aircraft

Boeing Drops First Look at F/A-XX Sixth-Gen Fighter, Sparks F-47 Comparisons

Boeing has dropped the first public rendering of its proposed F/A-XX fighter, offering a glimpse at a design that appears to echo elements of the US Air Force’s F-47 combat aircraft.

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Germany OKs Procurement of New Eurofighter Typhoon Targeting Pods From Rafael

Germany has approved the purchase of 90 Rafael Litening 5 targeting pods for its Eurofighter Typhoon fleet, aiming to boost its armed forces’ precision strike and reconnaissance capabilities.

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German Defense Minister Ups Pressure on France Over Jet Project

German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius urged France to break the impasse over the multinational Future Combat Air System fighter jet project.

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Polish F-16 Jet Crashes Killing Pilot Ahead of Air Show: Govt

A Polish F-16 fighter jet crashed Thursday while preparing for an air show in the central city of Radom, killing the pilot.

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SNC Rolls Out ‘Only’ Trainer Jet Built for Carrier Deck Touch-and-Go

Sierra Nevada Corporation has introduced the Freedom Trainer jet, its entry in the US Navy’s Undergraduate Jet Training System competition.

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AI Battle Manager Speeds Up Fighter Pilot Decisions in US Defense Exercise

US fighter pilots have, for the first time, received real-time battle directions from an AI system during a Pentagon-led joint exercise — a milestone in weaving artificial intelligence directly into combat operations.

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Pratt & Whitney Clinches $2.8B Deal for F-35 Engines

Pratt & Whitney has signed a contract worth up to $2.8 billion to build engines for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.

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Korean Air, LIG Nex1 Join Race to Build South Korea’s First Homegrown EW Aircraft

Korean Air and LIG Nex1 have joined forces to bid on South Korea’s Block-I electronic warfare aircraft program, a 1.78-trillion-won project to build the country’s first large-scale electronic attack platform.

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Textron to Fly Chase Planes for F-16 Training Under US Air Force’s FMS Program

Textron Systems has secured a contract to organize chase flights for F-16 combat aircraft training under the US Air Force’s foreign military sales program.

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Ghana Weighs New Military Aircraft After Deadly Helicopter Crash

Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama is considering a plan to replace the country’s aging military aircraft fleet after a fatal helicopter incident earlier this month that killed eight high-profile officials, including two cabinet ministers.

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