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The latest version of Lockheed’s Tactical Infrared Search and Track system will provide passive threat detection capability to the stealthy F-22 air superiority fighter, in a low-observable configuration rather than a pod.
The 737 fuselage made by Spirit AeroSystems was delivered to Boeing’s factory in Renton, Washington on 22 January, where it will be assembled into the first prototype of the US Air Force’s E-7A Wedgetail airborne early warning and control jet.
The Pentagon says fixed-wing transports will be used to repatriate some 5,000 undocumented migrants detained by US customs officials, while additional rotary-wing assets and crews will be deployed to the US-Mexico border to support monitoring efforts.
Germany’s DLR aerospace research centre has completed the first flight of an Airbus A320 adapted to conduct airborne testing of an active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar for Eurofighter operator nations Germany and Spain.
Airbus subsidiary AALTO has launched its first stratospheric flight with a Zephyr air vehicle from a new operating base in Kenya.
Shield AI’s V-Bat unmanned air vehicle has been selected to operate from warships operated by the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
Ukraine is to expand its use of Poseidon vertical take-off and landing uncrewed air vehicles (UAVs), following a new approval by the nation’s defence ministry.
Turkish unmanned air vehicle manufacturer Baykar Technologies continues test work with various platforms, including the first weapons launch from the developmental TB3.
