Yearly Archive: 2022

FARNBOROUGH, UK — Airbus’ transnational R&T programme – Wing of Tomorrow – has successfully delivered a first full-size wing prototype or ‘demonstrator’ that will help mature next-generation wing technologies.

The completion of the first of three fully composite wing demonstrators marks the int…

Five innovative organisations have won a share of £1 million to develop technologies that enhance the UK’s ability to safely operate in space.

The funding – announced today at the Farnborough International Airshow – has been allocated to projects that improve intelligence gathering, threat assess…

FARNBOROUGH, UK — The largest Czech aviation manufacturer AERO Vodochody AEROSPACE (Aero) and the leading US flight training solutions provider Patriots Global Training (PGT) have signed a memorandum of understanding aimed at expanding Aero’s service offerings and the introduction of the brand-new…

Rheinmetall has scored another success with Asterion, its range of world-leading simulator products. Group subsidiary Rheinmetall Electronics GmbH has been awarded a follow-up contract by its partner company Reiser Simulation und Training GmbH (RST) for simulators for the NH90 NFH Sea Lion naval hel…

TUCSON, Ariz. — The U.S. Air Force and Raytheon Missiles & Defense, a Raytheon Technologies business, successfully conducted the first AMRAAM F3R, an AIM-120D3 missile, live-fire test against a target. The test used production missile hardware developed under the AMRAAM Form, Fit, Function Refresh…

QinetiQ has delivered the world’s first successful demonstration of an airborne un-crewed platform being controlled via a laser communication system; strengthening military capability for covert, low detection probability operations in the future.

The innovative demonstration saw a ground-based o…