Day: June 24, 2022

Spain buying another 20 Eurofighters

Posted on June 24, 2022June 24, 2022 by alert5

Spain has ordered another 20 Eurofighter jets to bring its fleet to 90 aircraft. The Halcón contract will see Spain getting 16 single-seat aircraft and 4 twin-seat fighters.

Staff Sgt. Vitaliy rusavskiy, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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An Asian air force orders the ELTA Scorpius-SP jammer pod

Posted on June 24, 2022 by alert5

IAI says that an Asian air force has ordered the ELTA ELL-8222SB Scorpius-SP jammer pod.

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B-52 getting a Iridium satellite terminal

Posted on June 24, 2022 by alert5

Engineers from the 49th Test and Evaluation Squadron have carried out the first aerial test of the IRIS beyond line of sight communication terminal on the B-52.

Sam Denison, a senior software developer at the 49th Test and Evaluation Squadron at Barksdale AFB, La., installs a beyond line of sight communications system, called IRIS, into a B-52 at Barksdale AFB, La., June 22, 2022. The 49th TES conducted the first aerial demonstration of the IRIS system while the 608th Air Operations Center monitored and assessed the data, voice and imagery relays from the aircraft.

Photo: Senior Airman Jonathan E. Ramos
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