MilitaryUS Air Force Investing in Cybersecurity for Avionics Everyone is worried about hacking, even the U.S. Air Force. Airmen are worried that hacked avionics will lead their pilots to shoot at the wrong targets. The U.S. Defense Department’s fiscal year…
MilitaryUS Air Force Hacked in the Name of Security Over the course of three weeks in December, the U.S. Air Force quietly entreated a couple dozen hackers to dig into the systems of — the U.S. Air Force. It was the…
MilitaryTrump's Budget Proposal Allocates $24B for DoD Aircraft U.S. President Donald Trump's fiscal year 2019 budget proposal directs $716 billion toward national security, including $686 billion for the Department of Defense. Of that, $24 billion would be spent on new…
MilitaryNew HF System Demos 5,000 Mile Communications Link Rockwell Collins, under contract to the Air Force Research Laboratory Information Directorate, recently demonstrated the resilience of next-generation high frequency (HF) communications using a wide band high frequency (WBHF) system over a…
MilitaryInzpire to Deliver Tablet-Based Mission System to Indonesian Air Force The Indonesian air force is set to use Inzpire’s Geco Air tablet-based mission system, Inzpire said. With help from Indonesian partner PT Kadomas Aviasindo, Inzpire’s product is to be used on a…
MilitaryUSAF Taps Aurora to Support Pursuit of Low-Cost Warfighter Platforms and Tech The U.S. Air Force has tapped Aurora Flight Sciences to support its Aerospace Systems Air Platform Technology Research (ASAPTR) program, Aurora said. Research in this program supports potential development, demonstration, integration and…
MilitaryIndian Air Force’s New 28-Sensor Fighter Flies for First Time, Reports Say India has successfully flown an upgraded fighter with an active electronically scanned array radar for the first time, several news outlets reported. The Jaguar Darin III, which Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. is upgrading…
MilitaryPhilippine Air Force Looks to Give C-130s Glass Cockpits The Philippine Air Force 220th Airlift Wing’s Lockheed C-130s are set for an upgrade, the service said. Taking a cue from the Air Force’s Flight Plan 2028, the wing is ready to…
MilitaryUSAF Fighter Wing Upgrades F-16 Fleet in Japan The 35th Fighter Wing of the U.S. Air Force can now fly General Dynamic/Lockheed Martin F-16s with upgraded avionics. The fighter wing’s Airman 1st Class Sadie Colbert wrote that the upgrade aimed…
MilitaryRockwell Collins Completes Contract With Latest US Air Force KC-10 Upgrade Rockwell Collins has completed upgrading the U.S. Air Force’s McDonnell Douglas KC-10 fleet, the company said. With the 59th Flight2 integrated avionics system upgrade, Rockwell Collins has finished this portion of a…