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In order to protect the venerable F-16 fighter from modern electronic threats, Northrop Grumman has put its AN/ALQ-257 Integrated Viper Electronic Warfare Suite (IVEWS) up against a series of “attacks” from the US Air Force Laboratory Intelligence Vali… Continue reading Northrop Grumman tests electronic defense system for F-16 fighters
With the Russian invasion of Ukraine well into its sixth month, the war has settled into a baffling pattern that defies the expectations of both sides. The most extreme example is the air war over Ukraine, which devolved into a stalemate almost from th… Continue reading Ukraine Air Force seeks game-changing fighter jets from NATO
The sixth generation of supersonic stealth fighter planes is on its way. The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has confirmed that the British-led Future Combat Air System initiative’s Tempest fighter program will fly a combat air demonstrator by 2027.Contin… Continue reading Tempest sixth-generation demonstration fighter to fly by 2027
Aerospace company Leonardo and aviation services company 2Excel are modifying a commercial Boeing 757-200 airliner to act as a flying laboratory. Called Excalibur, it will be used to test technology for the 6th-generation Tempest fighter jet being deve… Continue reading Commercial airliner modified to be flying lab for 6th-gen Tempest fighter
At this year’s MAKS-21 air show outside Moscow, Sukhoi unveiled a mock-up of its latest fifth-generation fighter aircraft. Called the Checkmate SU-75, it is designed as an “inexpensive” rival to the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighte… Continue reading Sukhoi shows off Checkmate 5th-Gen fighter to compete with F-35
Saab and Varjo Technologies are developing a new low-cost, high-resolution mixed-reality (XR) technology for flight simulators to train pilots of the Saab Gripen E/F multi-role fighter aircraft. Called Bionic Display, it cuts the computing power requir… Continue reading Bionic Display cuts computing power for flight simulator mixed reality
The US Air Force has taken early delivery of a second F-15EX fighter jet, opening the way to beginning full-scale flight testing of the latest F-15 variant being built by a Boeing-led industry team for the Air Force and the Air National Guard.Continue … Continue reading US Air Force takes delivery of second F-15EX fighter
The Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor is an extraordinary aircraft, the result of a project that began all the way back in 1981, five years before Top Gun. It entered military service in 2007, and delivered its final aircraft in 2012.Continue ReadingCategory… Continue reading The F-22 Raptor shows off its agility in glorious 4K
BAE Systems has unveiled the futuristic smart factory that will be used to develop and manufacture Britain’s Tempest fighter jet. Billed as a first-of-its-kind factory, the new facility at Warton, Lancashire combines robotics with other advanced techno… Continue reading BAE unveils smart factory that will build the Tempest fighter
The first aerial showdown between a human fighter pilot and an autonomous aircraft is slated for July 2021, according to a fascinating interview with the outgoing Director of the US Department of Defense’s Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC).Co… Continue reading Human fighter pilots set to take on AI drones in aerial dogfights in 2021