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Saab has introduced a larger, optionally crewed version of its Combat Boat 90 that includes a variant built for short-range air defence (SHORAD). The company says the aim is to address the spread of uncrewed air systems (UAS), a threat that now reaches ships and coastal areas as well as land forces.
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General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has published a YouTube video showing its Mojave short takeoff and landing (STOL) aircraft touching down on a rough maneuver trail at a Republic of Korea (ROK) Army training range, then taking off again to continue its mission. The footage follows the company’s Sept. 16 press release on the demonstration, which it conducted with Hanwha Aerospace.
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Kawasaki Heavy Industries has shown a concept illustration of a next-generation jet trainer in its Group Vision 2030 progress report, released Oct. 6. The image offers a first look at how the company, which developed the T-4 now in service, may approach replacing it.
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Korean Air’s Aerospace Division is using a robot-arm ultrasonic scanning system to inspect the wings of the M-UAV, South Korea’s medium-altitude unmanned aerial vehicle for reconnaissance, according to a South Korean defense news video report. The company says a wing inspection that took one inspector about 30 days by hand can now be done by one operator in about two days, which should raise aircraft availability for the Republic of Korea Air Force.
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The U.S. Navy has confirmed that the prototype AN/ALQ-264 Beowulf, a new sensor for the Boeing EA-18G Growler, flew in 2025. The F/A-18 and EA-18G Program Office (PMA-265) disclosed the flight test on Sept. 1 while announcing that the Growler Block II Beowulf team had won a 2026 Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) Commander’s Award for Technical Innovation.
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