Swedish G120TP delivery

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Sweden tops up trainer fleet with three more G120TPs

Sweden has bolstered its fleet of Grob Aircraft G120TP basic trainers, having ordered a new batch of three further examples.

French air force Rafale

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France on track to receive final Rafales from tranche 4 order this year

Dassault Aviation will complete deliveries under France’s tranche 4 domestic production order for the Rafale fighter this year, following on from its bumper shipments in 2024.

RAF Hawk T2

Analysis

UK defence committee decries BAE’s lack of Hawk successor programme

Ten years ahead of the planned entry into service of the UK’s Tempest fighter, a cross-party parliamentary committee has raised questions over the nation’s ability to train new pilots to operate the stealthy type.

F-22 with external fuel tanks in Kadena air base c USAF

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Pentagon continues stealth fighter rotations to Japan while awaiting F-15EX

Flights of F-35, F-22 and F-16 fighters continue to cycle through the strategic Kadena air base on Okinawa to backfill F-15CDs being permanently retired from service.

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V-tail statistics: Windracers ups payload and performance on Ultra MkII cargo drone

UK developer Windracers will on 20 January begin assembling the first example of its newly revealed Ultra MkII cargo drone ahead of delivery to launch customer Norce around one month later.

Boeing_MQ28 WMA11 Aug 2024

In depth

Boeing’s big bet on Australia’s MQ-28

The Boeing MQ-28 Ghost Bat is a crucial part of the airframer’s collaborative combat aircraft (CCA) strategy and stands to enhance Australia’s position in the global defence aerospace industry.

Anduril Roadrunner landing

In depth

Anduril selects Ohio for company’s first large-scale production site dedicated to autonomous weapons

Located at Rickenbacker International airport near Columbus, Anduril’s “Arsenal-1” facility will be the company’s first attempt at reaching what it calls “hyper-scale” production capacity of delivering tens of thousands of autonomous weapon systems annually.

Anka III Weapons drop

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Anka III drops guided munition from weapons bay

The Turkish Aerospace Anka III unmanned air vehicle has successfully dropped a guided weapon from its weapons bay.