Hitting Where it Hurts
The European Union has launched a project to develop an airborne electronic attack pod to equip combat aircraft as part of its PESCO initiative.
Permanent...
Russia and China – Roaming the globe together?
When any nation opens fire on aircraft from one of the superpower nations there is always cause for international concern.
On Tuesday 23 July,...
EuroDASS consortium launches concept for future Typhoon defensive aids sub-system
The EuroDASS consortium (Leonardo, Elettronica, Indra and Hensoldt), which provides the Praetorian Defensive Aids Sub System (DASS) for the Eurofighter Typhoon, has launched its...
Lightning Reflexes
Enhancements to the F-35’s electronic warfare systems will focus on software, firmware and hardware should be completed by 2024.
The contract won in August by...
UK Ministry of Defence chooses Leonardo/Thales protection system for RAF Shadow ISTAR fleet
The UK Ministry of Defence has chosen Leonardo and Thales, under a single source procurement, to deliver an integrated UK Defensive Aids System (DAS)...
Typhoon Breeds Tempest
The three-year, $519 million (£425m) BAE Systems-led Project Centurion, has re-equipped the RAF’s Tranche 2 Typhoon fleet with MBDA’s Storm Shadow deep strike cruise...
AERALIS signs MoU with THALES Training and Simulation
AERALIS Ltd, the British firm developing the UK’s first home-grown fast jet training aircraft since the Hawk, signs an MoU with THALES to develop...
Boeing Pitches T-X at Le Bourget
David Oliver - The first of two prototypes of the tandem-seat single-engine Boeing T-X powered by a General Electric F404 afterburning turbofan, BTX-1 flew...
Franco-German FCAS unveiled
David Oliver - Paris Air Show Review: The opening day of Le Bourget 2019 was dominated by the unveiling of New Generation Fighter (NGF)...
Boeing Receives Second U.S. Navy Contract for F/A-18 Service Life Modification
Boeing has received a one-year contract, which also includes a one-year option for 2020, to continue modernizing the U.S. Navy’s F/A-18 fleet under the...