By Craig Hoyle2021-03-09T09:07:00+00:00
Buoyed by a recent high-profile investment from the UK Royal Air Force (RAF), and with additional backing now being sought via its latest funding drive, modular training aircraft developer Aeralis is aiming to take its concept to pre-production flying status before the middle of the decade.
In mid-February, the company secured a three-year funding commitment from the RAF’s Rapid Capabilities Office (RCO), supporting its research and development activities. This was followed by an early March announcement of a formal teaming agreement with Thales Training & Simulation’s UK arm.
Source: Aeralis
Aeralis family will include advanced jet trainer version
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By Craig Hoyle2021-03-01T14:50:00+00:00
Leonardo is confident of scoring new business for its BriteCloud air-launched active decoy technology, after recent tests involving unmanned air vehicles (UAVs), and with a capability trial pending for the US Air National Guard (ANG).
Deployed from a flare dispenser, BriteCloud presents a false target to draw an incoming radar-guided missile away from its release aircraft. The electronic warfare technology used is contained entirely within the decoy itself, removing the need for expensive platform integration work.
Source: Air National Guard
BriteCloud 218 will undergo capability trial with the F-16 for US Air National Guard
Leonardo in mid-February announced that its smallest, 218-format version of the decoy – which has dimensions of 2x1x8in – had been deployed from an “Airbus target drone” during a trial conducted for Germany’s defence ministry.
By Craig Hoyle2021-03-01T17:03:00+00:00
The UK Royal Air Force (RAF) has flown its last operational sortie with a Raytheon Sentinel R1 ground surveillance aircraft, with the modified business jet fleet leaving use after only 14 years of service.
Flown on 26 February from the service’s intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition and reconnaissance (ISTAR) aircraft hub at RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire, the sortie brought operations by its 5 Sqn to an end.
Source: Crown Copyright
Adapted Global Express performed last operational flight on 26 February
Acquired via the UK’s Airborne Stand-off Radar (ASTOR) competition, the Sentinel fleet totalled five heavily-adapted Bombardier Global Express airframes. The type’s primary sensor was a ground surveillance radar installed within a canoe faring beneath the fuselage.