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18 April

Image shows a. RAF Voyager from RAF Brize Norton landing at Nellis Air Force Base during Red Flag 23-1. A Royal Air Force detachment, operating from Nellis Air Base Nevada, is honing its cutting-edge air combat skills in the largest scale Exercise Red Flag to date. Exercise Red Flag is the pre-eminent annual air combat training exercise run by the United States. The United States Air Force has expanded this long-established exercise to include a vastly increased geographical area to challenge participants to overcome what USAF planners are calling the Tyranny of Distance in addition to the traditional combat air missions of previous exercises. The Exercise has previously been run over the Nevada Test and Training Range and area of 12,000 square miles of airspace and 2.9 million acres of land. Now training areas in Utah and California have been added, as well as missions being flow out over the Californian Pacific Coast. The exercise area has therefore become vast and is aimed to reflect the challenges of conducting air operations at range The RAF detachment of around 300 personnel currently taking part on the exercise is operating seven Typhoons from RAF Lossiemouth based II (Army Co-operation) Squadron, plus a Voyager operated from 10 and 101 Squadron based at RAF Brize Norton. In addition, aircrew from 51 Squadron based at RAF Waddington have been integrated into the flight crew of a USAF RC-135 Rivet Joint intelligence gathering aircraft. Australia is the only other nation participating, reflecting the close Defence partnership between our three countries.

Sustainable Fuel-Powered British Voyager Tanker Performs Air-to-Air Replenishment

The UK Royal Air Force has conducted an air-to-air replenishment using a sustainable aviation fuel-powered Voyager tanker.

17 April

Joe Saballa

British Army Begins Shift to All-Electric Military Vehicles

The UK Ministry of Defence is continuing its efforts to develop and deploy an all-electric fleet of military vehicles.

14 April

Inder Singh Bisht

Raytheon Developing Next-Gen Over-the-Horizon Radar

Raytheon Technologies is developing a next-generation over-the-horizon radar for cruise missile detection.

14 April

Inder Singh Bisht

Russia Jamming US-Delivered ‘Smart’ Munitions in Ukraine

Russian forces are reportedly electronically jamming the US-delivered “smart” bombs in Ukraine, making them miss their targets.

13 April

Ronald Watkins

General Atomics Flies Avenger Drone Using AI Aided By Using Low Earth Orbit SATCOM

General Atomics successfully conducted flight maneuvers with its MQ-20 Avenger drone using artificial intelligence aided by Low Earth Orbit satellite communication.

12 April

Army Multipurpose High Energy Laser, or AMP-HEL, mounted on an Infantry Squad Vehicle

Ronald Watkins

US Army to Mount High-Energy Laser on Infantry Squad Vehicles to Destroy Drones

The US Army has awarded BlueHalo $45.7 million to develop a high-energy laser, which it will mount on Infantry Squad Vehicles to protect them against drones.

12 April

DARPA self-repairing concrete development project

Inder Singh Bisht

Pentagon Launches Self-Repairing Concrete Development Project

The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has launched a self-healing building material development project.

12 April

Inder Singh Bisht

Israel to Send Greece Spike Anti-Tank Systems for $400 Million

Israel has signed a $400 million deal with Greece to provide Spike anti-tank systems.

11 April

USS Zumwalt (DDG-1000) transits the Atlantic Ocean during acceptance trials April 21, 2016

Ronald Watkins

Leonardo Announces Next-Gen Naval Power Conversion Technology

Leonardo DRS has introduced its next-generation power conversion technology to provide “available and reliable electrical power” for US Navy ships.

10 April

Inder Singh Bisht

US Navy Awards Leonardo $1B Columbia Sub Propulsion Contract

The US Navy has awarded Leonardo a more than $1-billion contract to provide integrated electric propulsion components for the future Columbia-class submarine.

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