The UK Royal Air Force is to test its information sharing technologies on one of its Airbus A330 Voyager tankers, turning the platform into an airborne communications node.

DARPA has selected Calspan to modify up to four Aero Vodochody L-39 Albatros jet trainers to test whether pilots will trust the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to automate dogfighting. 

Australia is planning to expand its electronic-attack force for the 2030s following the retirement of its Boeing EA-18G Growlers while also enlarging its fleets of surveillance aircraft, partly through the replacement of Boeing E-7A Wedgetails.

The decision vaults Sierra Nevada over established industry leaders BAE Systems and Northrop Grumman, who have prior experience integrating radio frequency countermeasure systems on AC-130s and MC-130s.

Rep. Rob Bishop (R-Utah) has submitted an A-10 synthetic aperture radar improvements amendment to the fiscal 2021 defense policy bill.

Germany has signed contracts with Airbus and Hensoldt for the development, supply and integration of an active electronically scanned array radar for the Eurofighter.

An 18-month delay in the development of the UK’s new Crowsnest helicopter-based airborne early warning system means the capability will not be fully operational when it is embarked on the first operational cruise, planned for next May.

Red 6, a California-based start-up synthetic training specialist, is being backed by Lockheed Martin to accelerate development of the company’s ATARS (Airborne Tactical Augmented Reality System).