USAF Receives First Five T-7A Red Hawks for Test Flights
The US Air Force on September 14 received the first five Boeing T-7A Red Hawk aircraft to conduct test flights.
USA News
Air
Bilateral Relations
U.S.’s Russia-Sanction-List includes 150 entities, five Turks
The U.S. imposes sanctions on a total of 150 entities linked to the Ukraine-Russia war. The list includes five Turkish companies and one Turkish citizen.
Air
Mysterious F-35B Crash: Answers Lead to More Questions
Marine Corps’ $ 120 million F-35B crashed recently, and answers about the incident led to new questions instead of solving the mystery.
Air
Missing F-35B’s Debris Found
USMC’s F-35B debris is found crashed in South Carolina after the pilot ejected.
Unmanned Systems
MQ-4C UAV Achieves IOC, Back for Second Deployment
U.S. Navy announced that the MQ-4C UAV achieved IOC. In May 2020, it was preceded by the declaration of Early Operational Capability.
Air
USMC’s F-35B Jet Missing After Pilot Ejects
A USMC F-35B is missing after its pilot ejected. The pilot is found while the U.S. asks locals for assistance tracking the aircraft.
Weapon / Missile
Boeing to test DARPA’s Glide Breaker Prototype
DARPA has awarded Boeing a $70.6 million contract to develop and test technologies for the Glide Breaker hypersonic interceptor prototype.
Air
Logistics
Poland to Pay $389 million for F-16 Sustainment
The U.S. State Department approved a possible Foreign Military Sale (FMS) to Poland of F-16 Sustainment and related equipment for a cost of $389 million.
Air
B-21 Step by Step Towards Maiden Flight
The B-21 Raider, the successor to the B-1 and B-2 stealth bomber, will be the backbone of the U.S. Air Force’s bomber fleet.
Unmanned Systems
GA’s LongShot UAV to Start Flight Tests in December
General Atomics’ (GA) Longshot UAV will begin flight tests in December, the company announced.
Ammunition
US to Arm Ukrainian Army with Depleted Uranium Shells
The US has announced it will send 120mm depleted uranium shells to Ukraine as part of more than $1bn in military and humanitarian aid to support against Russia.
Space
Homeland Security
Air
Pentagon Launches New Website for Anomalies
The Pentagon launched the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) website to inform the public of unidentified anomalous phenomena.
Weapon / Missile
The US Air Force Test Fires AMRAAM
RTX announced that the US Air Force (USAF) had completed its first test of the AIM-120C-8 missile.
Land
U.S. Army Awards BAE Systems Full Rate Production for AMPV
The U.S. Army announced on August 31 that it had awarded BAE Systems a contract to procure its Armoured Multi-Purpose Vehicle (AMPV).
Global Defence Trend Brief
- 09:00 NATO allies launch joint Triton surveillance drone programme - Denmark, Finland, Germany and Norway signed a letter of intent to procure up to five MQ-4C Triton hi...
- 09:00 NATO begins negotiations for up to 10 Saab GlobalEye aircraft - NATO has launched negotiations with Saab for up to 10 GlobalEye airborne early warning aircraft to r...
- 09:00 Lockheed and Rheinmetall bring ATACMS production to Europe - Lockheed Martin and Rheinmetall agreed to establish ATACMS missile production in Germany, marking th...
- 09:00 Canada confirms TKMS as preferred submarine supplier - Canada selected Germany's TKMS as the preferred supplier for up to 12 submarines, deepening defence...
- 09:00 Counter-drone procurement continues shifting toward layered defence - Military organisations are increasingly procuring integrated counter-UAS architectures combining rad...
- 09:00 Hypersonic threats sustain investment in persistent tracking - Defence agencies continue expanding integrated radar and space-based sensor architectures capable of...
- 09:00 Autonomous maritime systems broaden infrastructure protection role - Navies are increasing deployment of autonomous surface and underwater vehicles to monitor undersea c...
- 09:00 Distributed satellite constellations become the preferred military model - Armed forces are increasingly adopting proliferated constellations of smaller satellites to improve...
- 09:00 Collaborative combat aircraft move toward operational acquisition - Air forces are transitioning collaborative combat aircraft programmes from technology demonstrators...
- 09:00 Industrial production capacity becomes a strategic capability - Governments increasingly regard manufacturing scalability, secure supply chains and rapid production...
