Next Generation Air Dominance Programme - Air Force Technology
2024年3月8日 · The USAF flew a full-scale flight demonstrator as part of the NGAD programme in September 2020. The modern sixth-generation fighter jet is expected to replace the F-22 Raptor fighter aircraft beginning in 2030.
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F-16V (Viper) Fighting Falcon Multi-Role Fighter - Air Force …
2024年3月22日 · Lockheed Martin received a $1.85bn contract from the US Government to upgrade 145 Block 20 F-16A/B aircraft for the Republic of China (Taiwan) Air Force in October 2012.
Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA), USA - Airforce Technology
2024年6月21日 · The Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) programme proposed by the US Air Force (USAF) is a multi-pronged initiative to test, develop and implement new autonomous and manned-unmanned aircraft teaming concepts.
AIM-9X Sidewinder Air-to-Air Missile, USA - Air Force Technology
2024年8月30日 · The launch of the first AIM-9X missile took place in March 1999. Between 1999 and 2000, 13 separation and control test launches and 12 guided launches were performed from the US Navy’s F/A-18 and USAF F-15 aircraft.
Predator RQ-1 / MQ-1 / MQ-9 Reaper UAV - Air Force Technology
2022年9月2日 · Armed with AGM-114 Hellfire missiles, the MQ-1 is a multi-role platform used for armed reconnaissance and interdiction. The UAS can distribute surveillance imagery from synthetic aperture radar, video cameras and a forward-looking infrared (FLIR) in real-time both to the front-line soldier and to the operational commander, or …
ALTIUS-600 Small Unmanned Aircraft System - Air Force Technology
2021年4月28日 · ALTIUS-600 drone’s flight tests. In March 2021, an ALTIUS-600 drone was successfully air-launched from Kratos XQ-58A Valkyrie long-range combat unmanned aerial vehicle’s (UAV) internal weapons bay for the first time in a test conducted by Area-I, Kratos, and Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) at the US Army Yuma Proving Ground test …
Thule Military Air Base: Greenland's Crucial Role in US Air Force …
2019年6月5日 · Pituffik Space Base: inside the US’s northernmost military base. The US’s northernmost military base is Pituffik Space Base in Greenland, formerly known as Thule Air Force Base.
Su-35 Flanker-E Multirole Fighter - Airforce Technology
2021年4月9日 · Su-35 Flanker-E Multirole Fighter. The latest version of the Sukhoi Su-35, Su-35BM (bolshaya modernizatsiya – big modernisation), is an advanced capability multirole air superiority fighter developed from the Su-27.
National Advanced Surface to Air Missile System, Norway
2023年8月7日 · The National Advanced Surface to Air Missile System (NASAMS) is a medium-range, network-centric air defence system designed and developed jointly by Raytheon and Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace, primarily for the Royal Norwegian Air Force (RNoAF).