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31 January

Air

Collins Tests F-35 Fighter Jet Cooling System Replacement

Collins Aerospace has tested an 80-kilowatt cooling system as part of an F-35 aircraft power and thermal capability replacement effort.

31 January

Air

Gabriele Di Francesco, Xwing safety pilot, prepares for takeoff in N101XW, a Cessna 208B Grand Caravan that flies autonomously, at McClellan Airfield in Sacramento, California, Jan. 27, 2024. AFWERX, the innovation arm of the Department of the Air Force, has awarded Xwing two Small Business Innovation Research contracts, a Phase Two in March 2023 to conduct autonomous flight trials and optimize the technology for future missions and a Phase Three in December 2023 to demonstrate the capability in an operationally relevant environment. Xwing's autonomous flight technology allows its aircraft to taxi, takeoff, fly to a destination, avoid airborne and ground threats, and land, without any human input. (U.S. Air Force photo by Matthew Clouse)

Rojoef Manuel

AFWERX Demos Cessna 208B Aircraft for Autonomous Transport

US Air Force innovation arm AFWERX has completed an autonomous logistics demonstration of a Cessna 208B Grand Caravan in California.

30 January

Air

Staff Writer With AFP

Another US F-16 Fighter Jet Crashes Off South Korea, Pilot Rescued

An American F-16 fighter jet experienced an "in-flight emergency" over the West Sea off South Korea and crashed early Wednesday.

30 January

Air

Rojoef Manuel

Czech Republic to Acquire 24 F-35 Fighter Jets From US

The Czech Republic has signed a memorandum of understanding with the US to purchase 24 F-35 Lightning II combat aircraft.

29 January

Americas

Joe Saballa

Saab Secures $102M T-7A Red Hawk Jet Trainer Contract From Boeing

Saab has won a $102-million contract from Boeing to supply fuselage systems for the T-7A Red Hawk advanced trainer aircraft.

29 January

Land

Jackal 2 Reconnaissance vehicles and their crew from the 1st Battalion, The Royal Irish Regiment, drove off the Royal Air Force (RAF) ATLAS C.1 (A400M) aircraft after a Rapid Air Landing (RAL) at RAF Shawbury on Exercise Pegasus Clover on the 12th of December 2023. 1st Battalion The Royal Irish Regiment (1 R IRISH) worked with an RAF ATLAS C.1 aircraft at RAF Shawbury to develop their airlanding skills. Troops loaded and secured Land rovers on the aircraft, and then took flight to practise getting off the aircraft and into the fight as fast as possible. The skills learnt on Exercise Pegasus Clover are vital for the unit in its role in 16 Air Assault Brigade, the British Army’s global response force. The brigade is trained and equipped to be ready to deploy by air at short notice to respond to international crises, from evacuations to warfighting. 1 R IRISH, based at Clive Barracks in Tern Hill, serves in 16 Air Asslt Bde as light recce strike infantry, a new concept that the unit is currently developing. The intent is to provide a highly mobile force that can seek out battle winning information, while having the firepower to hit the enemy hard. It has the flexibility to deploy onto operations by airlanding or driving, as well as conducting helicopter operations.

Rojoef Manuel

British Army Trains Rapid Land Vehicle Deployment Via Air Transport

The British Army has held air landing training to improve rapid ground vehicle deployments using military transport aircraft.

23 January

Middle East

Joe Saballa

Saab Wins GlobalEye Early Warning Aircraft Support Contract From UAE

The United Arab Emirates has awarded Saab a $190-million contract to provide in-service support for its GlobalEye Airborne Early Warning and Control aircraft

23 January

Americas

Joe Saballa

US Air Force’s Futuristic B-21 Raider Enters Low-Rate Production

The US Air Force’s highly-classified B-21 Raider program has now been cleared for low-rate initial production.

16 January

Air

A C-12J Huron, assigned to the 459th Airlift Squadron, performs touch-and-go flight patterns June 14, 2016 at Yokota Air Base, Japan. The C-12J is a twin turboprop aircraft used for cargo and passenger airlift and aeromedical evacuations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Yasuo Osakabe/Released)

Rojoef Manuel

Amentum to Provide Sustainment Solutions for US Army Transport Fleet

Amentum has received a contract to deliver system maintenance and modernization solutions for the US Army’s transport aircraft fleet.

16 January

Air

Bispectral Infrared Decoy Improved Efficiency (Birdie) flares

Rojoef Manuel

Rheinmetall to Supply Aircraft Decoy Flares for Germany

Dusseldorf firm Rheinmetall has secured a contract to supply aircraft decoy flares for the German armed forces.

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