A £15 million state-of-the-art Aviation Academy is set to open at RAF Syerston in Nottinghamshire in 2019 in a joint venture between the RAF Air Cadets and Aviation Skills Partnership. The Syerston Academy will be named after WW2 Victoria Cross hero Arthur Aaron – a former RAF Air Cadet and RAF ...
India’s Defence Ministry has issued a Request for Information for over 200 helicopters for the Indian Navy under the new Strategic Partnership model. The global tender estimated to worth over $5 billion consists of 111 naval utility helicopters and 123 naval multi role helicopters, with anti-submarine capabilities. The strategic partnership model seeks ...
The US Air Force has tasked Boeing and Northrop Grumman with the iteration of preliminary designs for the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) program – the nation’s next Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) system. Boeing and Northrop Grumman have each been awarded risk-reduction contracts within the GBSD program, which will see the Minuteman ...
Lockheed Martin has successfully fired the first tactical configuration Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) from a US Air Force B-1B. In the test over the Sea Range at Point Mugu, California, a U.S. Air Force B-1B from Edwards Air Force Base, California, released the LRASM. The missile navigated through all planned waypoints, transitioned ...