The Italian Ministry of Defence with industry partner Leonardo and Lockheed Martin have rolled out the first F-35B Short Take-off/Vertical Landing version built outside of the US. Delivery of the aircraft is anticipated for November, with the first flight due in August. The Italian FACO is owned by the Italian MOD and ...
Work is underway on the construction of a new rocket engine test facility at Westcott Venture Park in the UK. The facility will fire the engine core of the European Space Agency-backed Synergistic Air-Breathing Rocket Engine (SABRE) propulsion system within the next three years. The SABRE scoops up atmospheric air during the ...
The rotation of NATO’s Baltic Air Policing has switched, with Poland now taking the lead, with support from Spain. Following on from the Royal Netherlands Air Force, Poland’s rotation will see it carrying out missions across the area from the airbase at Šiauliai, Lithuania. While the German Air Force’s supporting mission ...
Trials have been successfully completed by a Typhoon aircraft to simultaneously fire two MBDA Meteor Beyond Visual Range air-to-air missiles. Undertaken at BAE Systems’ Military Air & Information site, in Warton, UK, the trials took place over the UK’s Hebrides Range using Airbus Defence & Space Instrumented Production Aircraft (IPA) 4 ...
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