CSG 25 Updates: F-35B Cross-Decking, Submarine PHOTEX, and Russian Snooping
Italian F-35B Lightning IIs have landed on HMS Prince of Wales as it heads through the Mediterranean Sea on the mammoth CSG 25 deployment. Aircraft carriers HMS Prince of Wales…
Protector RG1 Completes UK Certification Enabling Flights Outside of Restricted Airspace
The UK Military Aviation Authority issued a Military Type Certificate for the RAF’s MQ-9B Protector RG1, clearing the aircraft for flight in regular airspace. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc (GA-ASI)…
U.S. Air Force Receives ‘Grasshopper’ Autonomous Gliders to Deliver Cargo in Contested Environments
AFRL and the developer DZYNE said the Grasshopper offers low-cost standoff cargo delivery and troop resupply in contested, high-risk environments The U.S. Air Force has received “several dozen” units of…
Chinese Y-20 Tanker Refueled Egyptian MiG-29s during ‘Eagles of Civilization’ Air Drills
The scale of the exercise, diversity of aircraft involved and mission sets practiced were unusual for the first ever exercise between the two air forces. The 18-day ‘Eagles of Civilization…
Northrop Grumman CRJ700 Testbed Seen Sporting New Missile Nose
The NG testbed, previously fitted with fighter aircraft nose radomes, was photographed showing what appears to be a forward section of the new AIM-260 Joint Advanced Tactical Missile. Captured by…
Meteor BVRAAM Operational on Italian Typhoons
The Italian Air Force deployed its F-2000 Typhoons equipped with Meteor missiles to Romania for the NATO Enhanced Air Policing. The Italian Air Force has released the first photos of…
