All articles by Craig Hoyle – Page 84
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Royal Air Force lifts lid on Sentinel's role in Mali
The UK Royal Air Force has detailed the contribution made by its Sentinel R1 ground surveillance aircraft during France's Operation Serval activity in Mali ...
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Paveway IV integration on target for RAF Typhoons
The UK has moved a step closer to fielding Raytheon Systems' Paveway IV precision-guided bomb with its Eurofighter Typhoon combat aircraft ...
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UK gets sixth Voyager, as type nears debut on Falklands route
AirTanker has introduced its sixth Airbus A330 Voyager tanker/transport for the UK ...
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RAF to receive sixth Shadow surveillance aircraft
The UK is to take delivery of a sixth Shadow R1 intelligence aircraft before the end of the month, it has emerged ...
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PICTURES: How Netra UAVs helped Indian disaster relief effort
India's Ideaforge has released images showing the Netra UAV's involvement in disaster relief operations ...
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PICTURES: Canada receives first F-model Chinook
Canada's first of 15 Boeing CH-47F Chinook transport helicopters has been flown to Ottawa, with the manufacturer saying it is on track to complete deliveries during 2014.
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Lockheed Martin strengthens international business
Lockheed Martin International has been established, with the goal of increasing global sales to 20% of annual revenues ...
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PICTURE: Gripen on target with Meteor missile firings
MBDA's Meteor beyond visual-range air-to-air missile is on target to enter use with the Swedish air force from 2014, following a dual firing performed using a Saab Gripen test aircraft.
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PICTURE: German air force to bid 'Pharewell' to last F-4Fs
Germany will retire its last operational McDonnell Douglas F-4F Phantom IIs on 29 June, with the veteran type's duties having been assumed by Eurofighter...
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Typhoon, Hawk sales power 62% growth in UK defence exports
The UK maintained its status as a leading arms exporter in 2012, signing deals worth £8.8bn ...
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German navy Lynx to get new Titan sensor fit
Germany's defence ministry has signed a deal to acquire Titan 385ES-HD sensors for some of its navy Lynx helicopters ...
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PARIS: MC-27J passes initial gunship test phase
Alenia Aermacchi and ATK have completed the first series of cannon firings from an adapted C-27J transport ...
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PARIS: Daher-Socata nears TBM 850 sales with I-Master radar
Daher-Socata is in discussions with two potential customers for a new multimission derivative of its high-speed TBM 850 turboprop, which is being shown with a range of sensor options for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) tasks.
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PICTURE: A400M makes spectacular defensive flares test
Airbus Military has performed an important test of the A400M's self-protection equipment ...
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PARIS: Saab poised to conclude first Skeldar UAS sale
Saab is poised to secure a launch order for its Skeldar unmanned air system, with an undisclosed operator ...
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PICTURE: Seoul's first C-130J ready for flight testing
South Korea's first C-130J-30 tactical transport is soon to enter flight testing in Marietta, Georgia ...
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PARIS: New Eurofighter boss reveals ambitious sales target
The four-nation Eurofighter consortium is targeting a potential opportunity to export 250 more Typhoons during the next decade, says new chief executive Alberto Gutierrez.
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Boeing wins ScanEagle deal for UK Royal Navy
Boeing Defence UK has won a contract to provide Insitu ScanEagle unmanned air vehicle services to the Royal Navy ...
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PARIS: F-35 programme gets Norwegian approval boost
Norway's parliament has approved the planned purchase of the nation's first six operational F-35 Joint Strike Fighters, as Lockheed Martin also waits on the UK to formalise a new order, says Steve O'Bryan, the company's vice-president programme integration.
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PARIS: First AESA-equipped Rafale heads for squadron service
With a first sensor already in the advanced stages of test and evaluation at its air force's Mont-de-Marsan air base, an operational French squadron will within the next few weeks receive its first Dassault Rafale equipped with a new active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar.