Tag: Airbus
QinetiQ’s new UK range helicopter
QinetiQ, the UK global integrated defence and security company has invested in a new Airbus H145 helicopter to extend capabilities and operational efficiencies for...
A New, Data Driven Big Stick
Manned attack helicopters still have a future, as witnessed by the US Army’s thrust towards Next generation rotorcraft. But will the accolades gained during...
Boris Johnson’s million dollar ‘Air Force One’
The RAF Voyager ‘Vespina’ has completed its refurbishment to provide a secure, cost-effective and suitably profiled transport for Government Ministers and the Royal Family.
The...
Important decision for Germany as a technology base
Sensor supplier HENSOLDT welcomes the German Bundestag's release of billion Euro budget for Eurofighter AESA radar and multi-purpose warship MKS 180.
AESA radar
Sensor systems supplier...
SOF Seek Simulation to Optimise Training
Preferring to ‘train as they fight’, special operations forces (SOF) are infamous for replicating real-world environments to prepare for the execution of the full...
Airbus tops off first fully automatic air-to-air refuelling (A3R) with a boom
Airbus has achieved the first ever fully automatic air-to-air refuelling (A3R) operation with a boom system.
Test flights
The flight test campaign, conducted earlier in the...
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...
Praetorian Guards
The Eurofighter Typhoon could benefit from a major enhancement to its self-protection systems over the next five years to ensure that the aircraft is...
Luftwaffe A400M Problems
"The German armed forces have decided not to accept two Airbus A400Ms due for delivery," the Luftwaffe said in a statement on 13 November,...
ACJ and Sabena technics to co-operate in Self-Protection
Airbus Corporate Jets (ACJ) and Sabena technics are to co-operate in proposing self-protection systems (SPSs) for Airbus corporate jets.
Each SPS would combine an existing,...
