The electronically steered phased-array RDR-84K detects weather phenomena and can simultaneously scan and receive radar returns from aircraft, ground vehicles, buildings and people.
The DOD's chief weapons buyer is using her time at the Paris Air Show to speak with European industry and government officials on the unintended consequences of not providing U.S. defense contractors access to joint European Union programs.
SB-S will enable an aircraft to off-board operational information drawn from Avionica’s wireless data collection and transmission devices, which provide access to flight information wherever the aircraft is operating around the world.
Raytheon completed a nearly yearlong series of operational test drops of the all-weather StormBreaker glide bomb from the Boeing F-15E in May, the company said.
The U.S. Air Force intends to purchase 20 to 30 Kratos XQ-58A Valkyries for an extended experimentation campaign, and may launch a program of record in fiscal 2021.
Disagreements between France and Germany over exports of jointly manufactured defense equipment could halt plans to jointly develop a new combat aircraft before they even begin, a senior Airbus official has warned.
Six years since Finmeccanica (now Leonardo) first touted its M-345 High Efficiency Trainer proposal in Paris, the company has finally brought the first prototype to the Paris Air Show.
As Osiris-Rex travels closer towards Bennu, the spacecraft’s suite of scientific instruments will gather imagery to generate global maps, contributing to an ongoing evaluation of where best to touch down briefly to gather a sample of soil and rock.
Germany’s Rheinland Air Service (RAS) has debuted its maritime patrol and anti-submarine warfare conversion of the ATR-72 turboprop regional airliner for the first time here at the Paris Air Show, being held June 17-23.
Lockheed Martin’s top F-35 executive doubled down on a commitment to reduce the cost to operate the stealth aircraft each hour by 43% within six years.
Lockheed Martin has revamped a seven-year-old concept for a maritime patrol variant of the C-130 to refocus it as a mission kit that can be retrofitted on existing or new-build aircraft.
Boeing has revealed that the U.S. Navy MQ-25A Stingray carrier-based unmanned refueling tanker company-funded prototype will achieve first flight later this summer.
Raytheon has demoed the AIM-9X Block II Sidewinder in the surface-to-air missile role, launching the interceptor successfully during a test on May 9 in Norway.
The Airbus A400M Atlas is a medium-lift military cargo aircraft powered by four Europrop International (EPI) TP400-D6 engines. As of June 2019, 76 aircraft were in service across Europe and Asia.
India’s second Moon mission, Chan-drayaan-2, has been scheduled to launch July 15 on its attempt to touch down on the southern part of the lunar surface, which would make India the first country to do so, according to K. Sivan, chairman of the state-run Indian Space Research Organi-zation.
