A Look at the Engineering and Maintenance of the A-10’s GAU-8/A Cannon
The United States Air Force A-10 was designed as a Close Air Support aircraft, built around a potent armor-destroying 30 mm rotating barrel cannon known as the Avenger. Known as…
Secretive X-37B Spaceplane Prepares to Launch for its Eighth Mission
The U.S. Space Force will launch the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle on Aug. 21, 2025, from Kennedy Space Center, Florida. The U.S. Space Force announced that it will launch the…
Textron Unveils Beechcraft T-346N Offering for the U.S. Navy Undergraduate Jet Training System
The M-346N is being offered as a “ready-now” solution, based on the original M-346 aircraft developed by Leonardo, to train future naval aviators. Textron Aviation Defense has announced on Jul.…
France’s ‘Archange’ SIGINT Aircraft Flies for the First Time
The Archange, based on the Dassault Falcon 8X, will replace the two Transall C-160G Gabriel SIGINT aircraft prematurely divested in May 2022. The French Air and Space Force’s (Armée de…
Elbit Systems J-MUSIC Selected to Protect German A400M Fleet
The German Air Force will equip 23 A400M with the DIRCM system to enable tactical operations in areas where there is the threat of MANPADS. Elbit Systems has been awarded…
Belgium, France and UK Conduct Air Surveillance Mission Over Black Sea
A joint surveillance mission saw a French E-3F and a British RC-135 operating over the Black Sea supported by tankers and fighters from Belgium and France. Belgium, France and the…
