The Qatar Emiri Air Force (QEAF) has chosen Lockheed Martin’s Sniper Advanced Targeting Pod (ATP) for its Rafale aircraft. Lockheed Martin will provide the QEAF with pods, spares and deployment support for the Rafale – the 10thplatform to fly with Sniper ATP. Integration efforts are ongoing, with flight tests currently in progress. Sniper ATP detects, ...
The Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson has announced new UK deployments as backed NATO’s role in strengthening Europe’s defence, stability and security. Speaking at the NATO Defence Ministerial in Brussels, the last ahead of the Summit in July, Mr Williamson committed UK jets to policing over Estonia and Iceland for 2019. He went ...
At the Electronic Warfare Europe 2018 conference in Lausanne, Switzerland, Leonardo officially announced the next variant of its BriteCloud missile decoy system, the BriteCloud 55-T. Manufactured in Luton, BriteCloud 55-T employs sophisticated miniaturised jamming technology to protect large-scale military transport aircraft – such as Leonardo’s own C27-J Spartan and a host ...
The first of Britain’s next-generation F-35 fighter jets have arrived home two months ahead of schedule in a major milestone for the Royal Air Force and Royal Navy. The first four of Britain’s new cutting-edge aircraft arrived into RAF Marham their new home in Norfolk after a trans-Atlantic flight from the ...