Air News & Articles

Innovative Cockpit Voice Recorder and Flight Data Recorder for U.S. Forces

Curtiss-Wright is providing a new variant of the Fortress CVR25, which combines a CVR, FDR and integrated data acquisition in a single lightweight, compact unit

May 06, 2021
Royal Norwegian Air Force to Replace Fleet with Advanced P-8A Aircraft

The arrival of the first of five P-8A fuselage at Boeing’s production facility marks a major production milestone; the aircraft will maintain situational awareness in neighboring waters on and below the surface

Apr 30, 2021
First Flight of Unmanned K-Max Titan

The K-Max Titan from Kaman Air Vehicles, introduced as the world’s first heavy lift unmanned helicopter for the commercial market, is a rugged, low-maintenance aircraft that features a counter-rotating rotor system

Apr 28, 2021
Viper Shield All-Digital EW Suite to Maximise Survivability for Next-Gen F-16

The L3Harris’ virtual electronic shield is custom designed to provide protection and offensive electronic warfare capabilities on the next-generation Lockheed Martin F-16 Block 70/72 multirole aircraft

Apr 28, 2021
Boeing to Continue Providing Logistics Support for Israel’s Apaches

The five-year follow-on contract will deliver engineering and technical support, A- and D-model technical publications, and D-model unique repairs, which will enhance Apache sustainment capabilities for the Israeli Air Force

Apr 27, 2021
First Two E-2D Advanced Hawkeye Distributed Readiness Trainers Ready for Fleet

The first Delta System Software Configuration 3 (DSSC-3) aircrew trainers enable a full E-2D crew of two pilots and three flight officers to practice executing an entire suite of intermediate and advanced tactics

Apr 26, 2021
Sikorsky-Boeing to Advance DEFIANT X for U.S. Army’s FLRAA Program

DEFIANT X will be a critical enabler for full-spectrum convergence of Army and joint operations assets on the multi-domain operational battlefield

Apr 26, 2021
U.S. Marines Complete Early Field Tests of Tactical Resupply UAS

The first assessments of two prototype systems allowed Marines to employ the systems as they would in the field and provide feedback that will be incorporated into the final requirement for fielded TRUAS

Apr 23, 2021
New Airborne Software-Defined Radio Selected to Equip NATO’s AWACS Fleet

Leonardo’s SWave Airborne SDR SRT-800 radios will provide NATO’s fleet of E-3A AWACS aircraft with secure and cyber-resilient voice, data and tactical communications

Apr 21, 2021
Collins Aerospace Delivers 50,000th ARC-210 Airborne Radio to U.S Navy

The sixth iteration of the tactical airborne radio brings the latest encryption and anti-jam technologies, as well as integrating next-generation networking waveforms including MUOS and SATURN

Apr 20, 2021
Next-Gen UAS Solution for ISTAR Missions

Korea Aerospace Industries and Elbit Systems will cooperate to develop the next generation UAS solutions for intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition, and reconnaissance (ISTAR) missions

Apr 15, 2021
Advancing Defense Capability Through Strategic Collaboration Defense Advancement works with major OEMs to foster collaboration and increase engagement with SMEs, to accelerate innovation and drive defense capabilities forward.