Air News & Articles

Despite global challenges, 2021 has been a year of innovation and expansion within the world of defense and security technology. Here is our round-up of the 10 most read articles on Defense Advancement this year:

The Indonesian Navy will use the Bell 505s as basic helicopter trainers

AAR will provide aircraft depot-level maintenance and repair primarily for F-16 aircraft allocated to U.S. Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) and to support possible overflow requirements for all USAF F-16 aircraft

Saab will supply new equipment to the Swedish Defense Material Administration (FMV) instead of reusing equipment from the existing Gripen C/D fleet

Using a new remote-controlled system, the Boeing-owned MQ-25 T1 unmanned aerial refueling test asset easily and efficiently moved about the aircraft carrier deck

A joint study between BAE Systems and Embraer Defense & Security will look at how the aircraft could provide cost-effective, sustainable and adaptable capability as a defense variant

Bell Textron’s Flight Training Device will be used for simulation and training purposes for prospective pilots of the combined AH-1Z and UH-1Y fleet

Northrop Grumman has mounted the Triton High-Altitude, Long-Endurance (HALE) Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) aircraft fuselage onto Triton’s one-piece wing

The two Leonardo-built Eurofighter Typhoons for Kuwait feature a new Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar, which increases the aircraft's performance and competitiveness

MBDA’s Marte ER anti-ship missile successfully performed its anti-Close-in Weapon Systems manoeuvre, hitting the target just above the waterline at high transonic speed

Northrop Grumman will begin engineering and planning work to reconfigure four U.S. Air Force EQ-4 Block 20 Global Hawk aircraft for use in the SkyRange fleet of testing vehicles