French Navy Orders Fleet of Small Airbus Maritime Drones
The Aliaca uncrewed surveillance system provides airborne surveillance, detection, and identification capabilities for high seas patrol boats and surveillance frigates.
The Aliaca uncrewed surveillance system provides airborne surveillance, detection, and identification capabilities for high seas patrol boats and surveillance frigates.
The detachment is the first active-duty flight training unit based at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, since the end of World War II.
The barrage against 85 targets employed more than 125 precision munitions.
During the three-week multilateral exercise, 85 aircraft are expected to fly 1,400 missions across three islands and six airfields.
The milestone puts the helicopter on track for delivery to the U.S. Air Force in 2024, the aircraft manufacturing giant said.
The air-to-air refueler was participating in the ongoing ‘Red Flag’ combat training exercise at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada.
The fighter jet experienced an ‘in-flight emergency’ over the West Sea, Air Force officials said.
U.S. Central Command is investigating how the drone was able to penetrate air defenses as well as its point of origin.
The Aerosonde uncrewed aircraft system is designed to be a force multiplier for extended maritime intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance.
The country will receive its first Block 4 configuration fighter in 2031, Lockheed Martin said.