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Naval Aviation's Root Cause Corrective Action (RCCA) analysis teams concluded their investigations in December and found no single root cause for Physiological Episodes (PEs) experienced by naval aviators. They determined, [...]

Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska, and soon the F-35 Lightning II at Eielson AFB. The DoD's Eielson AFB regional growth plan will bring $500 million in infrastructure, including hangars, housing, [...]

Twelve countries have committed to orders of the F-35 joint strike fighter either as formal partner nations or through foreign military sales. As production of the fifth-generation systems ramp up, [...]

When Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 147 wrapped up its 2017 combat deployment aboard USS Nimitz (CVN 68), the 'Argonauts' knew they were rolling right into the task of transitioning from [...]

In the next few years, the Blue Angels will transition from the F/A-18 Hornet to the Super Hornet as 18 low-rate initial production (LRIP) F/A-18E/F Super Hornets are modified and [...]

Editor's note: As the Program Executive Officer, Tactical Aircraft Programs, Rear Adm. Shane Gahagan serves as the lead for the engineering reform pillar of the Naval Sustainment System-Aviation. In his [...]

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Byline: Greg Waldron The Nigerian air force is set to receive three Chengdu/Pakistan Aeronautical Complex JF-17 fighters, as well as eight unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) from China. The JF-17 acquisition [...]

Byline: Craig Hoyle Airbus Defence & Space has received a contract to build a Tranche 4 batch of 38 Eurofighters for the German air force. Airbus Defence & Space has [...]

Byline: Garrett Reim The growing number of Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II stealth fighters possessed by European air forces would give the NATO alliance an edge over Russia in high-intensity [...]

Byline: Garrett Reim The US Defense Logistics Agency is researching ways to set up a performance-based logistics contract for the US Air Force Fairchild-Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II to reduce the [...]

Byline: Garrett Reim Boeing and the US Navy plan to co-develop a supersonic land and sea strike missile to be carried aboard the F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter. Boeing and the [...]

AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-(C)1997-2020 M2 COMMUNICATIONS The US Department of Defense has announced Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co. has been awarded a USD contract modification valued at USD 20,480,000 [...]

INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2020 M2 COMMUNICATIONS The US Navy has awarded L3Harris Technologies (NYSE:LHX) a USD 104 million follow-on contract to supply the next production lot of the electronic warfare (EW) [...]

The world's air forces deploy a variety of Air-to-Air Missiles (AAM). This article profiles some of the leading European, Israeli and North American efforts for prosecuting within visual range and [...]

Byline: Garrett Reim After suffering delays, including problems caused by the coronavirus, the US Department of Defense (DoD) believes the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II will be ready for a [...]

The first two Super Hornets to complete Service Life Modification have been delivered to the Navy Boeing has inducted its 20th F/A-18 Super Hornet into Service Life Modification (SLM) supporting [...]

Byline: requirement JON HEMMERDINGER boston Ottawa to evaluate F-35A, Gripen E and Super Hornet candidates, with final contract award scheduled for during 2022 Canada has received bids to replace its [...]

Boeing announced that the Super Hornet response for the Future Fighter Capability Project was submitted on Tuesday, July 28. The company said, 'The F/A-18 Super Hornet Block III is a [...]

Byline: Jon Hemmerdinger Canada has received bids to replace its jet fighter fleet with either Lockheed Martin F-35s, Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornets or Saab Gripen E fighters. Canada has received [...]

Byline: Craig Hoyle India's first batch of five Dassault Rafale fighters touched down at Ambala Air Force Station on 29 July, advancing the nation's long-planned introduction of the French-built type. [...]

Byline: Craig Hoyle Typhoon's long-term evolution options include cockpit, connectivity modifications and even thrust-vectoring control The Eurofighter industry consortium remains on course to deliver a broad-ranging 'menu' of capability options [...]

Byline: Craig Hoyle The Eurofighter industry consortium remains on course to deliver a broad-ranging 'menu' of capability options to its core partner nations before year-end to inform their decisions on [...]

Byline: Greg Waldron India's Defence Acquisition Council has approved the acquisition of 33 new Russian fighters, comprising 21 RAC MiG-29s and 12 Sukhoi Su-30MKIs. In addition, the Indian Air Force's [...]

Byline: Craig Hoyle A bilateral effort to equip in-service Eurofighter combat aircraft with active electronically scanned array (AESA) radars has advanced further, with Airbus Defence & Space securing a contract [...]

