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German Air Force Eurofighters Connect with Remote Carriers

German Air Force Eurofighters Connect with Remote Carriers

Interconnectivity between remote carriers and Eurofighter Typhoons has been successfully proven for the first time during a live exercise.

The technology milestone was hit during the recent German Air Force Timber Express exercise over Northern Germany and the North Sea. It represents the first …

US Army Completes Second Missile Intercept Test

US Army Completes Second Missile Intercept Test

WASHINGTON — The Army is one step closer to improving its air and missile defense capabilities after a successful live-fire evaluation intercepted two low-altitude targets flying at close proximity Thursday.

The intercept test is part of the larger Integrated Air and Missile Defense Battle Comm…

Second Airbus MRTT Delivered to NATO Tanker Pool

Second Airbus MRTT Delivered to NATO Tanker Pool

LUXEMBOURG — Today, the second Multinational MRTT Fleet (MMF) aircraft was delivered to the Multinational MRTT Unit (MMU), at the Main Operating Base in Eindhoven (The Netherlands).

Upon completion of the acceptance process, the ownership of the aircraft was transferred (through OCCAR) from Ai…

Ariane 5 Scores Third Launch Success in 2020

Ariane 5 Scores Third Launch Success in 2020

On Saturday 15 August, Ariane 5 completed a flawless launch from the Guiana Space Centre (CSG), Europe’s spaceport in Kourou, orbiting two satellites and a life extension vehicle: Galaxy 30 for Intelsat, MEV-2 for SpaceLogistics LLC and BSAT-4b for B-SAT.

The launch marked Ariane 5’s 109th fligh…

Lockheed Promises 35% Offsets on All Future Israeli Contracts

Lockheed Promises 35% Offsets on All Future Israeli Contracts

Lockheed Martin, maker of the F-35 Lightning II family of single-seat, single-engine, all-weather stealth multirole combat aircraft, together with Israel’s Foreign Investment and Industrial Cooperation Authority, signed a new Industrial Cooperation Agreement (ICA) in a ceremony that was held at Lock…
USS Ford Now Halfway Through Post-Delivery Trials

USS Ford Now Halfway Through Post-Delivery Trials

USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) completed its 11th independent steaming event (ISE 11) Aug. 5, and is now more than halfway through her post-delivery test and trials (PDT&T) phase of operations.

During ISE 11, Ford completed many major PDT&T milestones designed to exercise installed systems and condu…


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