Tag: Boeing
Industry Contracts Awarded for US Air Force’s Next Generation Adaptive Engine Development
On Friday 15 August the US Department of Defense announced that five companies had been awarded contracts - each worth $975 million for a...
NATO Tests Multinational Air Interoperability in Contested Environment Over Slovakia
A complex multinational air exercise was staged recently over NATO’s member state Slovakia earlier in the month to provide those participating with a sophisticated,...
What Can Your Wingman Do for You?
The push to develop ‘loyal wingmen’ is widening but still leaves questions over how much complexity/capability they should have verses their attritability.
Today’s congested and...
Conflict in Ukraine: Analysis of Three Factors in the First Stage
An analysis of how Russia’s invasion was monitored by NATO, together with reflections on two key elements of the fight so far - the...
Closing the Zap Gap – Microwave Weapons Research Moves Forward
US microwave weapon efforts are advancing via the HIJENKS programme which could yield a powerful weapon for use against hostile electronics.
Reports in early July...
BAE sets up strategic partnership with Embraer
BAE Systems and Brazil’s Embraer announced at the Farnborough Airshow on 19 July that they had signed two memoranda of understanding (MoUs) establishing a...
US Marine Corps F/A-18C Hornets Deploy to Poland for Air Policing
On the 78th Anniversary of ‘D-Day’ 6 June 1944, the Boeing F/A-18C Hornets of US Marine Corps Squadron VMFA-323 began their deployment to Lask...
Airborne AESA Fighter Radars
AESA radars are generally considered to be the most innovative and technologically-advanced type of tactical radar system and have become almost a necessity for...
Roll-Out of EMD-phase T-7A Red Hawk Aircraft
During a roll-out ceremony on Thursday, April 28, the first T-7A Red Hawk advanced trainer test aircraft built under the Engineering and Manufacturing Development...
US Army Big Six Requirements and Programmes (Part 2)
This is the second of a two part series to explain the US Army’s ‘Big Six’ programmes to future proof it over the coming...
