Farnborough Airshow 2022 News (FIA 2022)

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Farnborough 2022: MBDA outlines vision for Tempest Weapon Effects Management System

Last week saw big announcements by Team Tempest and MBDA was eager to talk about their own progress at the Farnborough International Airshow.
Farnborough 2022: PBS confirms four customers for its new turbojet engine

Shephard met PBS Velka Bites at the Farnborough International Airshow to discuss the unveiling of its new turbojet engine and future developments.

Training

Farnborough 2022: Live exercises to move virtual very soon, says BAE Systems

VRAI joins BAE Systems to further develop a single synthetic environment for multi-domain training in a virtual environment.

Defence Notes

Farnborough 2022: Mexican aerospace bounces back after COVID-19 but military aviation procurement remains sluggish

Following a damaging period of decreased exports amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the Mexican aerospace industry has begun to bounce back with a particular focus on UAV procurement.

Land Warfare

Farnborough 2022: Babcock partners with Rafael for UK land ground-based air defence programme

Babcock and Rafael have joined forces to provide C2 solutions for a GBAD programme in the UK.

Defence Notes

Farnborough 2022: L3Harris reaffirms focus on optimising UK C4ISR

The aerospace and defence technology provider is ready to support the UK land, air and naval forces with communication and digitisation technologies in the coming years.

Defence Helicopter

Farnborough 2022: Swedish Air Force loses patience with NH90, considers going the ‘way of Norway’

18th July 2022

Will Sweden follow in the footsteps of Norway and prematurely end NH90 operations?
Air Warfare

Farnborough 2022: Lockheed Martin delivers LANCE airborne directed-energy weapon to US Air Force Research Laboratory

18th July 2022

The new LANCE airborne directed-energy weapon features far better SWaP characteristics than a solution Lockheed Martin provided for the US Army five years ago.
Air Warfare

US Navy MUM-T demonstration sees Super Hornet control three UAVs simultaneously

18th July 2022

The US Navy's Super Hornet has shown off new MUM-T capabilities.
Air Warfare

Boeing looks to India for Super Hornet success after European setbacks

17th July 2022

Boeing is setting its sights on finally securing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet Block III export success with a new campaign in India.
Digital Battlespace

UK injects £2.35 billion into Eurofighter ECRS Mk2 upgrade

17th July 2022

The Eurofighter Typhoon ECRS Mk2 upgrade has received a significant financial boost.
Defence Notes

UK closes in on E-7 AEW&C full business case with full fleet ready for production

15th July 2022

Boeing and STS Aviation are set to start production of a third UK E-7 AEW&C aircraft, as the UK MoD focuses on developing a full business case for the programme.
Defence Helicopter

Lethality, survivability and ergonomics hold key to AH-64E success, says Army Air Corps

14th July 2022

The British Army is training helicopter crews to transition to operating the Apache AH-64E V6 Guardian platform.
Training

Ascent to boost training with FIRCTS

13th July 2022

The Future ISTAR and Rear Crew Training System competition in the UK is likely to generate interest from major suppliers such as Collins Aerospace, Lockheed Martin, CAE, Elbit and Thales.
Defence Notes

Taliban air force faces critical survivability issues

5th July 2022

After the 2021 fall of Kabul and the ongoing Ukraine war, what are the current capabilities and size of the former Afghan Air Force?
Uncrewed Vehicles

RCO defends Project Mosquito cancellation, claiming investment stopped making sense

4th July 2022

Despite the UK MoD awarding Spirit Aerosystems a Project Mosquito Phase 2 design and development contract for a low-cost, uncrewed fighter aircraft valued at £30 million, the project has been cancelled without a demonstrator being built.
Air Warfare

India desperately needs more transport aircraft

30th June 2022

How can the Indian Air Force fill major gaps in its airlift fleet, since few new transport aircraft types are available?
Air Warfare

Spain orders 20 Eurofighter Typhoon jets under Project Halcon

23rd June 2022

Spain has finally ordered 20 Eurofighter Typhoon combat jets under Project Halcon, intended to replace Spanish Air Force F-18s based in the Canary Islands.
Defence Notes

Technical trouble forces UK to delay SPEAR 3 first firing

21st June 2022

Technical issues are preventing the UK from meeting its original timeline to test-fire the MBDA SPEAR 3 weapon set for entry into service on F-35B fighter jets.
Training

Last Red Hawk test aircraft handed over as Saab shifts manufacturing to US

21st June 2022

The last T-7A Red Hawk development jet received its aft section from Sweden and was joined with the forward fuselage. All future subassembly production work will now take place at Saab’s new facility in Indiana.
Air Warfare

Philippines considers more FA-50s, but no fighter decision made yet

16th June 2022

Finances are a constant thorn in the side of the Philippine military, but it still dreams of more FA-50s and new multirole fighters.
Defence Notes

Netherlands to increase F-35 order and double MQ-9 fleet

10th June 2022

Additional fighter jets and MALE UAVs are to be procured by the Netherlands.
Defence Notes

Germany to buy additional P-8 maritime patrol aircraft

8th June 2022

Germany will acquire more P-8A maritime patrol aircraft beyond the five already on order.
Air Warfare

Asian-made fighters stay in the picture for Argentina

3rd June 2022

Recent visits indicate that Argentina may procure Chinese or Indian aircraft to meet a new fixed-wing combat air requirement — although choosing the former could cause friction between Buenos Aires and Washington.
Training

RAF Typhoon synthetic training system reaches milestone

31st May 2022

The delivery of the first two TFST devices is expected by the end of the year, but RAF pilots will only start training on them in 2023. The new devices feed into the RAF’s larger objective to share common synthetic entity models across the force.
Defence Notes

UK lines up ECRS Mk2 flight test campaign for ‘back end’ of 2023

27th May 2022

Eurofighter Typhoon European Common Radar System Mark 2 (ECRS Mk2) flight tests are soon to go ahead, after years of research and development.

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