The Airbus A400M new generation airlifter has successfully conducted a major helicopter air-to-air refuelling certification campaign, completing the majority of its development and certification objectives. Airbus Defence and Space aims to achieve full helicopter air-to-air refuelling certification later this year with the conclusion of all mandatory night operation trials. The flight tests, ...
The US Air Force, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) and L3Harris Technologies have collaborated to further expand the mission capabilities of the US Air Force’s versatile MQ-9 Reaper Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA). For the first time, crews from the Air Force’s 26th Weapons Squadron (WPS) flew an MQ-9 equipped with the ...
Saab has shipped its first aft airframe section for the T-7A Red Hawk program. This is a key delivery in the Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) program to its T-7A Red Hawk advanced trainer aircraft partner, Boeing. The production and shipment of this aft airframe section is the latest milestone in Saab’s ...
Official DPRTE 2021 event partner, Dstl (Defence Science and Technology Laboratory) headed an international group of defence space scientists capturing data during the Phantom Echoes 2 project that will help improve performance and space safety. Following almost 3 months of observation and data collection, last week saw the culmination of a ...