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F-22, F-35 and XQ-58A flew together for the first time

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During a series of tests over the U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground on Dec. 9, the Pentagon was able to demonstrate the effectiveness of its gatewayONE payload to let fifth generation fighters communicate with each other via their datalinks for the first time.


U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. James Cason
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#SunriseSunday

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A NASA F/A-18 is towed to the apron at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California during sunrise over Rogers Dry Lake. The F/A-18 was used to test a transmitter for an air navigation system, called the Airborne Location Integrating Geospatial Navigation System, or ALIGNS. This system, designed to allow pilots to position their aircraft at precise distances to each other, will be critical for acoustic validation efforts of NASA’s next supersonic X-plane, the X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology.

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Testing of new fan rotor for F135 engine has resumed

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Testing of a new fan rotor design for the Pratt & Whitney F135 turbofan engine has resumed at Arnold Air Force Base.

Testing of an F135 engine with a new rotor design is continuing in the J2 test cell of the Engine Test Facility at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn. The engine is shown in the test cell in this image taken Sept. 2, 2020. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jill Pickett)

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