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On 7 December 1941, the Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation held an open day to introduce its new carrier-borne bomber to the public. A few hours into the event, news arrived [...]

The automotive giant has ambitious defense contracting plans. A Concord factory is helping revive a proud legacy. General Motors is making a push to become a significant player in the [...]

The fanfare around the Air Force's sixth-generation stealth bomber has quieted since its December 2022 unveiling--and while the program remains highly secretive--the service says it is on track and blazing [...]

AI enhancement creates faster decision-making with a single click Northrop Grumman Corporation announced a new artificial intelligence (AI) feature to help warfighters make real-time, informed decisions on the move. The [...]

Byline: Manish Kumar Jha The annual press day by Chief of the Air Staff Air Chief Marshal A.P. Singh was a testament to the Indian Air Force's strategic vision for [...]

Byline: Ryan Finnerty While the US Air Force is walking back its commitment to developing a manned sixth-generation combat fighter, the navy's top officer says her service remains committed to [...]

The Israeli Air Force used F-15I Ra'am fighter jets to target Hezbollah leaders in Lebanon. The Israeli variant of Boeing F-15E Strike Eagle planes can fly up to 2,765 miles [...]

Byline: Ryan Finnerty The truck-mounted Vampire guided-rocket system was one of the first counter-UAS weapons provided to Ukraine by the Pentagon, and may soon see active service aboard ships. Defence [...]

Byline: Ryan Finnerty The Bell-Boeing CV-22 tiltrotors will soon return to combat duty 10 months after a deadly crash in 2023 killed eight special mission airmen and grounded the USA's [...]

Switchblade drones offer attack and reconnaissance capabilities in a compact, portable vehicle. The US military has invested millions in the drones for precise air support with reduced collateral. These kinds [...]

Byline: Ryan Finnerty With senior US Air Force officials pausing to re-evaluate development of a sixth-generation fighter, defence contractors are eyeing potential modernisation opportunities for the current air superiority platform [...]

Byline: Ryan Finnerty The Integrated Viper Electronic Warfare Suite is designed to provide the Lockheed Martin F-16 multi-role fighter expanded protection against modern air defences by disrupting the ability of [...]

The V-22 Osprey is a troop transport with a helicopter's versatility and a turboprop's speed. But the V-22 has crashed several times since becoming operational in 2007, killing over 50 [...]

Byline: Craig Hoyle Qinetiq is to build a new anechoic chamber test facility under a [pounds sterling]20 million ($26 million) contract with the UK Ministry of Defence. Qinetiq is to [...]

Byline: Ryan Finnerty The new Unmanned Air Warfare Center, developed by Lockheed Martin, has been fitted in the USS George H.W. Bush, where it will be used to control the [...]

Byline: Ryan Finnerty Top service leaders within the US Air Force say forward air bases can no longer be counted upon as sanctuaries for US forces in the era of [...]

Interest in Brazil's C-390 cargo plane is growing, competing with the US' C-130 Hercules in demand. While Embraer's C-390 hasn't overtaken Lockheed's C-130, its worldwide presence is on the rise. [...]

On 17 August 1942, Major Paul Tibbets led a formation of 12 United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) Boeing B-17E Flying Fortresses into a bomb-run over Rouen, France. Better known [...]

The General Dynamics (later Lockheed, then Lockheed Martin) F-16 Fighting Falcon is widely regarded as the world's most successful jet fighter. Originally designed in the early 1970s to meet a [...]

Byline: Craig Hoyle A repeat star of the Farnborough air show is back in new-look guise, as the three-nation Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP) continues its progress towards service entry [...]

Byline: Ryan Finnerty A Boeing EA-18G Growler electronic warfare aircraft has scored the type's first aerial kill while deployed to the Red Sea aboard the US Navy aircraft carrier USS [...]

Byline: Greg Waldron A new long-range air-to-air missile for the Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet will pose a challenge for Chinese aircraft and unmanned air vehicles attempting to target US aircraft [...]

Byline: Greg Waldron Korea Aerospace Industries has started mass production of the KF-21 fighter, with the first production aircraft set to enter service at the end of 2026. Korea Aerospace [...]

Sophisticated US weapons are being jammed by Russian electronic warfare units. A relatively new US-Swedish bomb has been pulled from use, according to reports. Russia is able to scramble the [...]

The F-16 Fighting Falcon has been flying for over 50 years after first taking flight in early 1974. With 4,500 units sold and 3,100 still operational, it is the world's [...]

Key Highlights: * AeroVironment (AV) Switchblade 300 loitering munition systems to be sold to Taiwan for $60.2 million * Switchblade 300 systems deployed by the U.S. Army for over a [...]

Byline: Ryan Finnerty The US airframer has begun construction of a $1.8 billion advanced combat aircraft assembly facility in St. Louis, at a time when support for sixth-generation fighter programmes [...]

Byline: Ryan Finnerty The $95 million contract will see the US Navy's Boeing P-8 maritime patrol jets equipped with a BAE*electronic warfare pod intended to expand the non-stealth aircraft's operating [...]

US-provided glide bombs are struggling against Russian electronic jamming in Ukraine. Ukraine received the Boeing-made bombs in February in the hopes of hitting longer-range targets. But Russian electronic warfare has [...]

Ukraine has increasingly attacked Russian military and energy facilities with long-range drones. One weapon Ukraine has turned to is essentially a small sport aircraft packed with explosives. Kyiv has recently [...]

Byline: Ryan Finnerty Ground-attack A-10 fighters from the US Air Force overflew the USS Nebraska ballistic-missile submarine during a transit through the Strait of Juan de Fuca, as the air [...]