All articles by Garrett Reim – Page 37
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US Army looks for autonomous medevac vehicles, including UAVs
The US Army is drawing up its roadmap for the future of medical care on the battlefield and is looking to autonomous vehicles, including unmanned air vehicles (UAVs), to support its medevac mission.
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NewsBoeing and Embraer rebrand transport as C-390 Millennium
Boeing and Embraer have rebranded the KC-390 airlifter as the C-390 Millennium to emphasise the transport’s cargo mission.
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NewsBoeing sees foreign sales reviving AH-6 Little Bird
Production of Boeing’s AH-6 Little Bird light-attack helicopter has been at a virtual standstill for around 18 months, but increasing Foreign Military Sales interest has the company believing it can revive the programme with as many as 75 more orders.
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Raytheon Joint Standoff Weapon to be certificated for F-35A
The AGM-154 JSOW precision-strike glide bomb is to be certificated for the internal weapons bay of the US Air Force’s F-35A Lighting II stealth fighter by the end of November 2019.
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NewsVirgin Galactic displays fire retardant space suit
Virgin Galactic unveiled space suits at the show that it will give to private astronauts travelling aboard its SpaceShipTwo.
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NewsDUBAI: Lockheed Martin LM-100J gets FAA type certificate
The Lockheed Martin LM-100J commercial freighter received its type certificate from the Federal Aviation Administration on 15 November.
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DUBAI: Dubai air show takes precautions against intruding drones
In the wake of the loitering munitions attack on the Saudi Aramco oil processing facilities at Abqaiq and Khurais in September, Dubai air show is taking precautions against intruding unmanned air vehicles.
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DUBAI: Frequentis touts deployable ATC towers after DoD contract
Frequentis is touting a contract it won from the Department of Defense (DoD) in October for four remote virtual air traffic controller towers, including two deployable systems which could be used at expeditionary air bases.
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DUBAI: UAE highlights technology transfer priorities
The UAE is looking to use a technology transfer policy to help Emirati companies catch up and position themselves in areas that are seen by many as the future of the aerospace defence industry.
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DUBAI: RAF to use Typhoon as ‘testbed’ for Tempest development
The UK Royal Air Force intends to use the Eurofighter Typhoon as a “testbed” for new development methods and technologies that will be employed on the forthcoming Tempest sixth-generation fighter.
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DUBAI: ‘Settling grievances’ key to Gulf states’ air defence, says USAF
The UAE and other Gulf nations must “settle old grievances” to enable a networked defence against a ballistic missile attack from Iran, according to US Air Force (USAF) chief of staff Major General David Goldfein.
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AnalysisGeneral Atomics ready to add SparrowHawk attritable drone
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems is developing a new attritable jet-powered unmanned air vehicle (UAV). Called SparrowHawk, it is intended to be air-launched from and air-recoverable by the US Air Force’s (USAF’s) MQ-9 Reaper.
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USAF Research Lab builds an ‘open source’ jet engine in 13 months
The US Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) says it has designed, built and tested an “open source” engine in 13 months.
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NewsSolar-powered Hawk30 completes 1.5h second flight
HAPSMobile’s Hawk30 solar-powered, high-altitude platform completed its second test flight in the last two months when it touched down after a 1.5h flight at NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center in Southern California.
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US Navy moves to put Link 16 in MQ-8C unmanned helicopter
The US Navy (USN) is moving forward with its plan to add the Link 16 communications terminals to its fleet of Northrop Grumman MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned helicopters.
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DoD warns China exporting killer autonomous drones to Middle East
China is exporting unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) to the Middle East which are capable of launching autonomous attacks.
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DARPA looking for anti-laser defences for US aircraft
Rapid improvements in high-energy laser weapons has the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) concerned that US aircraft could be targeted and attacked by adversaries in the future.
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US Navy picks Raytheon and BAE for F/A-18 towed decoy competition
The US Navy (USN) picked Raytheon and BAE Systems to develop and demonstrate competing versions of a dual-band towed decoy for its Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet fleet.
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Indonesia plans to buy two squadrons of F-16s, but also Su-35s
The Indonesian air force plans to buy two squadrons of Lockheed Martin F-16 Block 72 Viper fighters, while also following through on its plan to purchase a squadron of Russian’s Sukhoi Su-35s.
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How big production increases caused Lockheed Martin F-35 problems
The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II stealth fighter’s mission capability rate was hurt due to difficulty Lockheed Martin and its suppliers had producing spare parts, an issue caused by a three-year push to dramatically increase production of the aircraft, a top US Air Force official says.