Uncrewed Vehicles

RAF preps for MQ-9B Protector

16th March 2018

A Royal Air Force (RAF) team based in the US is preparing the way to introduce the MQ-9B Protector into service, the RAF announced on …

Military Logistics

BAE Systems to modernise US Navy ships

5th February 2018

BAE Systems has been awarded two contracts to modernise the US Navy’s amphibious assault ship USS America and the guided missile cruiser USS Cape St. …

Training

Lockheed T-50A completes 100 flights

6th October 2017

Lockheed Martin has successfully completed the 100th flight of the T-50A aircraft at its Greenville facility in South Carolina, the company announced on 4 October. …

Military Logistics

F-35A ammunition loader validated

19th June 2017

The US Air Force’s first F-35 Lightning II operational wing, the 388th Fighter Wing, has received five bulk ammunition loaders for field use.The loader has been …

Military Logistics

UK's F-35 preparation ramps up

3rd April 2017

Lockheed Martin will deliver initial training, engineering, maintenance and logistics support for the UK's F-35 Lightning II fleet under an £80 million contract announced on …

Training

Simulator preps for F-35-QEC operations

31st March 2017

BAE Systems' flight engineering simulator is set to begin training for F-35 Lightning II pilots preparing for flight trials on the UK's incoming Queen Elizabeth …

Digital Battlespace

UK MoD tests airborne gateway in Babel Fish III

17th February 2017

The UK Ministry of Defence's Babel Fish III trial has seen the successful deployment of an airborne gateway between an F-35B Lightning II and a …

Military Logistics

Australia selected for F-35 support work

9th November 2016

Australia has been selected by the US government’s F-35 Joint Program Office (JPO) to undertake component repair assignments for the Pacific region for the F-35 …

Digital Battlespace

BAE delivers 250th F-35 EW suite

22nd September 2016

BAE Systems has manufactured and delivered the 250th AN/ASQ-239 electronic warfare (EW) suite for the F-35 Lightning II fighter aircraft programme, the company announced on …

Fighter - naval

F-35B UK

The total cost of the currently funded programme as reported through the UK Major Projects Report is expected to be £10.5 billion ($13.5 billion), covering ...

Fighter - multirole

F-35I Adir (51-75) (Israel)

Programme Background On 15 February 2015, Israel signed an FMS deal to procure 33 F-35A (F-35I Adir) fighter aircraft with an option of 17. Israel ...

Transport/tanker aircraft

KC-130J Super Hercules

The KC-130J Super Hercules is a tanker variant of the C-130J Super Hercules. It is designed to deliver fuel to several platforms, including helicopters and ...

Fixed wing aircraft engines

F100-PW-229

The F100 family of engines, selected by 23 air forces globally, power all of the USAF's F-15 Eagles and a substantial proportion of the global ...

Subsystems: visual

Griffin Rear-Projected Dome

The Griffin real-image display system is a high-resolution, rear-projected dome that gives high image contrast across multiple channels, as well as modular FoV up to ...

Fixed wing aircraft engines

F135

The F135, designed and developed by Pratt & Whitney, is one of the most advanced fighter engines in the world that delivers more than 40,000lb ...

EO/IR systems

F-35 Lightning II Advanced EOTS

The F-35 Lightning II Electro-Optical Targeting System (EOTS) is a sensor that combines targeting forward-looking IR (FLIR) and IR search and track (IRST) capabilities for ...

Air: fixed-wing flight simulators

F-35 Training System

BAE Systems is involved in F-35 Lightning II Training System design and sustainment, working with prime contractor Lockheed Martin. BAE Systems leads the instructional systems ...

Air: Defensive Systems - Radar Warning Receivers, EW test systems

Model 527

The Model 527 radar signal simulator is used for end-of-runway and walk-around radiated RWR testing to verify the operational status of the aircraft and its ...

Air: Helmet-mounted displays

F-35 Gen III HMDS

The F-35 Gen III helmet-mounted display system (HMDS) is provided by a JV between Elbit Systems of America and Rockwell Collins, developed for the F-35 ...

Land: maintenance simulators

Maintenance Trainers

EDM's maintenance trainers provide realistic fault diagnosis and rectification training. Faults can be introduced into the training device that would be difficult to demonstrate on ...

Air-to-air missiles

AIM-132 ASRAAM

The Advanced Short-Range Air-to-Air Missile (ASRAAM) is an advanced heat-seeking weapon designed and manufactured in the UK. The ASRAAM is in service with the RAF ...

Air: air combat simulators

F-35 Lightning II Training System

The F-35 Lightning II pilot and maintenance training system is designed to blend together a variety of media to create an overall training product for ...

Subsystems: visual

HMDs

Collins Aerospace's Head Mounted Displays (HMDs) enable pilots to train with the same visual experience as in a real aircraft helmet. The StrikeEye Gen III ...

Air: maintenance simulators

F-35 Lightning II ASMT

The Aircraft Systems Maintenance Trainer (ASMT) for the F-35 provides student maintainers with training on-ground operation, maintenance, fault isolation and testing procedures in a realistic ...

EW test systems

A2PATS

Advanced Architecture Phase Amplitude and Time Simulator (A2PATS) is a real-time EM test environment simulator for military platforms and installed systems, designed to deliver mission ...

Fighter - multirole

F-35I Adir

The F-35I Adir is an F-35A Lightning II variant customised to meet the requirements of the Israel Defense Forces to replace the F-16 fleet in ...