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China deployed an aircraft carrier strike group off Taiwan’s east coast, military officials in Taipei and Tokyo confirmed Thursday.
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Ann Tropea, Seapower
“If we have trust in autonomy, we can then make the move to truly artificial intelligence and in the future of the air wing.
NatDefMag
In the Army Climate Strategy published in 2022, the service set a major long-term goal: field fully electric tactical vehicles by 2050.
L. Thompson, Forbes
The V-22 Osprey is unique among the world’s aircraft in combining the vertical agility of a helicopter with the speed and range of a turboprop airplane.
Blake Stilwell, Military.com
When the U.S. entered World War I in 1917, 70% of the U.S.
Initial production units of China’s fifth-generation fighter aircraft, the CAC J-20, are powered by the Russian-origin Saturn AL-31FN engines. However, from 2022, reports indicated that the Shenyang WS-10 Taihang turbofan engine is also being installed in the J-20s as an interim powerplant. The WS-15 is intended to replace both of these engines in the J-20. (Janes)
An official of China’s Aero Engine Corporation of China (AECC) has said that the country’s Shenyang WS-15 engine for fighter aircraft is ready for mass production.
The F-22 Raptor may be considered the most preeminent air superiority platform the world has ever seen, but the high-profile Raptor was on the verge of becoming a new bomber platform.
F-22 Raptor bomber?
In the difficult times of the height of the Cold War in the 1980s, the need for stealth and an integrated air strike was not lacking, given the threat posed by the Soviet Union. It was necessary to circumvent the advanced Soviet-designed air defenses and rapidly achieve catastrophic effects to paralyze the enemy.
An AARGM-ER is fired from a US Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet during a test. (US Navy)
The US Navy (USN) and Northrop Grumman are negotiating the third low-rate initial production (LRIP) contract for the air-launched AGM-88G Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile-Extended Range (AARGM-ER), according to a service official.
The USN awarded contracts to Northrop Grumman for the first two LRIP lots in September 2021 and December 2021, respectively. A total of four LRIP lots are planned. The USN expects to award the first full-rate production contract in fiscal year (FY) 2025.
The US Air Force is working with Atlanta-based Hermeus to develop what has been called “the world’s fastest plane. “
It wouldn’t be the first time the US military has taken this route, or rather taken to the skies, to develop such a speed demon.
However, the new hypersonic Quarterhorse will be very different from planes like the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird, which took years to create and relied on space-age materials like hard-to-find titanium.
This aircraft is designed to run short distances, mainly to validate the Hermeus Chimera engine in flight and break the records of the SR-71.
The JGSDF operated a relatively small force of 40 UH-60JA helicopters. The crash of a UH-60JA off Miyakojima on 6 April is the first recorded by the army. (Japan Ground Self-Defense Force)
A Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) helicopter has crashed north of Miyako Island while conducting a patrol.
In a press conference in Tokyo on 6 April, General Yasunori Morishita, chief of staff of the JGSDF, said that the Sikorsky (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries) UH-60JA Black Hawk vanished from radar screens on Thursday afternoon.