A Russian combat aircraft violated Turkish airspace yesterday [29.01 editors note], despite repeated warnings by the Turkish authorities. Previous incidents have shown how dangerous such behaviour is. I call on Russia to act responsibly and to fully respect NATO airspace. Russia must take all necessary measures to ensure that such violations do not happen again. … Dowiedz się więcej
Continuing its efforts to maintain the United States’ technology superiority in missile defense, a Boeing [NYSE: BA]-led industry team has successfully tested improvements to the Ground-based MidcourseaDefense (GMD) system. Working with the U.S. Missile Defense Agency, Boeing and its partners validated system components, increasing their ability to engage and destroy ballistic missile threats. A GMD … Dowiedz się więcej
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) and Advanced Electronics Company (AEC) recently celebrated the opening of the Sniper® Advanced Targeting Pod (ATP) Expanded Repair Capability center in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. This marks the start of operations at the first Sniper ATP support center located outside the United States. The Sniper ATP Expanded Repair Capability center … Dowiedz się więcej
The Strategic Airlift Capability (SAC) program will soon train C-17 aircrews at Boeing’s [NYSE: BA] C-17 International Training Centre (ITC) in the United Kingdom under a new $8 million contract. SAC is comprised of ten NATO countries and two NATO Partnership for Peace countries. The program will begin training its multinational aircrews early this year. … Dowiedz się więcej
Leaning on history and looking into the future: the F-35I „Adir” squadron’s symbol has been revealed for the first time, exclusive to the IAF site. The designer, Ra’anan Weiss, shares information about the design process and the final outcome A pair of F-35Is „Adir” will land in Israel within the year and will begin a … Dowiedz się więcej
Boeing [NYSE: BA] and U.S. Air Force aircrews successfully completed the KC-46A tanker’s first refueling flight today in the skies above Washington state. Following takeoff from Boeing Field in Seattle, the KC-46A test team worked through a series of test points before smoothly offloading 1,600 pounds of fuel to an F-16 fighter aircraft flying at … Dowiedz się więcej