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At this year’s Farnborough International Airshow, Britain, Italy and Japan are showing off the latest concept model of the sixth-generation fighter being developed by the Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP), highlighting its advanced aerodynamics.Contin… Continue reading Tempest 6th-gen fighter jet concept features next-gen power and aeros
The age of uncrewed air combat took a step forward as two Vertical Take Off and Landing (VTOL) JACKAL drones developed by Flyby Technology successfully fired a Thales Lightweight Multirole Missiles (LMM) in tests sponsored by the Rapid Capabilities Off… Continue reading JACKAL VTOL drone fires advanced multi-role missiles in successful trial
Britain’s attempt to launch its first orbital rocket in over half a century and the first from UK soil failed today as the second stage of the mission’s Virgin Orbit rocket malfunctioned due to an undisclosed problem.Continue ReadingCategory: Space, Sc… Continue reading First space mission launched from British soil fails to reach orbit
A Royal Air Force (RAF) Voyager air-to-air refueling tanker made history on November 16 in the sky over RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire, UK, becoming the world’s first in-service military aircraft to complete a flight using 100% Sustainable Aviation Fu… Continue reading RAF makes world’s first military flight entirely on sustainable fuel
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
The Royal Air Force has set a new record by completing the first ever aircraft flight powered entirely by synthetic fuel. On November 2 in the skies over Cotswold Airport in the UK, Group Captain Peter Hackett piloted an Ikarus C42 microlight aircraft … Continue reading RAF makes world’s first flight using pure synthetic fuel
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
Britain’s Tempest sixth-generation fighter jet is a step closer to reality after the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) awarded BAE Systems a contract for £250 million (US$348 million) to begin the program’s concept and assessment phase.Continue ReadingCateg… Continue reading Tempest sixth-generation fighter moves forward with new design contract
The companies building the UK’s Tempest sixth-generation fighter aircraft have revealed some of the technological concepts that it will incorporate, including a radar system designed to handle as much data per second as a city.Continue ReadingCategory:… Continue reading Tempest sixth-generation fighter to get blistering new radar technology
The UK Ministry of Defence is purchasing a total of 16 Protector RG Mk1 Remotely Piloted Air Systems (RPAS) to replace the RAF’s Reaper RPAS drone fleet. At the virtual 2020 Air and Space Power Conference, Defence Secretary Ben Wallace announced the £6… Continue reading Next-gen Protector drones to join RAF fleet in £65-million contract