Air Warfare
General Atomics Aeronautical – Taking Information Dominance to the Next Level
With Every New RPA Innovation, General Atomics Aeronautical Pushes the Boundaries of the Possible to Make the World Safer and More Secure.
Developed by France, Spain and Germany, the European 6th-generation combat air programme is progressing apace with new milestones expected by next year after delays to the programme.
The purchase will occur in a short timeframe, specifically for deliveries to begin next month, with local manufacture. All this puts Innovaero’s One-Way Loitering (OWL) systems, with OWL B already in service with the Australian Defence Force (ADF), comfortably perched for a likely win.
Puerto Rico-based firm announces it expansion into the ”fast-growing and urgently needed” maritime unmanned market.
Airbus says it will aim to have a working prototype of the MQ-72C Logistics Connector by the end of the decade as it bids for a contract with the US Marine Corps.
With Every New RPA Innovation, General Atomics Aeronautical Pushes the Boundaries of the Possible to Make the World Safer and More Secure.
With a multi-million dollar expansion in support of electronic warfare, BAE Systems is driving unparalleled enhancements to the EC-37B. Integrating our innovative Compass Call mission system into the platform enables warfighters to combat advanced threats and support special missions.
23rd May 2018
As the UK invests in ASW capabilities to meet the growing threats in the naval domain, queries from parliament are rising over the reduction in …
23rd May 2018
US special forces will need new platforms with additional survivability to withstand a conventional conflict with Russia or China. US Army Gen Raymond Thomas, the commander of …
23rd May 2018
Enel has completed the deployment of Percepto’s Sparrow UAS for use at its Torrevaldaliga Nord power plant in Italy, the company announced on 21 May. …
23rd May 2018
BAE Systems has received a five-year contract from Lockheed Martin to sustain critical electronic warfare (EW) systems on the F-35 Lightning II fighter aircraft. The …
23rd May 2018
SimCentric has announced that the Australian Defence Force (ADF) has procured a perpetual enterprise licence for VBS3Fires FST. The contract was signed this month. The …
23rd May 2018
The US Air Force (USAF) Life Cycle Management Center has awarded a $208 million contract to Boeing to upgrade the Japan Air Self Defense Force’s …
23rd May 2018
The discovery by Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamed’s newly elected government that Malaysia has a MYR1 trillion ($251.7 billion) debt is likely to impact ongoing and …
22nd May 2018
The US Army has awarded AeroVironment a procurement contract for its Switchblade Lethal Miniature Aerial Missile System (LMAMS). At SOFIC 2018, the company announced that …
22nd May 2018
USSOCOM has embraced the potential involvement of so-called “hackers” and “makers” in an accelerated acquisition process. Hacker and maker involvement feeds the process through the …
22nd May 2018
The US State Department has made a determination approving a potential foreign military sale of General Purpose (GP) and Penetrator Warhead bomb bodies to Bahrain, …
22nd May 2018
The Israeli military has used its newly acquired F-35 stealth fighters in combat, making it the world's first to do so, an Israeli Air Force (IAF) …
22nd May 2018
Cubic Corporation and Shield Aviation have teamed up to develop and pitch a new UAS ISR capability to US Special Operations Command (USSOCOM). Speaking with …
22nd May 2018
The US Department of Defense is conducting a significant restructuring of its logistics oversight organisational structure. Still in its initial phases, the restructuring of the …
22nd May 2018
A UK industry team has recently delivered its findings on the future of modelling and simulation (M&S;) to the UK MoD. The core Architectures, Interoperability …
22nd May 2018
Aurora Flight Sciences’ Autonomous Aerial Cargo/Utility System (AACUS) has successfully completed its first operational cargo delivery to the US Marine Corps (USMC), the company announced …
21st May 2018
NASA is progressing to technology readiness level (TRL) 4 for its UAS traffic management (UTM) programme after a recent series of successful test flights with …
21st May 2018
A pilot programme is underway in Cincinnati, US, to deliver packages to homes using an autonomous UAS package delivery system, Workhorse Group announced on 16 …
21st May 2018
Despite a Canadian Senate committee report recommending a year ago that the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) replace the majority of its Bell CH146 Griffon …
21st May 2018
UK defence logisticians have ‘thematically similar’ but ‘slightly nuanced’ industrial base views and challenges when compared to those in the United States. And, in much …