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Kratos expendable and attritable engine core completes testing

Posted on June 30, 2021June 30, 2021 by alert5

Kratos Turbine Technologies (KTT) Division, a unit under Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, has completed a core engine test campaign under contract from the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory.

Photo: Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc.
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USAF starts experimenting with magnetic anomaly navigation

Posted on June 29, 2021June 29, 2021 by alert5

The U.S. Air Force’s multi-intelligence reconfigurable pod – AgilePod – recently demonstrated Precision, Navigation and Timing (PNT) concept of operations during six Phase I flights in Colorado.

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The use of Open Systems Architectures during manufacturing enables the Air Force Research Laboratory’s AgilePod to integrate on diverse air platforms with short notice. The AgilePod is an Air Force-trademarked, multi-intelligence reconfigurable pod that enables flight-line operators to customize sensor packages based on specific mission needs. A fit check held late December, 2017, provided an opportunity to demonstrate the ability of the pod to rapidly integrate onto the Scorpion Light Attack/ISR jet, highlighting the benefits of Open Architecture for augmenting Air Force mission needs. (Air Force photo by David Dixon/released)

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Japan to consider using indigenous long-range missile instead of LRASM

Posted on June 28, 2021 by alert5

A long-range standoff missile being developed by Japan could be an option to replace the AGM-158C LRASM that Tokyo had wanted to mount on the F-15.

防衛省, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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CH-53K Lot 5 contract for nine aircraft awarded

Posted on June 27, 2021June 27, 2021 by alert5

Sikorsky was awarded the Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP) Lot 5 contract for nine CH-53K helicopters on Jun. 25.

The CH-53K King Stallion successfully plugs into a funnel-shaped drogue towed behind a KC-130J during aerial refueling wake testing over the Chesapeake Bay. Photo by Erik Hildebrandt.

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CH-148 board of inquiry report is completed

Posted on June 27, 2021 by alert5

A Canadian board of inquiry has released its report into the crash of a CH-148 off Greece in April 2020. Six onboard the helicopter died.

Dennis Jarvis from Halifax, Canada / CC BY-SA

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