The U.S. is demonstrating its ability to strike targets around the globe, sending five of its bomber aircraft on long-range missions in the Arctic and Pacific. Three B-52 Stratofortress and two B-2 Spirit bombers are conducting nonstop flights from the U.S. to the North and Baltic Seas, according to U.S. Strategic Command. The aircraft are flying over Alaska and the North Pole and over the Pacific Ocean to the Aleutian Islands. As part of the mission called “Polar Roar” the bombers are conducting intercept training with Canadian CF-18s and U.S.
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A new assessment of nearly 4,300 exoplanet candidates detected using NASA’s Kepler space observatory has produced 20 Earthlike terrestrial planets orbiting their host stars within the so-called “habitable zone."
The first two Compass Call aircraft outfitted with glass cockpits under the $45 million Avionics Viability Program (AVP) have returned to Davis-Monthan AFB in Arizona after modification.
Argentina’s state-owned aircraft manufacturer, Fábrica Argentina de Aviones (FAdeA), has completed the first flight of its IA-100 indigenously produced composite training aircraft
Magic Carpet is a set of software changes to the aircraft’s integrated controls to use the F/A-18’s angle of attack to help ensure the proper glidepath and provide a steadier aircraft controlled by relatively small and quick wing adjustments.
Malaysian maintenance firm Airod has completed a program of maintenance on its first Lockheed Martin KC-130J Hercules aircraft for the U.S. Marine Corps.
Japan has issued standing orders to its armed forces to shoot down foreign missiles, five days after the country was caught unaware by the closest impact so far of a North Korean ballistic weapon.
Italian defense and aerospace firm Leonardo-Finmeccanica is to establish a new U.K. entity focused on its three main core businesses: aerospace, defense and security.
