Air News & Articles

Rheinmetall to Supply Next-Gen Air-Supported Reconnaissance System

Rheinmetall’s LUNA NG is one of the world’s newest systems for unmanned air-supported reconnaissance, classification and recognition of objects in real time

Oct 02, 2023
US Navy Awards Multi-Intelligence MQ-4C UAS with IOC

MQ-4C Triton unmanned aerial system (UAS) is the U.S. Navy's only uncrewed, high-altitude, long-endurance aircraft performing persistent maritime intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and targeting

Oct 02, 2023
Israeli Defense Forces to Receive Advanced Mini UAS

Elbit Systems’ new Skylark 1 eVTOL is a man-packed or vehicle-based platform offering endurance and range with the capability to hover, take-off and land vertically

Sep 29, 2023
New Stabilized EO/IR Gimbal for Small Drones Unveiled

Leonardo DRS has introduced the Small Unmanned Aircraft System Tactical Agile Gimbal (STAG)-5 LLD, a next-gen 5-inch stabilized, multi-sensor Electro-Optical/Infrared (EO/IR) payload gimbal

Sep 29, 2023
Additional Funding to Accelerate Development of SPEAR-EW Jammer

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has awarded MBDA extra funding to further develop its SPEAR-EW stand-in jammer system, maturing all its key sub-systems, and performing mission and planning evaluation

Sep 29, 2023
T-600 Electric Uncrewed Demonstrator Aircraft Achieves Significant Milestone at NATO Exercise

During the multinational REPMUS exercise, the T-600 demonstrator successfully released an inert Sting Ray training variant anti-submarine torpedo during a flight mission at sea for the first time

Sep 28, 2023
First Joby eVTOL Aircraft Delivered to U.S. Air Force

Joby’s eVTOL aircraft will be used for on-base operations to demonstrate a range of logistics missions, including cargo and passenger transportation

Sep 27, 2023
Developing Common Flight Safety System for Air-Launched Weapons Testing

An agreement between the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and L3Harris calls for a capability based on the SAFESHOT subminiature telemetry (TM) and flight termination (FTS) system and the Autonomous Flight Termination Unit (AFTU)

Sep 27, 2023
Australian P-8A Poseidon Maritime Response Aircraft to Receive Upgrades

Australia’s P-8A Poseidon fleet will have their anti-submarine warfare, strike and intelligence capabilities enhanced

Sep 25, 2023
DHS Completes Testing of Sentrycs C-UAS Solution

In the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) anti-swarm tests, Sentrycs demonstrated its ability to simultaneously detect and track multiple drones, operating at diverse ranges, altitudes, and speeds

Sep 25, 2023
Tactical Tethered UAS for ISR & Telecommunications Launched

Elistair's Orion 2.2 TE unmanned aerial system (UAS) features enhanced flight capabilities, new tactical functions, increased payload capacity, and an extended delivery range

Sep 22, 2023
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