Saab has presented the first GlobalEye airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft ordered by the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) for the Swedish Air Force.The aircraft will now enter a phase of testing and verification ahead of its first flight and subsequent delivery to the FMV. Sweden has ordered three GlobalEye aircraft from Saab. The FMV contracted the first two aircraft in 2022, with an option for additional aircraft, and ordered a third GlobalEye in 2024.

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The image shows a Subaru Bell 412EPX utility helicopter (registration N412FW), a commercial and military variant developed jointly by Bell Textron and Subaru Corporation.

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Anduril YFQ-44A Fury is an uncrewed autonomous fighter jet developed as part of the U.S. Air Force’s Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) program. Designed to fly alongside crewed fighters like the F-22 Raptor and F-15EX, carrying air-to-air missiles (such as the AIM-120 AMRAAM) and various air-to-ground munitions.

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Saunders-Roe A.36 Lerwick (serial number L7265, code WQ-Q), a British twin-engine flying boat of No. 209 Squadron RAF, taking off from Loch Ryan near Stranraer during World War II. Only 21 aircraft were ever built due to severe design flaws, poor stability, underpowered engines, and a high accident rate (11 of the 21 were lost in accidents).

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USAF B-52 escorted by British F-35B and Norwegian F-35A jets during the annual US nuclear command-and-control exercise Global Thunder 26.HMS Prince of Wales operating in the high North with HMS Dauntless and HNoMS Fridtjof Nansen, part of NATO exercise Neptune Strike 26-4.

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US Navy tests long-range control of MQ-25A tanker drone from an aircraft carrier to extend fighter combat range. to extend fighter combat range.

 

Avro Vulcan B1, VX770, was the first prototype Avro Vulcan (“Great White Delta”), 1958, operating out of Hucknall and fitted with Rolls-Royce Conway engines for flight trials. While executing a high-speed low pass and shallow climb at roughly 350 knots, the aircraft suffered a gross structural failure of the starboard wing main spar. 7 fatalities.

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