Tag: Boeing
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...
War in Ukraine: USAF Deploys Aircraft to Sniff for Chemicals
United States President Joe Biden has continually asserted that NATO would not establish a no-fly zone over Ukraine.
However, wary of possible damage to...
Northrop Grumman Selected by US Navy for Sustainment and Modernization of E-6B Mercury Aircraft
Northrop Grumman Corporation announced it was recently awarded the Integrated Modification and Maintenance Contract for the U.S. Navy’s E-6B Mercury platform, a derivative of...
Synthetic Training for Combat Air: Panacea or Pipedream?
While there seems to be a general agreement that more synthetic flying is a good thing (cost-effective, environmentally better, and broadly more inclusive), will...
Electronic Warfare Podcast 16: Where Eagles Dare
Author and historian Mike Guardia joins us to discuss his latest book Skybreak looking at the career of the US Air Force’s F-15Cs during...
