The MXU-1072/A 5th generation travel pod is carried inside the F-35A Lightning II’s weapons bays. A travel pod is usually an external fuel tank or canister, that has been adapted with an external door and [...] The post New Advanced Travel Pod Designed For the F-35A Delivered To Eielson AFB appeared first on The Aviationist.

UK’s Secretary of Defence unveiled that Italy, along with France and the UK, has supplied Storm Shadow/SCALP EG cruise missiles to Kyiv, and urged Germany to provide Taurus missiles. This is the first time Italy [...] The post UK Secretary of Defence Reveals Italian Supply of Storm Shadow Missiles to Ukraine appeared first on The Aviationist.

In an engagement reminiscent of WWII dogfights, a Ukrainian training aircraft reportedly shot down a Russian drone. On Apr. 27, 2024, a Ukrainian Yak-52 training aircraft, shot down a Russian Orlan-10 drone over Odessa, according [...] The post Ukrainian Yak-52 Equipped With Machine Gun Shoots Down Russian UAV – Reports appeared first on The Aviationist.

The drone strafed targets on the ground during a live fire event earlier this month. General Atomics announced the successful testing of the Mojave Unmanned Aircraft System, equipped with M134 7.62 miniguns, which destroyed static [...] The post General Atomics Mojave UAS Tested With Minugun Pods appeared first on The Aviationist.

The new commercial derivative aircraft will replace the 1970s’ E-4B Nightwatch in the National Emergency Airborne Command Post role. Sierra Nevada Corporation has been awarded a contract, worth more than USD 13 billion, for the [...] The post Sierra Nevada Corporation Will Build E-4B ‘Doomsday’ Plane Replacement appeared first on The Aviationist.

CF-1 will be used in future emergency recovery systems testing by the Prototype, Manufacturing and Test Department of the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division. A CH-53K King Stallion heavy lift helicopter from Marine Test [...] The post USMC CH-53K Transports F-35C And Refuels From KC-130 En Route appeared first on The Aviationist.