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Farnborough International Airshow 2018: the future of flight
The world-famous biennial event returned in July to showcase the best of UK and international aerospace and defence. While this year’s military aerial displays were limited, the hectares of exhibition...
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August’s top news stories
Leidos won $620m support contract for USAF’s F-16 avionics shops, USAF awarded $480m contract for Lockheed’s hypersonic weapon design, and RAAF’s KC-30A tanker delivered fuel during Operation Okra. Airforce-Technology.com wraps...
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Defence solutions march on scene at IFS World Conference
Aerospace and defence was top of the agenda at IFS’s recent World Conference in Atlanta, Georgia, US. At the event, the multinational enterprise software company’s executive team told Berenice Baker...
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July’s top news stories
New Zealand to buy four P-8A Poseidon patrol aircraft for $1.6bn, UK requested a $650m sale of AIM-120D air-to-air missiles from US, and GA-ASI’s MQ-9B SkyGuardian RPA completed trans-Atlantic flight....
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The $1 trillion question: is the F-35 project too big to fail?
The United States Air Force is reportedly considering cancelling orders for as many as 590 F-35 fighter jets because the aircraft is proving too expensive to operate and maintain. Nevertheless,...
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Global Defence Technology: Issue 89
In this issue: F-35 purchase commitments at stake, the best tech and innovations from Eurosatory, US Triton drones head to the South China Sea, and more
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June’s top news stories
Bahraini Air Force to buy 16 F-16 Block 70 jets from US for $1.12bn, USAF awarded $928m contract to develop HCSW hypersonic missile, and UK’s first F-35B fighter jets arrived...
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Global Defence Technology: Issue 88
In this issue: Nordic countries arm to defend the Baltic region, inside the US Air Force’s light attack aircraft experiment, France's pushes AI investment for future weapon systems, and more
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The OA-X experiment: is there a future for light attack aircraft?
New light attack aircraft that target low priority threats could be built quicker and cheaper than jet fighters, but does sending lightly armoured planes into battle put pilots at unacceptable...
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May’s top news stories
The Israeli Air Force’s F-35I Adir conducted the first operational missions, Germany requested $1.40bn sale of C-130J-30 and KC-130J jets from the US and the UK confirmed the launch of...
