Tag: Boeing
February Spectrum SitRep
Armada’s monthly round-up of all the latest electronic warfare news in the product, programme and operational domains.
Products
Towards the end of 2021 Mercury Systems unveiled...
Lockheed Martin to Upgrade Egyptian Air Force AH-64E Sensors
Lockheed Martin has received a contract worth $102 million to upgrade 25 Egyptian Boeing AH-64D aircraft to the newer AH-64E Guardian.
The work will include...
Poland’s Diverse Military Air Requirements
Poland’s Air Force acquisition programmes that strive to replace Soviet-era airframes with NATO compatible ones have suffered from frequent delays due to funding and...
UAVs can enhance carrier airwing range and numbers to address A2/AD threats
Integrating unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) with manned aviation can increase an aircraft carrier’s operational range and strike aircraft numbers in an operating environment where...
Mind The Gap
The French Air and Space Force will retire its two C-160G SIGINT planes next year. Will this cause a shortfall in strategic/operational SIGINT collection?
Both...
Looking Down From On High
The United Kingdom’s Royal Air Force is bringing in new platforms to continue its airborne Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) capability, a skill developed...
Pegasus Stretches Her Wings
Lieutenant Colonel Joshua Moores, Commander 344th Air Refueling Squadron provides insight into the squadron’s transition to the KC-46A Pegasus, its expanding mission set and...
All Change at the Corps: Force Design 2030
The plan for the future of the US Marine Corps is contentious and will see a restructuring away from its traditional all-arms employment.
A revision...
EDITOR’S BUNKER BRIEFING (28 September 2021, No.71)
Dear Readers,
THEY DON’T MAKE ‘EM LIKE THEY USED TO…
One can’t help but being amazed that the venerable Boeing B-52 Stratofortress bomber will have its...
Bell Boeing Begin Nacelle Improvements on Air Force CV-22
The first Air Force CV-22 Osprey designated for nacelle improvement modifications arrived at Bell’s Amarillo Assembly Center on Sept. 21.
The aircraft is part...
