A new Boeing EA-18G Growler has been delivered to RAAF Amberley, boosting availability and returning the RAAF’s electronic attack aircraft fleet to a full complement. The aircraft was acquired as…

Kongsberg Defence Australia (KDA) has signed a five-year agreement with prime contractor Raytheon Australia to provide sustainment services for the Australian Army’s Project LAND 19 Phase 7B Short-Range Ground-Based Air…

The Commonwealth has announced an upgrade to the Royal Australian Air Force’s electronic attack capabilities through funding for a number of key enablers for the Boeing EA-18G Growler. To be…

Although very much evolving from allied efforts to stymie the power of Luftwaffe (German Air Force) air defences during the Second World War, the SEAD mission came of age during…

At the start of the Russian invasion of the Ukraine it was widely expected the Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS) would commence a systematic demolition of Ukrainian air defence, command and…

CEA Technologies has been selected to build four new air defence radar arrays for the Phase 1 Joint Air Battle Management System (JABMS) element of the ADF’s Project AIR 6500…

The first production-representative ALQ-249(v)1 Next Generation Jammer-Mid Band (NGJ-MB) electronic warfare pods were delivered by Raytheon Technologies to the US Navy in early July. With two pods per shipset, the…

The US Navy has announced it has successfully conducted a number of manned-unmanned teaming test with a new Block III F/A-18F Super Hornet. A 15 July NAVAIR release says the…

The US Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) has advised that the US State Department has approved the possible foreign military sale (FMS) of the Lockheed Martin AGM-158B Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff…

Norway has announced it has selected Raytheon’s GBU-53/B StormBreaker precision guided bomb to equip the Royal Norwegian Air Force (RNoAF) fleet of Lockheed Martin F-35A fighters. Designed to be carried…

The US Navy’s Broad Area Maritime Surveillance Demonstration (BAMS-D) program has been finalised after being deployed to the Persian Gulf region for more than 13 years. Originally deployed to Al…

Boeing subsidiary Insitu Pacific has announced it has commenced the first pilot’s course for the Australian Army’s new Integrator uncrewed aircraft system (UAS). Selected in March 2022 for the Army’s…

The US House Armed Services Committee (HASC) has moved to introduce legislation that would see 33 Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptors operated by the US Air Force upgraded to the latest…

Air Defence in Focus: BAD BEHAVIOUR

The United States Air Force has awarded contracts to three companies to continue the development of its planned air-to-ground stand-in attack weapon (SIAW). The announcement follow an RFI which was…

The US Air Force’s Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) program has reportedly achieved its Milestone-B gateway and has progressed into the engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) phase. United States Secretary…

The Australian Defence Force has reported that a Royal Australian Air Force Boeing P-8A Poseidon maritime surveillance aircraft was intercepted by a Chinese PLA fighter aircraft over the South China…

The Royal Australian Air Force’s Exercise Diamond Storm 22 has kicked off in the skies above the Northern Territory. Taking place from RAAF Bases Darwin and Tindal, and in the…

Information on the PLA Navy’s electronic warfare posture is slowly emerging in the public domain On 5th April, the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) defence thinktank hosted its annual Sea…

The Russian Army’s use of electronic warfare during the first phase of the Ukraine War appeared underwhelming Early on 24 February the Russian Armed forces began their invasion of Ukraine,…