Americas
Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornet Becomes More Advanced With Latest Technology
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Air Platform
General Atomics to Develop AI Sensors for Prototype Drone
General Atomics was awarded a $93,293,554 hybrid contract for research, development, test and evaluation of artificial intelligence for the smart sensor prototype unmanned aerial platform. Bids were solicited via the internet with 999 received. Work […]
Air Platform
US Air Force Receives First Jolly Green II SAR Helicopter
The US Air Force (USAF) has received into service the first Sikorsky HH-60W Jolly Green II combat search-and-rescue (CSAR) helicopters. The USAF took delivery of its first two production Sikorsky HH-60W CSAR helicopters on 5 […]
Air Platform
US Air Force Wants To Replace MQ-9 Reaper Drones
The General Atomics-built MQ-9 Reaper — a medium-altitude, long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicle with millions of hours of operation under its belt — has had a ubiquitous presence over battlefields in the Middle East. But with the […]
Americas
U.S. buys S-300 from Ukraine to practice drone strikes against S-300
The US Department of Defense will receive S-300 air defense system and radars from Ukraine to practice adversary training involving drone strikes against S-300 surface-to-air defense system. The Ukrainian side has reached an agreement with […]
Air-Launched Weapons
GBU-57 MOP: The Knockout Punch of The US Air Force
The Air Force has given Boeing a mulit-million contract to procure the GBU-57 massive ordnance penetrator – a bomb designed to destroy hardened underground targets like those found in North Korea or Iran. The announcement does not […]
Air-Launched Weapons
U.S. to Sale Bunker Busting GBU-57 Bombs to Israel
Two bipartisan House legislators will introduce a bill in the US Congress this week that would require the US Department of Defence (DoD) to consider selling Israel bunker-buster bombs capable of penetrating heavily fortified underground […]
Americas
Maj. Gen. Doug Pearson Who Became First Person to Destroy A Satellite In Space Flying A F-15
The date September 13, 1985 marks as an important day in history. 35 years ago, Maj. Gen. Wilbert “Doug” Pearson Jr. put a rather prominent blip in the history of defence aviation after carrying out […]
Air-Launched Weapons
US Air Force approves use of StormBreaker smart weapons
The US Air Force’s (USAF) Air Combat Command (ACC) has approved the fielding of StormBreaker smart weapon on F-15E aircraft. Developed by Raytheon Missiles & Defense, the precision weapon is designed to provide the user […]
Air Platform
MQ-9 Reaper Flying With Eight Hellfire Missiles
The Air Force last month conducted the first flight of an MQ-9A Reaper that had been configured to carry eight AGM-114 Hellfire missiles — twice the number the drone normally carries. The 556th Test and Evaluation Squadron at Creech […]