Stratolaunch Completes Second Flight
US Company Stratolaunch has taken another step towards its goal of air-launching hypersonic vehicles.
USA News
Air
Space
Weapon / Missile
Air
Bilateral Relations
USAF 31st Wing: From İncirlik to train HAF
The US Air Force (USAF) and Hellenic Air Force (HAF) conducted exercise INIOCHOS 21 at Andravida Air Base in Greece on 18 April.
Air
E/W
F-16 Vipers to Trust L3’s Electronic Shield
L3Harris Technologies will provide advanced electronic warfare (EW) AN/ALQ-254(V)1 system for the Lockheed Martin F-16 fighter jet.
Weapon / Missile
Unmanned Systems
Marines’ Unmanned Truck Fire Anti-Ship Missile to Hit Target at Sea
The Marine Corps deployed an unmanned truck to the seashore to strike a surface target and launched a Navy missile from the vehicle.
Land
The US Starts Deploying Short-Range Air Defence Systems to Europe
The first platoon of Manoeuvre Short-Range Air Defence (M-SHORAD) systems are deployed in Europe to get the air defence capability, according to an April 23 Army Futures Command statement.
Space
Breathing in Mars? NASA Proves Possible
NASA extracted breathable oxygen from thin Martian air. NASA converted carbon dioxide from the Martian atmosphere into pure, breathable oxygen.
Bilateral Relations
Regional / Strategy
Biden Administration Declares National Emergency Over Russia
US President Joe Biden has declared a national emergency over the threat to the national security posed by Russia.
Navy / Maritime
Air
AV-8B Harrier II to stay operational until 2029
The AV-8B Harrier II vertical or short take-off and landing (V/STOL) attack aircraft will stay operational for U.S. Marine Corps (USMC), until 2029.
Defence Politics
Biden requests $715B for Pentagon
Biden made his first request for a defence budget. He asked for $753 billion in national security funding for the Defence Department.
Air
The F-15EX is now called Eagle II
The U.S. Air Force’s (USAF) newest F-15EX variant is renamed Eagle II, the service announced Wednesday.
Air
Regional / Strategy
U.S. Bombers Conduct Aegean Sea Mission
Two U.S. B-1 Lancer bombers stationed at Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota conducted overflight missions in the Aegean Sea.
Space
NASA Invites to Watch Maiden Flight Mars Helicopter Online
NASA is targeting no earlier than Sunday, April 11th, for Ingenuity Mars Helicopter’s first attempt at powered, controlled flight on another planet.
Air
Weapon / Missile
USAF failed at First ARRW Attempt
USAF stated that the first booster flight test (BTF-1) of the Air Force’s AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW) failed on April 5th.
Air
Unmanned Systems
Drone Launched another Drone
The USAF announced that the Valkyrie UAV launched another drone. The AFRL conducted its sixth test of the XQ-58A Valkyrie drone on March 26th.
