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M-Code GPS and inertial navigation for F-22 and E-2D finishes critical design review
Northrop Grumman’s Embedded Global Positioning System and Inertial Navigation System-Modernization (EGI-M) programme recently finished its critical design review.
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Beijing continues progress with fighters and support aircraft: Pentagon
Beijing continues to make strides with its fighter fleet, as well as with key enabling capabilities such as airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) and air-to-air refuelling.
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China’s nuclear warhead stockpile to double as bomber reach grows
Beijing currently maintains a count of nuclear weapons in the low 200s, according to the Pentagon.
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US Air Force works to let foreign militaries rearm, refuel and repair F-35As in the field
To prepare the Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II for the austere air basing conditions of its new combat strategy, the US Air Force (USAF) is looking to maintenance partnerships with foreign militaries and logistics support from the US Navy and US Marine Corps, as well as a programme to increase the breadth of skill of its maintainers.
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‘Ruthless’ aircraft-buying decisions needed to avoid defeat: USAF
The “Accelerate Change or Lose” approach to buying aircraft, weapons and subsystems is being driven by increasingly sophisticated weapons being developed and fielded by China and Russia, says US Air Force chief of staff General Charles Brown.
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Electronic attack updates boost Saab’s Gripen offer to Finland
Saab used the Kauhava air show to announce fresh details about its Gripen E/F proposal for Finland’s HX fighter requirement, including the addition of a lightweight air-launched decoy missile
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Exosonic developing low-boom supersonic jet possibly to serve as ‘Air Force One’
Start-up Exosonic recently won a US Air Force (USAF) contract to develop a low-boom supersonic executive transport that could serve as a future “Air Force One”.
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Japan requests foreign help with F-X as programme moves into next phase: reports
Japan’s defence ministry is inviting foreign suppliers to help develop the country’s next-generation combat aircraft, known as the Future Fighter programme, or F-X.
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South Africa’s AHRLAC poised for deliveries
After becoming the outright owner of what has been a bumpy development programme, South Africa’s Paramount defence group is ready to put country’s first home-grown aircraft since the 1980s into service, positioning it as an adaptable reconnaissance and security platform for budget-conscious customers
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Argentina to use pension funds to restart development of IA-100 ‘Malvina’
Argentina, which defaulted on its national debt in May, has decided to dip into its military pension and retirement fund to restart the development of its new trainer aircraft, the IA-100. The country sees its pension funds a means to develop other projects in the future.
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US Navy researches long-range aerial sea mine
The service wants sea mines it can launch while out of enemy air defence reach.
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US Air Force leaders watch first Agility Prime eVTOL demonstration
Several top US Air Force leaders watched a demonstration flight of an electric-vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) aircraft on 20 August at Camp Mabry in Austin, Texas.
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Tempest windtunnel testing shows design detail
BAE Systems has revealed images of the UK’s Tempest future combat aircraft undergoing windtunnel testing at its Warton site in Lancashire earlier this year.
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Pentagon confident F-35 full-rate production decision won’t slip again
After suffering delays, including problems caused by the coronavirus, the US Department of Defense (DoD) believes the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II will be ready for a full-rate production decision by March 2021.
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UAE sees Israeli peace deal making it ‘easier’ to buy F-35
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) sees broad benefits flowing from its recent peace deal with Israel, including an easier path to buying the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II stealth fighter, as well as other US-made military products.
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AI wins 5 to 0 in simulated dogfights against human F-16 fighter pilot
The AI program, named “Falcon”, defeated a senior fighter pilot and F-16 Weapons Instructor Course graduate, call sign “Banger”, in a series of nearly flawless performances that took advantage of the computer program’s ability to fly more precisely and aggressively.
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First simulator arrival boosts RAF Poseidon operations
Boeing has delivered a key training device to support personnel operating the UK Royal Air Force’s (RAF’s) 737NG-based P-8A Poseidon MRA1 maritime patrol aircraft fleet.
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CAE wins contract for USAF’s new AI-guided pilot training initiative
CAE USA has won a contract for a cloud-based learning management system which is to help guide the US Air Force’s Undergraduate Pilot Training 2.5 initiative.
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Oregon Air National Guard to receive first Boeing F-15EX in 2022
Kingsley Field Air National Guard Base near Klamath Falls in southern Oregon will host the US Air Force’s (USAF) first formal training missions.
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USAF tests B-21 avionics on surrogate aircraft to keep development pace
The US Air Force is testing the avionics and other subsystems of the Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider on an undisclosed surrogate aircraft while the first example of the stealth bomber is built simultaneously.