Air News & Articles

DIRCM & Airborne EW Self-Protection Systems for Asia-Pacific Country

Elbit Systems will provide C-MUSIC Direct Infrared Counter Measures (DIRCM) systems and Infrared-based Passive Airborne Warning Systems (IR-PAWS) for several aircraft types to provide high levels of protection and redundancy

Jul 05, 2022
Sweden Orders Two GlobalEye Airborne Early Warning Aircraft

Saab’s GlobalEye is designed to provide situational awareness of the surrounding areas, early threat detection and real-time information to units in the Air Force, Army and Navy

Jul 04, 2022
US Army Signs Multi-Year Production Contract for Black Hawk Helicopters

Sikorsky’s H-60M Black Hawk provides additional payload and range, advanced digital avionics, active vibration control, and improved situational awareness

Jun 29, 2022
Raytheon Continues Development of Counter-Hypersonic Missile for US MDA

The Glide Phase Interceptor (GPI) is designed to intercept hypersonic weapons in the glide phase of flight, providing the US and allies with an additional layer of defense against regional hypersonic missile threats.

Jun 28, 2022
Norway Orders Black Hornet Nano UAVs for Covert Situational Awareness 

Designed for operations in highly contested and GPS-denied environments, nearly silent, and with a flight time up to 25 minutes, Teledyne FLIR’s pocket-sized Black Hornet transmits live visible and thermal video to the operator

Jun 27, 2022
Spain Orders 20 New Eurofighter Typhoons

The Eurofighter consortium will deliver aircraft equipped with an advanced new electronically-scanning radar, ensuring they are ready to be part of the future battlespace into the 2060s and beyond

Jun 24, 2022
UK Ministry of Defence Publishes Acquisition Pipeline 

The Acquisition Pipeline is a forward look of future potential procurement activity undertaken by the Ministry of Defence (MoD)

Jun 24, 2022
Bundeswehr to Acquire H145M Light Twin-Engine Helicopters

The new version of the H145 features a five-bladed rotor that increases the helicopter's payload by 150 kg, and a new bearingless main rotor that simplifies maintenance operations

Jun 24, 2022
German Air Force Orders Air Start Units from Rheinmetall

Rheinmetall’s Mobile Start Unit with integrated Ground Power (MSU-GP) is a turbine-powered air start unit that is lighter to deploy and more compact than a diesel engine unit

Jun 24, 2022
Danish Armed Forces Receives Upgraded T-17 Aircraft Prototype

Scandinavian Avionics has replaced the old analog primary instruments with a Garmin G500 TXi display, which provides a better overview of primary flight data such as altitude and speed

Jun 22, 2022
USAF A-10 Aircraft Receives Mission Computer Upgrade 

Raytheon Intelligence & Space (RI&S) will replace the current ‘Warthog’ mission computer with its Common Open Secure Mission Computer (COSMC) to enhance mission capability

Jun 21, 2022
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