The 10 July crash of a US Air Force Northrop RQ-4A Global Hawk unmanned air vehicle during an attempted emergency landing following a mission over Afghanistan was caused by the failure of a single fuel nozzle in the high-flow position, leading to internal failure of the Rolls-Royce AE3007H engine.
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.
