U.S. Navy Super Hornets Refuel Four Italian F-35Bs and Four Harriers Over The Gulf Of Aden
The refuelings took place over the Gulf of Aden as the USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group (CSG) conducted a Multi-Large Deck Event (MLDE) with the Italian Navy’s ITS Cavour…
New Laser-Based Countermeasure for RAF Defeats Multiple Missiles at Once in Live-Fire Test
During a live-fire test, the new RAF self-protection system, based on the Thales Elix-IR threat warning system and the Leonardo Miysis DIRCM, shot down 100% of the heat-seeking missiles launched…
U.S. Navy Designates E-130J as E-6B TACAMO Successor
The new E-130J TACAMO aircraft will be based on the C-130J-30 airframe with a number of modifications intended to host the mission equipment. The U.S. Navy’s Airborne Strategic Command, Control…
Lockheed Martin Executive Remotely Controls UH-60 Black Hawk from 300 Miles Away During Demo at AUSA Symposium
The flight simulated ‘contested logistics operations’ where a ground crew hooked up a sling load to the helicopter remotely controlled through the MATRIX system. Tactical flights ferrying supplies from logistics…
U.S. Navy Identifies The Two Aviators Killed In The EA-18G Crash In Washington State
Lt. Cmdr. Lyndsay “Miley” Evans and Lt. Serena “Dug” Wileman of Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 130 were aboard the Growler that crashed near Mount Rainier. As already reported, an EA-18G…
Russian FPV Drone Blows Up Magura-like Kamikaze USV for Target Practice in the Black Sea – Video
The FPV drone flown from the patrol vessel makes it ‘harder for operators to pilot’ the UAV while the USVs ‘change course and speed.’ FPV drone operators thus “require practical…
