Sometimes, the military comes up with some truly insane ideas — that work. What if you stuck an airport on a boat? Now, aircraft carriers rule the seas. Okay, what if you stuck a radar station on a ...

Since at least the Vietnam War, an increasingly critical element of air combat has been the radar early warning system. As air combat evolved, engagement distances grew larger, and thus the necessity ...

On a seemingly clear morning in May 2024, alarm bells rang inside NORAD’s Alaska command as a pair of Russian Tupolev Tu‑95 ...

Even before delivery, new technologies are being investigated for possible integration on the USAF’s future E-7 Wedgetail fleet – including a replacement for the aircraft’s distinctive radar.

North Korea's Morning Star-4 strategic reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicle. (Janes/Akhil Kadidal) North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has overseen flight trials of the new Ilyushin Il-76MD airborne ...

The U.S. Air Force is looking into a buy of spare parts for the service’s Diminishing Manufacturing Sources Replacement of Avionics for Global Operations and Navigation (DRAGON) program for Boeing E-3 ...

In the increasing war of words and threats, Vladimir Putin’s latest gambit has been to dust off one of the six “super weapons ...

The exercise featured IAF’s Sukhoi-30 MKIs, Jaguars, AWACS & AEW&C aircraft. Royal Navy’s F-35Bs from HMS Prince of Wales also participated in the exercise.

NATO is sending long-range surveillance aircraft to Lithuania for a mission across the Baltics, the alliance said in a recent statement. The first of three E-3A AWACS planes is currently operating out ...

Credit: U.S. Defense Department NATO officials are growing anxious about the slow pace of finalizing plans to replace the alliance’s flagship E-3A Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) early ...