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The US Air National Guard is set to test a prototype of the large aircraft infrared countermeasure system (LAIRCM), also known as the Guardian, on Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft at...
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Northrop and Cassidian perform first full test flight of Euro Hawk UAS
Northrop Grumman and Cassidian have conducted the first full system test flight of the Euro Hawk unmanned aircraft system (UAS) at Manching Air Base, Germany, demonstrating its systems...
USAF awards Protected MILSATCOM development contract to Northrop
Northrop Grumman has received contracts from the US Air Force (USAF) to demonstrate more affordable ways to develop a future protected military satellite communications (MILSATCOM)...
Russia to deploy S-400 missiles in Southern Military District
Russia's Ministry of Defence (MoD) is planning to deploy advanced S-400 Triumph air defence missile systems in the country's Southern Military District by the end of 2012, Southern...
ITT completes GPS III satellite navigation payload acceptance testing
ITT Exelis has successfully completed acceptance testing of the Non-Flight Satellite Testbed's navigation payload...
USAF selects GE Aviation for AETD contract negotiations
GEGE Aviation has been selected by the US Air Force (USAF) for negotiations to mature of a set of technologies to include variable cycle technology for its Adaptive Engine Technology...
RAF contracts universities for international security and leadership training
Portsmouth Business School and Cranfield University have been awarded a contract to provide training to UK Royal Air Force (RAF) personnel, in an effort to enhance international security...
Sukhoi’s second T-50 prototype performs initial tanker plug trial
Sukhoi's Russian Air Force fifth generation T-50 multi-role fighter jet has completed initial approach trials to a flight refuelling...
Hypersonic Waverider jet flight test conducted above Pacific Ocean
The US military has conducted another test of its hypersonic jet Waverider, taking place above the Pacific Ocean in an attempt to reach Mach...
Boeing orders USAF WGS satellite components from Cobham
Boeing has awarded a contract to Cobham for the supply of electronic systems for the US Air Force's (USAF) Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) satellite...
Raytheon's Pyros STM completes guided flight testing
Raytheon's Pyros small tactical munition (STM) has successfully completed the warhead and guidance system testing at the US Army's Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona,...
Israel to integrate upgraded interceptor missile in Iron Dome
The Israeli Air Force (IAF) is set to equip its Iron Dome counter rocket defence systems with an advanced variant of Tamir interceptor missile, as part of the system's Block II version...
Sagem’s Hammer laser-guided weapon completes test firing
Sagem's Hammer air-to-ground guided weapon with laser terminal guidance, the SBU-64 Hammer, has been successfully tested by the French defence procurement agency DGA at the Cazaux air base,...
Fourth Russian T-50 stealth fighter to enter testing this year
Russia is planning to start the testing and development of its fourth Sukhoi T-50 stealth fighter later this...
Lockheed’s GPS III prototype reaches new milestone
The Lockheed Martin team tasked with developing the Global Positioning System III (GPS III) satellites has completed a major integration and test event on the satellite's pathfinder, known as...
USAF reveals basing criteria for its KC-46A tanker aircraft
The US Air Force (USAF) has released the guidelines that will determine candidate bases for the new KC-46A tanker formal training unit (FTU) and the first two main operating bases...
DARPA’s ERB reveals HTV-2 second test flight report
The US Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA) independent engineering review board (ERB) has completed the second flight review of Hypersonic Technology Vehicle...
Russia to supply RVV-AE missiles to Malaysian Air Force
Russia’s state-run arms exporter Rosoboronexport has inked a contract with Malaysia for the delivery of 35 Vympel R-77 RVV-AE air-to-air missiles for the Malaysian Air...
ITT Exelis to build USAF GPS III satellite payloads
Lockheed Martin has awarded a contract to ITT Exelis to construct navigation payloads for the US Air Force’s (USAF) third and fourth next-generation global positioning system (GPS)...
Russia to induct three S-400 battalions in 2012
Russia's Ministry of Defence will deploy three battalions of S-400 Triumph air defence missile systems in 2012, Russian Air Force Chief of Staff major general Viktor Bondarev...
IAF receives indigenous Akash missile
The Indian Air Force (IAF) has received the domestically-built medium-range, surface-to-air missile (SAM) missile system, Akash, Indian Defence Minister AK Antony...