AvioBlog Magazine Tutte le ultime notizie aeronautiche

F-35 Helps Patriot Missiles to Shoot Down Aerial Target

F-35 Helps Patriot Missiles to Shoot Down Aerial Target

A U.S. Army Patriot missile defense system and an Air Force F-35A Lightning II aircraft combined Wednesday to shoot down a dummy cruise missile over the Pacific, according to an Army spokesman.

The drill marked the first time a Patriot system had been fired from the island nation of Palau, and th…

Saab Completes EMD T-7A Red Hawk Deliveries from Sweden

Saab Completes EMD T-7A Red Hawk Deliveries from Sweden

Saab has shipped the last of five fully installed T-7A Red Hawk aft fuselages from its factory in Linköping, Sweden to Boeing’s production site in St. Louis. In addition to the five Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) aft fuselages, Saab has over the program also delivered two test fusel…
Lockheed Wins $130M Order for Eight ARTS-V2 Radars

Lockheed Wins $130M Order for Eight ARTS-V2 Radars

Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control, Grand Prairie, Texas, has been awarded a $130,527,339, contract modification (P00032) to previously awarded contract FA8210-17-C-0001 for the Advanced Radar Threat System – Variant 2 (ARTS-V2).

The contract modification is to provide for the exercise of…

France Qualifies Fardier Vehicle for Paras, Special Forces

France Qualifies Fardier Vehicle for Paras, Special Forces

PARIS — On June 10, 2022, the General Directorate of Armaments (DGA) qualified the Fardier vehicle intended for the airborne troops of the Army, as well as for the special forces. The first eight vehicles should be delivered to the forces by the end of the year.

A small air-transportable, air-d…

Northrop Begins Making Key NGI Components

Northrop Begins Making Key NGI Components

MAGNA, Utah — Northrop Grumman Corporation’s Next Generation Interceptor (NGI) team recently began fabrication of integral throat entrances for the NGI solid rocket motors.

This key milestone marks the beginning of manufacturing of key components for the NGI program. Produced at the company’s …

Bayraktar’s Latest Akıncı UCAV Hits Target with New Ammo

Bayraktar’s Latest Akıncı UCAV Hits Target with New Ammo

Turkey’s most advanced and sophisticated drone, the Bayraktar Akıncı unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV), has successfully completed another important stage in the ammunition integration process.

The developing company, Baykar, said the drone has completed a firing test with the domestically de…


AvioBlog - Tutte le ultime notizie aeronautiche civili e militari