The long awaited F-35B Lightning has carried out initial air trials equipped with UK-built weaponry, Defence Minister Stuart Andrew has announced during a visit to the Defence Electronics and Components Agency (DECA) in Wales. From Edwards Air Force Base in southern California, the F-35B took to the skies, flown by a ...
The Royal Air Force has officially handed responsibility for the NATO Enhanced Air Policing mission over to the Royal Canadian Air Force. During a ceremony held at Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base in Southern Romania, 135 Expeditionary Air Wing relinquished command of the NATO mission to their Canadian counterparts. Royal Canadian Air ...
Boeing has successfully completed the first suite of synchronised unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) flight tests using new on-board autonomous command and control technology in Australia. Conducted at a regional Queensland airfield, the flights saw five UAV test beds equipped with the Boeing on-board system safely complete in-air programmed missions as a ...
A new breed of advanced, higher-power, harder-to-jam GPS III satellites are making their way to the launch pad, according to the US Air Force. In August, Lockheed Martin shipped the very first US Air Force GPS III space vehicle (GPS III SV01) to Cape Canaveral for launch in December. Designed and ...