Aircraft

Aircraft

manned/unmanned teaming

A successful demonstration of manned/unmanned teaming to improve combat efficiency and effectiveness for the warfighter was conducted by Lockheed Martin’s experimental engineering department, Skunk...
data fusion

The large amount of data streamed from a wide variety of sensors has been a challenge to the data fusion research community.  Weapons developers...
targeting pod

By Arie Egozi Until 20 years ago, targeting pods on fighter aircraft were considered as the privilege of air forces serving in countries with extensive...
patrol aircraft

The Indian Navy is planning to de-induct TU142M Long Range Maritime Patrol aircraft after its 29 years of service. According to a recent Indian...
target

By Arie Egozi Many aerial platforms with very sharp-eyed sensors look at the war zone continuously. These platforms, a few hundred or thousand meters above...
US Air Force

The US Air Force has recently released an industry Invitation to participate in an evaluation experiment of the military utility for light attack platforms...
targeting pods

Northrop Grumman Corporation has been awarded a contract by the Royal Danish Air Force (RDAF) to provide LITENING advanced targeting pods for its F-16...
flight

Upgrades and innovation in flight display systems technology have been contributing to the enhancement of pilot situational awareness during flight. Garmin International recently announced a...
radar warning receiver

Raytheon demonstrated, in a recent flight test, a geolocation capability for the ALR-69A(V), a first for any radar warning receiver. According to the company’s website,...
testing and evaluation

  The  QF-16 drone for testing and evaluation missions took its first flight at Holloman Air Force Base, USA recently. The manned mission was the...
stealth fighters

Russia is carrying on tests of its next-generation Sukhoi T-50 stealth fighters for equipping them with missiles and bombs. The T-50 fighter, a single-seat,...
anti-icing technology

Researchers at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) believe that they are close to cracking the code regarding how to provide aircraft with a...
precision guided weapon

A new precision guided glide weapon against static and moving targets has been successfully tested. Textron Systems Weapon and Sensor Systems, a business of...
air-air combat

By Arie Egozi You can find that "conclusion" in many reports, written by professionals or amateurs - air-air combat has passed from the world. The Israeli...
communication system

  A high-availability communication system to control air operations will be supplied to the French Ministry of Defence. The consortium consisting of ENGIE Ineo as...
airdrops

By Arie Egozi It may look a simple mission but it isn't. Some of the weapons and ammunition that were airdropped by the coalition aircraft...
anti-jamming

  Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) is unveiling ADA – an advanced system that protects avionic systems from GPS jamming. ADA has already been integrated into...
Israeli defence industries

By Arie Egozi The Israeli defence industries are facing a growing challenge that may affect the future of some. You make the best systems for...
UAVs

Several fighter jet models will soon use artificial intelligence to control nearby UAVs that will be able to carry weapons, test enemy air defenses...
stealth fighter

Russia’s T-50 PAKFA fifth-generation stealth fighter is about to undergo flight testing by military pilots for the first time. The Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS)...

The US has proposed joint development and production of futuristic military helicopters as well as infantry combat vehicles in the first such large-scale programmes...

The companies QinetiQ, Thales and Textron AirLand have announced a collaborative bid to lead the UK Ministry of Defence’s upcoming Air Support to the Defence...