The UK Ministry of Defence has cleared the Meteor Mirach 100/5 jet powered target for Royal Navy and Royal Air Force air target training. Mirach 100 was the winner of the Replacement Aerial Subsonic Target programme in 1998. Meteor, an Alenia Difesa company, is supplying 39 targets and three ground stations, which will be operated by the Fleet Target Group at RNAS Culdrose.
Source: Flight International
A repeat star of the Farnborough air show is back in new-look guise, as the three-nation Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP) continues its progress towards service entry in 2035.
MBDA is on target to add an artificial intelligence (AI)-driven collaborative capability to its precision-guided weapons range, and has named the developmental Spear missile as the first to benefit.
Lockheed Martin believes it could attract orders for potentially another 300 F-16s, with prospective buyers for new-build jets currently including the Philippines, Thailand and Turkey.
