DEFENCE

Aircraft carrier Bush conducts first at-sea MQ-25 unmanned tanker demo

Aircraft carrier Bush conducts first at-sea MQ-25 unmanned tanker demo

WASHINGTON — Aircraft carrier George H.W. Bush has spent the past two weeks showing off the future of naval aviation, hosting the U.S. Navy’s first MQ-25A Stingray unmanned tanker for an at-sea demonstration and conducting that carrier’s first F-35C Joint Strike Fighter flight operations. The service announced Dec. 20 it had completed an unmanned carrier […]

The third test of the US AGM-183A ARRW supersonic missile failed

The third test of the US AGM-183A ARRW supersonic missile failed

The US Air Force has announced that the third test of the AGM-183A ARRW (Air-launched RapidResponseWeapon) supersonic missile under development has failed. The US Air Force wanted the missile tests to be completed in 2021 so that it could enter service in2022, but this is now impossible. The test was carried out on 15 December by a B-52H strategic bomber. During the […]

Syria: British Eurofighter shot down a drone

Syria: British Eurofighter shot down a drone

This is the first time Typhoon fighters have engaged an enemy aircraft in hostile airspace since the Falklands War 40 years ago. A British Royal Air Force Typhoon fighter aircraft shot down a drone over Syria. The British newspaper Daily Mail reported that theBritish warplane, which is part of the US-led coalition in Syria, shot down the target near the coalition‘s base […]

Carl Vinson CSG And Royal Australian Navy Conduct Bilateral Training Exercise

Carl Vinson CSG And Royal Australian Navy Conduct Bilateral Training Exercise

RAN and the U.S. Navy joined together to deploy high-end training tactics and improve proficiencies in advanced kinetic and non-kinetic capabilities, capable of projecting dominant defensives against a multi-domain threat environment. “Conducting advanced kinetic and non-kinetic bilateral exercises with our allies and partners increases our collective ability to outthink and outfight any adversary threatening our […]