Byline: Craig Hoyle A joint UK-Qatar Eurofighter Typhoon unit has conducted its first flights, with 12 Sqn employing Royal Air Force-owned assets. A joint UK-Qatar Eurofighter Typhoon unit has conducted [...]

Byline: CRAIG HOYLE Berlin has approved a contract for sensor house Hensoldt to complete development, production and integration work on an active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar for its air [...]

The first operational Block III jet will be delivered to the Navy in early 2021 Boeing delivered the first two F/A-18 Block III Super Hornets to the U.S. Navy for [...]

Byline: Greg Waldron A Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet has conducted a guided release of Raytheon's new GBU-53/B StormBreaker munition, which is design to hit moving targets in poor visibility conditions. [...]

Byline: GARRETT REIM The US Navy (USN) on 1 June completed the first captive carry flight test of a Northrop Grumman Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile - Extended Range (AARGM-ER) on [...]

F/A-18E/F is latest fighter jet to integrate precision weapon Raytheon Missiles & Defense, a Raytheon Technologies business, completed the first guided release of a StormBreaker(R) smart weapon from an F/A-18E/F [...]

Byline: Greg Waldron Boeing has conducted the maiden flight of the first F/A-18 Super Hornet in the new Block III configuration. A video posted on Boeing's Youtube channel shows the [...]

AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-(C)1997-2020 M2 COMMUNICATIONS Lockheed Martin Corp., a Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., has announced it has been awarded a USD 18,670,070 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the procurement of maintenance and [...]

Byline: Garrett Reim The US Navy (USN) completed the first captive carry flight test of an Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile - Extended Range (AARGM-ER) missile on a Boeing F/A-18E Super [...]

The first Super Hornet test aircraft for the U.S. Navy Blue Angels has been delivered by Boeing. The unpainted aircraft will now undergo a flight test and an evaluation phase [...]

Super Hornet to become the fourth Boeing platform for the flight demonstration team. Boeing has modified Blue Angels since 2008 and delivered 23 aircraft to date. Boeing has delivered the [...]

Byline: GARRETT REIM Service drops sole-source supplier plan for enhanced F-15EX, opening door to competition The US Air Force (USAF) is asking for proposals to power its planned Boeing F-15EX, [...]

AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-(C)1997-2020 M2 COMMUNICATIONS NATO has announced troops from its Forward Presence battlegroup in Lithuania are training with British and Spanish pilots from the Alliance's Baltic Air Policing mission [...]

Byline: Garrett Reim The company's suppliers are not able to deliver parts on time, a disruption caused by the coronavirus. As a result, the number of F-35s produced this year [...]

For seasoned observers of the Joint Strike Fighter programme, the revelation that Lockheed Martin's Block 4 modernisation effort for the F-35 is already running two years late and $1.5 billion [...]

Byline: Garrett Reim The Block 4 upgrade, modernisation of the relatively new stealth fighter's software and hardware, was initially to be delivered by 2024, but now will not be handed [...]

Kopin Corp. reported it has received an approximately $2.7 million follow-on order of its high-brightness liquid crystal display for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program. According to a media release, [...]

AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-(C)1997-2020 M2 COMMUNICATIONS The US Navy has announced that it has awarded a USD 112m modification contract on behalf of itself and Australia to exercise options for procurement [...]

Lockheed Martin was awarded a $129.19M modification to a firm-fixed-price delivery order against a previously issued basic ordering agreement. This modification procures the kits required for modification and retrofit activities [...]

Kopin announced it has received an approximately $2.7M follow-on order of its high-brightness liquid crystal display for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program. With the F-35 scheduled for production through [...]

Byline: DOMINIC PERRY Germany hopes to have fully retired its Panavia Tornado combat aircraft in 2030, with the arrival of a successor type to begin after 2025. Berlin intends to [...]

AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-(C)1997-2020 M2 COMMUNICATIONS General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) has announced the completion of the flight deck certification on the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), the company said. [...]

Byline: Garrett Reim In total, the US Navy received 322 one-seater F/A-18Es and 286 two-seat F/A-18Fs as part of the Block II Super Hornet programme, which started in 2005. Boeing [...]

Byline: Dominic Perry Germany hopes to have fully retired its Panavia Tornado combat aircraft in 2030, with the arrival of a successor aircraft to begin in 2025. Germany hopes to [...]