Hughes Training is to supply two Lockheed Martin F-16A Mid-Life Update unit-level trainers to the Royal Danish Air Force in 1997. The trainers include a Silicon Graphics Onyx Infinite Reality image-generator with 120°-wide display, and head-up display and infra-red sensor simulations.
Source: Flight International
The autonomous flight start-up reveals it has completed three evaluation flights with the US Air National Guard, and hopes to conduct an in-flight demonstration of its autonomous Merlin Pilot system sometime in 2025.
Mid-August brought the 50th anniversary of the first flight of the Panavia Tornado – a Cold War-era stalwart which remains in service with a trio of nations.
South Korea will reduce Indonesia’s funding commitment on the joint KF-21/IF-X fighter programme, removing a long-running irritant between the two partners.
