first time from a Norwegian air base. Just this week the variable-sweep bomber landed in Poland for the first time ever.
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NewsLockheed Martin kicks off USAF F-16 sustainment contract with receipt of first jet
Lockheed Martin received its first F-16 fighter in Greenville, South Carolina as part of a 10-year sustainment contract with the US Air Force.
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NewsUS Air Force looks at ‘cognitive electronic warfare’ for F-15
The US Air Force is researching adding “cognitive electronic warfare” capabilities to the Boeing F-15 fighter.
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NewsUK demonstrates future airborne communications node on Voyager
The UK Royal Air Force’s Rapid Capabilities Office has tested an airborne communications node update applied to an Airbus Defence & Space A330 Voyager multi-role tanker transport.
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NewsGermany approved to buy five Boeing P-8A maritime patrol aircraft
The US Department of State has approved a possible Foreign Military Sale of five Boeing P-8A maritime patrol aircraft to Germany for an estimated cost of $1.77 billion.
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NewsUS Air Force accepts first Boeing F-15EX fighter
The choice to acquire the F-15EX is controversial as the fourth-generation fighter lacks the low radar cross-section of the service’s former favourite jet, the Lockheed Martin F-35 stealth fighter.
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NewsCobham lands T-45 Goshawk oxygen system upgrade deal
Cobham Mission Systems has been awarded a contract to upgrade part of the Boeing T-45 Goshawk jet trainer’s onboard oxygen generation system equipment for the US Navy (USN).
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NewsUK FCAS programme poised to enter concept and assessment phase
The UK’s future combat air system (FCAS) activity is on track to enter its concept and assessment phase later this year.
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In depthUK’s modular trainer ready to soar, says Aeralis boss
Buoyed by a recent high-profile investment from the UK Royal Air Force (RAF), and with additional backing now being sought via its latest funding drive, modular training aircraft developer Aeralis is aiming to take its concept to pre-production flying status before the middle of the decade. In mid-February, the company ...
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NewsUS Air Force B-1B bombers impress during Norwegian deployment
The US Air Force (USAF) says its first deployment of strategic bombers to a Norwegian air base is intended to boost allied training and readiness in the region, but the visit also underscores Washington’s commitment to protecting the Arctic “far north” from the threat of Russian interference.
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NewsAFRL to expand ‘Golden Horde’ networked weapons with ‘Colosseum’ simulation software
The US Air Force Research Laboratory is aiming to accelerate the pace at which it adds weapons to its Golden Horde network by using a simulation software called Colosseum.
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NewsBrazil’s Saab F-39E Gripen begins supersonic test regime
The aircraft will be flying from the Gripen Flight Test Center at Embraer’s facilities in Gaviao Peixoto in southeast Brazil.
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News‘Hurdles’ threaten launch of FCAS demonstrator phase, says Dassault chief
Workshare and project management concerns are threatening to derail launch of the next phase of the Future Combat Air System (FCAS) being developed by France, Germany and Spain.