Tag: Airbus
Loyal, Unafraid and Unmanned
Published in the UAV supplement 2020/2021 - The role of networked unmanned wingmen closely supporting manned jet aircraft is a vision that is now...
Airbus signs contract for 38 Eurofighters with Germany
Airbus has signed a contract to deliver 38 new Eurofighter aircraft to the German Air Force. This makes Germany the largest ordering nation in...
RASISR Sharp
L3Harris expects to have its new RASISR Signals Intelligence collection pod ready for delivery in 2021, the firm has told Armada.
The company unveiled the...
NATO Support & Procurement Agency orders an additional Airbus A330 MRTT
Airbus has received a firm order for an Airbus A330 MRTT Multi-Role Tanker Transport from OCCAR, Europe’s organisation for the management of cooperative armament...
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...