Lockheed Martin Skunk Works, in collaboration with its Demonstrations and Prototypes organization and the University of Iowa's Operator Performance Laboratory (OPL), conducted a series of flight tests showcasing crewed-uncrewed teaming capabilities in air combat. During the tests, a human "battle manager" aboard an L-39 Albatros aircraft used a touchscreen pilot vehicle interface (PVI) to issue real-time commands to two AI-controlled L-29 Delfin jets
A Eurofighter Typhoon test aircraft from BAE Systems in Warton, U.K
Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States have signed a new agreement to accelerate testing and development of hypersonic vehicles and related technologies under the AUKUS partnership. The Hypersonic Flight Test and Experimentation (HyFliTE) Project Arrangement, part of AUKUS Pillar II, will streamline efforts to develop, test, and evaluate hypersonic systems
South Koreas Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) announced today that its newly developed long-range air defense radar has been approved for combat use. This radar, capable of detecting and tracking aircraft within the Korea Air Defense Identification Zone (KADIZ) 24 hours a day, will play a key role in the Republic of Korea Air Force's air defense operations
Lockheed Martin recently integrated its Q-53 multi-mission radar (MMR) with Anduril Industries' Lattice Command and Control (C2) system during the Desert Guardian exercise at Fort Drum. The test was overseen by U
Teledyne FLIR Defense has won a five-year contract worth $168.3 million from the U
HENSOLDT has secured a contract to update the sensor systems on 90 Fennek vehicles for the German Bundeswehr, modernizing them with the BAA III sensor package. The project includes upgrading 30 Fennek scout vehicles from the outdated BAA I system and 50 Fennek Joint Fire Support Team (JFST) vehicles from BAA II, with a total of 92 BAA III sensor units ordered
Exail has selected ST Engineering iDirects Manufacturing Competence Center (MCC) to provide electronics for its underwater drones used in the joint Mine Counter Measure (MCM) program for the Belgian and Dutch navies. The program, awarded in 2020 to the Belgium Naval & Robotics consortium (Naval Group and Exail), aims to enhance mine warfare capabilities through advanced drones
The Aviation Industry Corp of China (AVIC) has confirmed the existence of the twin-seat variant of its J-20 stealth fighter jet, the J-20S whose scale model is displayed at the Airshow China 2024 scheduled to commence tomorrow in Zhuhai. This is the first time that AVIC has officially confirmed the existence of the J-20S, the world's first and only model of a two-seater stealth combat aircraft
Lockheed Martin, in collaboration with the U.S