Category -- Air -- The Defense Post

Sep- 2023 -

12 September

USAF’s Jet-Launched LongShot Drone Gears Up for First Flight Test

General Atomics’ LongShot drone is gearing up for its first flight tests scheduled in December this year, according to a report by Breaking Defense.

12 September

Joe Saballa

Russian Commander Used Army Helicopters to Transport Pet During War: Ex-Pilot

Russia is misusing its military assets intended to support frontline units in Ukraine, according to a former Russian pilot who defected to Kyiv.

12 September

Metrea is on contract with DIU to create a T-38C flight and model and cockpit prototype within NOR, an ultimate-fidelity simulation for military users.

Rojoef Manuel

Metrea Simulations to Build Virtual Talon Jet Trainer for US Air Force

The US Defense Innovation Unit has contracted Metrea Simulations to develop a virtual T-38C Talon jet trainer prototype for the US Air Force.

12 September

Joe Saballa

US Army Aborts Dark Eagle Hypersonic Weapon Test for Third Time

The US Army has canceled a scheduled flight test of its new Dark Eagle hypersonic weapon at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

12 September

Rojoef Manuel

Bell Textron Taps GE Aerospace to Develop US Army Valor Aircraft Avionics

Bell Textron has selected GE Aerospace to develop avionics for the US Army’s V-280 Valor tiltrotor aircraft.

12 September

Staff Writer With AFP

Estonia, Latvia Acquire $1.1-Billion German Air Defense System

Estonia and Latvia inked a joint deal worth around $1.1 billion for an Iris-T SLM medium-range air defense system from German manufacturer Diehl.

11 September

The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ralph Johnson

Staff Writer With AFP

Taiwan Detects 39 Chinese Warplanes, Carrier

Taiwan said it had detected 39 Chinese warplanes near the island after US and Canadian ships transited through the Taiwan Strait.

11 September

The 179th Airlift Wing, an Ohio Air National Guard unit, is redesignated as the 179th Cyberspace Wing during a ceremony held Sept. 9, 2023, at Mansfield-Lahm Air National Guard Base, Mansfield, Ohio. The redesignation is historically significant as the first Air National Guard base in the nation to become a cyberspace wing. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech Sgt. Alexis Wade)

Rojoef Manuel

US Air National Guard Gets First Cyberspace Wing

The US Air Force has reassigned the 179th Airlift Wing from a flying transport unit into the Air National Guard’s first Cyberspace Wing.

11 September

Inder Singh Bisht

Pentagon Selects Airborne Power Beaming Project Contenders

DARPA has selected three firms for the first round of an airborne wireless energy transmission development program announced last year.

11 September

1st Lt. Anton King, 75th Fighter Squadron pilot, poses for a photo wearing an HGU-55/P helmet fitted with Hybrid Optical-based Inertial Tracker and day visor Feb. 11, 2020, at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia. The helmet provides A-10C Thunderbolt II pilots a central interface for everything they need, from oxygen supply to communications to flight instruments. (U.S. Air Force photo illustration by Airman 1st Class Hayden Legg) (This image was manipulated by merging two photos in Adobe Photoshop.)

Rojoef Manuel

Collins Elbit Vision Systems to Develop Helmet-Mounted Display for US Navy

Collins Elbit Vision System has received a contract to produce and test Improved Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing Systems for the US Navy.

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