Defence Minister Earl Howe has praised Royal Air Force crews serving in Estonia as part of NATO’s Baltic Air Policing Mission. During his visit to Amari, Earl Howe met the RAF crews who have flown nearly 20 scrambles to intercept 40 aircraft including fighters and maritime patrol aircraft. Four RAF Typhoons ...
Pilatus Aircraft has announced that the first of 49 PC-21 aircraft destined for the Australian Defence Force has successfully completed its initial production test flight at the factory in Stans, Switzerland. The PC-21s will form the backbone of future pilot training for the ADF for the next 25 years. The flight ...
Inmarsat, the world’s leading provider of global mobile satellite communications, has announced that construction and associated sub-system tests of the satellite for its market-changing European Aviation Network (EAN) in-flight connectivity solution has been completed on schedule by Thales Alenia Space. The key milestone was achieved following an extensive two-year build process ...
Lockheed Martin has conducted a successful controlled flight test of the Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) surface-launch variant from the Self Defense Test Ship at Pt Mugu Sea Range, California. LRASM is a precision-guided anti-ship missile that leverages the successful JASSM-ER heritage, and is designed to meet the needs of US ...