First Nigerian A-29 flight
Embraer Defense & Security and Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) have announced that the first of 12 A-29 Super Tucano light attack, combat and reconnaissance...
Icelandic Gap Guardians
Protecting NATO’s northern flank is a job not only entrusted to Norway, but also a rotation of Allied air force squadrons based in Iceland.
Norways...
Operation Spring Shield: Turkish-Syrian tension rises
On March 1, 2020, two Syrian Arab Air Force Su-24 ‘Fencers’ were shot down by Turkish forces over the Idlib region, northwest Syria, where...
OK, Bomber!
When it enters service from circa 2030, the US Air Force’s Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider strategic bomber will likely be the most advanced aircraft...
Protecting Finland’s Fighters
The Ilmavoimat (FAF/Finnish Air Force) is to acquire new combat aircraft via its HX fighter programme, creating opportunities with hundreds of millions of dollars...
Hitting Where it Hurts
The European Union has launched a project to develop an airborne electronic attack pod to equip combat aircraft as part of its PESCO initiative.
Permanent...
Russia and China – Roaming the globe together?
When any nation opens fire on aircraft from one of the superpower nations there is always cause for international concern.
On Tuesday 23 July,...
EuroDASS consortium launches concept for future Typhoon defensive aids sub-system
The EuroDASS consortium (Leonardo, Elettronica, Indra and Hensoldt), which provides the Praetorian Defensive Aids Sub System (DASS) for the Eurofighter Typhoon, has launched its...
Lightning Reflexes
Enhancements to the F-35’s electronic warfare systems will focus on software, firmware and hardware should be completed by 2024.
The contract won in August by...
UK Ministry of Defence chooses Leonardo/Thales protection system for RAF Shadow ISTAR fleet
The UK Ministry of Defence has chosen Leonardo and Thales, under a single source procurement, to deliver an integrated UK Defensive Aids System (DAS)...
