Category: 4/5 Gen. Fighter News

First ECRS Mk2 radar for UK Typhoon 0

First ECRS Mk2 radar for UK Typhoon fleet delivered to BAE Systems for integration

The milestone is the latest step towards bringing the world’s most capable combat air radar into Royal Air Force service by the end of the decade. First ECRS Mk2 radar for UK Typhoon (Photo...

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Pacific Air Forces follow Aero India 23 with Air Force training exercise in India

Airmen from the U.S. are participating in the exercise Cope India 2023–or CI23– with the Indian Air Force, April 10-21, 2023. The exercise will take place across Indian Air Force stations in Panagarh and...

USAF F-15EX Eagle II takes flight 0

F-15EX Eagle II takes flight

US Air Force asks for 72 fighters in 2024, and it might happen again An F-15EX Eagle II takes flight for the first time out of Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., on April 26,...

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In volo con Leonardo: the new work orientation pathway of the STEMLab project

Helping to build the future of the younger generations by promoting scientific learning in schools: this is the aim of an initiative just launched by Leonardo within STEMLab as part of a new PCTO...

Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman Sign LOI with Rheinmetall 0

Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman Sign LOI with Rheinmetall

Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman have signed a letter of intent with Rheinmetall AG as a promising strategic source of supply for the F-35 center fuselage. This potential partnership would establish a second F-35...

USAF Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II 0

Lockheed Martin to build 127 F-35 jet fighter-bomber aircraft, avionics, and sensors for U.S. and allies

Combat aircraft designers at Lockheed Martin Corp. will build 127 F-35 jet fighter-bombers for U.S. military services and allies under terms of a $7.8 billion order announced on Friday. The F-35 is a fifth-generation...

Lockheed Martin F-35 Fleet Now at 894 Aircraft After 141 Deliveries in 2022 0

Lockheed Martin F-35 Fleet Now at 894 Aircraft After 141 Deliveries in 2022

Pentagon and Lockheed Martin Finalize Lot 15-17 Agreement, Capping a Year of International Growth Lockheed Martin F-35 Fleet Now at 894 Aircraft After 141 Deliveries in 2022 (Photo by USAF Airman 1st classElisabeth Schoubroer)The...

Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber 0

Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber Successfully Test Fires First Long-Range Stealth Missile

A B-2 Spirit strategic bomber has successfully test-fired its first long -range stealth standoff missile, Northrop Grumman announced in a press release on Thursday. USAF Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber (Photo by ©...

Greece Air Force Lockheed Martin F-35 0

Greece proceeds with purchase of Lockheed Martin F-35

Greece has sent an official request to the United States for the purchase of 20 Lockheed Martin-made F-35 fighter jets, the country’s prime minister said on Thursday. Greece Air Force Lockheed Martin F-35 (Photo...

USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) F/A-18E Super Hornet aircraft 0

USN FA-18E Super Hornet, USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) Atlantic Ocean

USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) F/A-18E Super Hornet aircraft USN FA-18E Super Hornet, USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) ATLANTIC OCEAN (Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Eric Brann) F/A-18E Super Hornet aircraft,...