All Fixed-wing articles – Page 117
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NewsBoeing to co-develop supersonic missile demonstrator for F/A-18 Super Hornet
Boeing and the US Navy plan to co-develop a supersonic land and sea strike missile to be carried aboard the F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter.
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NewsSaab to insource Gripen E work as supply chain falters
Saab will insource some work on its Gripen E/F fighter programme from undisclosed suppliers who are struggling to maintain services through the coronavirus-driven downturn, and has announced a potentially SKr1.5 billion ($170 million) impact on its Aeronautics business unit.
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NewsNorthrop Grumman APG-83 radar declared operational for National Guard F-16s
The US Air Force has declared that the Northrop Grumman APG-83 scalable agile beam radar has met full operational readiness for use on the Air National Guard’s Lockheed Martin F-16s.
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NewsTeam Tempest partners detail FCAS progress
The UK’s Team Tempest group has outlined the financial and employment benefits of the nation’s future combat air system (FCAS) project, as it prepares to submit an outline business case proposal to advance the effort.
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NewsLockheed Martin plans to buy Integration Innovation’s hypersonics portfolio
In the realm of hypersonic technologies, Integration Innovation says it specializes in thermal protection systems, propulsion, missile seeker windows and domes, ground test and evaluation facilities and services, flight test services, weather evaluation, modelling and simulation, and software development.
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NewsFirst Lockheed Martin F-35s loaded with ODIN hardware
For the first time, Lockheed Martin F-35s have been loaded with Operational Data Integrated Network (ODIN) hardware, an initial step in replacing the stealth fighter’s troubled support system. A squadron of F-35Bs based at US Marine Corps (USMC) Air Station Yuma in Arizona received the new system on 29 September, ...
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NewsUSA approves F-35 or F/A-18 fighter sales to Finland worth up to $15bn
Approval has been granted by the US government for the potential sale to Finland of both the Boeing F/A-18E/F and Lockheed Martin F-35 as part of the Nordic nation’s HX fighter replacement programme.
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NewsLuxembourg welcomes lone A400M Atlas airlifter
Airbus Defence & Space has delivered an A400M Atlas for Luxembourg; its penultimate contracted customer to receive the tactical transport.
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NewsUS Army and USAF to jointly develop battlefield network, called CJADC2
The US Army and the US Air Force signed an agreement to jointly develop a battlefield communications network, called Combined Joint All-Domain Command and Control.
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NewsUSA approves possible Super Hornet and F-35 sales to Switzerland
The USA has approved the possible sale to Switzerland of 40 Lockheed Martin F-35As and weapons for a total cost of $6.58 billion, just days after the Alpine nation’s plans to renew its fighter fleet were narrowly approved via a referendum.
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NewsUSAF adds nine companies to Skyborg artificial intelligence development programme
The awards are part of a second phase of the “Skyborg Prototyping, Experimentation and Autonomy Development” programme.
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NewsUS Marine Corps F-35B and KC-130J collide and crash
A US Marine Corps Lockheed Martin F-35B stealth fighter and KC-130J tanker collided and crashed during a refuelling exercise in Southern California on 29 September.
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NewsUAE takes second GlobalEye from Saab
The United Arab Emirates air force has received its second GlobalEye surveillance aircraft from Saab.
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NewsRoyal Thai Air Force buys 12 Beechcraft T-6C Texan IIs for training
The Royal Thai Air Force has purchased 12 Beechcraft T-6C Texan II aircraft, as well as spare parts, training and support services, for $162 million from Textron Aviation Defense.
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NewsAntonov An-26 military transport crashes in eastern Ukraine
Two of the 27 people on board an Antonov An-26 military transport survived after the turboprop crashed in eastern Ukraine on 25 September. The aircraft crashed in Kharkiv Oblast, a region which borders Russia to the east and the separatist area of Donbass to the south, at around 20:45 local ...
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NewsUK aircraft carrier bulks up with 15 RAF, US Marine Corps F-35Bs
Fifteen Lockheed Martin F-35Bs from the UK Royal Air Force and US Marine Corps have embarked aboard the Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth for a major exercise.
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NewsSaab F-39E Gripen arrives in Brazil for flight testing
The Brazilian variant of the Gripen E/F will be used for a flight-testing campaign.
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NewsAero Vodochody gains certification for L-39NG
Approval for the Czech-built single-engined military trainer comes 21 months after first flight, and clears way for deliveries to three customers to begin.
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NewsAFRL debates number of weapons to be networked for Golden Horde
Flight demonstrations of the US Air Force Research Laboratory’s (AFRL) Golden Horde initiative, an effort to network precision glide bombs and decoys into collaborative attack teams, may not start in late 2020 as originally planned.
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NewsLockheed Martin aims to put laser weapon on aircraft in five years
Its Tactical Airborne Laser Weapon System would be used to shoot down incoming tactical missiles, for instance, air-to-air missiles or surface-to-air missiles.