The F-35 Lightning II Integrated Test Force at NAS Patuxent River, Maryland, completed the second F-35C Developmental Test, or DT-II, program on 10 October, six days early. The DT-II testing was conducted aboard USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) from 2-10 October and featured sixty-six catapults and arrestments across seventeen flights. Pilots logged 26.5 flight hours … Dowiedz się więcej
An F/A-18 E/F launches a Block I Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile (AARGM) during test firings over the Point Mugu Sea Range in August 2015. AARGM completed the first phase of Block 1 integrated test in September after demonstrating the missile’s effectiveness against a land based air defense unit target in an operationally relevant environment. The … Dowiedz się więcej
Modern airborne warfare is becoming increasingly complex, with manned and unmanned systems having to rapidly share information in a volatile environment where adversaries use advanced, commercially available electronic systems to disrupt U.S. and allied communications. Complicating the communications challenge for allied warfighters, many current airborne radio networks are incompatible with each other, the result of … Dowiedz się więcej
Thales announced that for the first time, Watchkeeper Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) was successfully flown alongside manned aircraft in controlled civil airspace. Watchkeeper, the only certified platform of its class able to undertake such a flight, was central to the success of the trial. The flight took place on Wednesday 30 September and saw Watchkeeper … Dowiedz się więcej
RAF Odiham welcomed back the first Chinook returning from Ex Vortex Warrior today when it flew in on a C-17 aircraft from RAF Brize Norton. A Royal Air Force C-17 transport aircraft arrives at RAF Odiham to return kit and equipment from the USA. On board the C-17 is one of RAF Odihams Chinook helicopters. … Dowiedz się więcej
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has received a $305.4 million contract from the U.S. Air Force for continued production of the Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM) and its Extended Range (ER) version. The Lot 13 contract includes 140 baseline JASSMs for U.S. and international partners, 140 JASSM-ER missiles, data, tooling and test equipment. The Lot 13 … Dowiedz się więcej