Air-Launched Weapons
A List of Weapons Carried By American Fighter Jets
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What Attributes Make A Sixth-Generation Fighter Jet?
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U.S. Air Force activate first overseas F-35A squadron in England
The U.S. Air Force has reactivated 495th Fighter squadron at RAF Lakenheath in England. The 495th FS, nicknamed the Valkyries, is the first U.S. Air Force F-35A squadron in Europe. The time chosen for the […]
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Saab Delivers Third T-7A Aft Section To Test Program
Saab has shipped its third aft airframe section for use in the T-7A Red Hawk flight test program for the United States Air Force. The shipment on 10 September 2021 was from Saab’s Linköping site […]
Air-Launched Weapons
DARPA’s Hypersonic Cruise Missile Prototype Completes Test Flight
Raytheon, in partnership with Northrop Grumman successfully completed the first flight test of a scramjet-powered Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept, or HAWC, for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and the U.S. Air Force. The companies […]
Air-Launched Weapons
Boeing unveils long-range air-to-air missile concept for sixth-gen fighters
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Africa
U.S. Air Force’s GaN based 3DELRR to replace AN/TPS-75 PESA air search radar
Raytheon had proposed a C-band gallium nitride (GaN)-based radar for the original 3DELRR competition. GaN technology helps increase the radar’s range, sensitivity, and search capabilities, while operating in C-band offers increased flexibility because that portion […]
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The U.S. air force to retire its older aircraft and buy F-15EX fighters
The U.S. Department of Defense plans to propose retiring hundreds of the Air Force’s aging fighter jets and bomber aircraft over the next five years to shift resources toward building new capabilities to counter China and Russia, […]
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General Atomics demonstrates teaming of MQ-20 Avenger and King Air 200
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) completed an airborne Manned-Unmanned Teaming (MUM-T) demonstration on Aug. 25, 2021 pairing a company-owned MQ-20 Avenger with a modified King Air 200 as a surrogate for 4th- and 5th-generation tactical […]
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U.S. Air Force To Replace F-22 Raptor With Sixth-generation NGAD Fighters
The U.S. Air Force aims to pare its fighter fleet to just four types — and the F-22 Raptor won’t be among them, the service’s top general said. Those four will be the F-35, F-15EX, […]