General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has completed a major milestone with the full-scale fatigue testing of an MQ-9B Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA). The team completed the “first lifetime” of fatigue testing – which is equivalent to 40,000 operating hours – and represents an important step in validating the design of ...
As a nurse in the Armed Forces, Air Commodore Fin Bradley believes you not only witness history, but you can also “play your part in shaping it”. Now, after multiple tours to Iraq and other destinations around the world, she hopes her Honorary Doctorate from Birmingham City University (BCU) – awarded ...
The UK has been providing basic training to Ukraine’s combat air pilots as a contribution to the international Air Force Capability Coalition for Ukraine. The first cohort of Ukrainian pilots to receive training from the Royal Air Force are now learning to fly F-16 fighter jets in Denmark, having completed a ...
Airbus Defence and Space has conducted a new flight-test campaign of the A400M Roll-on/Roll-off firefighting prototype kit, dropping 20,000 litres of retardant and creating high concentration lines over 400 metres long on ground. Over a period of two weeks, the A400M carried out a ground and flight-test campaign in south-western and ...