Friday 27 December, 2024

Air Systems

US Air Force tests new modular pylon on B-1 bomber

The US Air Force (USAF) has recently conducted a test on a new weapons pylon that can eliminate traditional...

European Common Radar System Mark 2 completes ground-based testing

A ground-based testing programme has been completed on a Eurofighter Typhoon test and evaluation aircraft equipped with the new...

Safran signs contract with Airbus for German H145 engines

Safran Helicopter Engines has entered into a support-by-the-hour (SBH) contract with Airbus Helicopters for the engines that power the...

BAE to develop next-generation airborne decoy countermeasure for US Navy

BAE Systems has been chosen by the US Navy to develop the Dual Band Decoy (DBD), an advanced radio...

GKN Aerospace to upgrade Gripen RM12 engine

GKN Aerospace has been awarded a contract by the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) to enhance and develop the...

Collins Aerospace selected to provide Large Area Display Typhoon cockpit

BAE Systems has chosen RTX business Collins Aerospace to provide Large Area Display technology for future Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft...

BAE Systems receives contract to sustain F-22 digital EWS

Lockheed Martin has signed a five-year contract with BAE Systems to sustain the AN/ALR-94 digital electronic warfare system for...

Luftwaffe to equip Typhoon fleet with E-Scan radar

The German Luftwaffe will equip its entire fleet of Eurofighter Typhoon combat aircraft with electronically scanned (E-Scan) radars following...

Raytheon delivers first B-52 AESA radar to Boeing

Raytheon, an RTX business, delivered the first B-52 active electronically scanned array radar (AESA) to Boeing for the U.S....

Hungary orders Hero-120 loitering munitions

Hungary has signed a deal with Rheinmetall for the supply of the Hero-120 loitering munition system. The contract, worth...

HENSOLDT equips Ukrainian helicopters with missile protection system

HENSOLDT has announced that it is equipping helicopters of the Ukrainian Armed Forces with state-of-the-art detection and self-protection sensor...

Germany to use Saab’s Arexis on Eurofighter electronic warfare variant

The German Air Force is planning to replace its ageing fleet of Tornado ECR aircraft with a new variant...

Leonardo delivers first ECRS Mk 2 radar for RAF Typhoons

The UK Royal Air Force (RAF) has received the first prototype of the European Common Radar System Mark 2...

BAE Systems awarded Typhoon avionics support contracts

BAE Systems announced that it will continue to service and support the Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft’s avionics for the platform’s...

Saab and FMV sign contract for new Gripen launch system

Swedish defence company Saab announced 26 April that it has received an order from the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration...

Elbit Systems’ Terrain Following-Terrain Avoidance System Declared Operational Onboard C-130 Aircraft

Concluding extensive flight testing and verification by Special Operations pilots, Elbit Systems’ new Terrain Following and Terrain Avoidance (TF/TA) system was declared...