News - Airforce Technology https://www.airforce-technology.com/news/ The leading site for news and procurement in the military aerospace industry Fri, 23 Dec 2022 07:34:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.3 https://www.airforce-technology.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2021/11/cropped-armyfavicon-150x150.png News - Airforce Technology https://www.airforce-technology.com/news/ 32 32 Polish Air Force contracts Elbit Systems for F-16 mission simulators https://www.airforce-technology.com/news/polish-elbit-f16-mission-simulators/ Fri, 23 Dec 2022 07:33:58 +0000 The FMS is being procured to hone a wide range of operational skills of the Polish Air Force’s F-16 pilots.

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USAF signs LGM-35 Sentinel programmatic agreement https://www.airforce-technology.com/news/usaf-sentinel-programmatic-agreement/ Thu, 22 Dec 2022 13:21:43 +0000 Sentinel will replace around 400 five-decade-old Minuteman III ICBMs at different USAF missile fields.

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RAF’s IRAATS delivers first training sortie to Combat Air Force https://www.airforce-technology.com/news/rafs-iraats-first-training-sortie/ Thu, 22 Dec 2022 12:02:49 +0000 A L-159E aircraft flew a sortie against a Typhoon over the North Sea.

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US AFGSC orders temporary safety stand-down of B-2 bomber fleet https://www.airforce-technology.com/news/us-afgsc-stand-down-b2-bomber/ Thu, 22 Dec 2022 04:35:26 +0000 On 10 December, a B-2 aircraft experienced an in-flight malfunction while operating at Whiteman AFB.

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GA-ASI performs flight test of Nato pod on MQ-9A RPA https://www.airforce-technology.com/news/ga-asi-test-nato-pod-mq9a/ Wed, 21 Dec 2022 10:22:56 +0000 The pod has been designed to address the evolving mission requirements of international customers.

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Latvia receives first UH-60M helicopters from US https://www.airforce-technology.com/news/latvian-force-uh-60m/ Wed, 21 Dec 2022 08:07:28 +0000 The remaining two UH-60M aircraft are expected to be delivered by the end of next year.

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Babcock wins Land Sector contract to support French Armed Forces https://www.airforce-technology.com/news/babcock-french-armed-forces/ Tue, 20 Dec 2022 11:56:35 +0000 The company will provide support in partnership with AES and TLD.

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Brazilian Air Force begins operational activities with Gripen E https://www.airforce-technology.com/news/brazilian-operational-activities-gripen-e/ Tue, 20 Dec 2022 09:14:10 +0000 Last month, the manufacturer obtained the required certification for the military use of the fighter jet.

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L3Harris signs $4.7bn deal to acquire Aerojet Rocketdyne https://www.airforce-technology.com/news/l3harris-acquire-aerojet-rocketdyne/ Mon, 19 Dec 2022 14:05:59 +0000 The all-cash deal will support L3Harris’ efforts to deliver critical warfighting capabilities.

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Italy completes its first Mission Data File for F-35 https://www.airforce-technology.com/news/italy-first-mission-data-f35/ Mon, 19 Dec 2022 10:48:52 +0000 The Italian forces will now upload data files to the aircraft and commence associated field tests.

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