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US Air Force Issues RFI for Up to 400 Advanced Trainer Aircraft

US Air Force Issues RFI for Up to 400 Advanced Trainer Aircraft

The Air Force is seeking “at least 100” and as many as 400 Advanced Tactical Trainer aircraft both to train fighter pilots and to serve as adversary aircraft in training, a role similar to that now performed by the AT-38.

While the Air Force seems likely to be looking at adding to the role of the…

China Testing Armed Drone Ships at Secret Naval Base

China Testing Armed Drone Ships at Secret Naval Base

In front of scenic cliffs and an ornamental European-style windmill is a secret People’s Liberation Army Navy pier. Here, at a former tourist resort on China’s northern coast, is where the PLAN is developing some of its most secretive, and previously unreported, naval programs, USNI News has learned…
GA-ASI Sea Guardian Completes European Maritime Demos

GA-ASI Sea Guardian Completes European Maritime Demos

SAN DIEGO — General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI) completed a series of flight demonstrations that featured a company-owned MQ-9B SeaGuardian Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) in partnership with the Royal Air Force (RAF). The demonstration series began Aug. 25 and ended with the comple…
DARPA Seeks Novel, Tunable Obscurants for Battlefield

DARPA Seeks Novel, Tunable Obscurants for Battlefield

Dispersing clouds of obscurants in battle is a common military tactic that U.S. forces use to protect themselves from detection by adversary vision and sensor systems. The problem with current obscurants, however, is that they also degrade visibility and sensor performance of friendly troops. Additi…
B-1B Bombers and Allied Fighters Train Together In Baltic Region

B-1B Bombers and Allied Fighters Train Together In Baltic Region

RAMSTEIN, Germany – Two US B-1 Bombers integrated with Allied fighters and practised close air support techniques with Allied Joint Terminal Attack Controllers (JTACs) in Lithuania before returning to RAF Fairford, UK on October 11.

Danish and Portuguese aircraft escorted the U.S. B-1 bombers dur…

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