US Navy Loses Fighter Jet, Helicopter
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The UK has secured a deal worth up to £8m to supply Turkey with 20 Typhoon fighter jets. During a visit to Ankara to sign the agreement on Monday, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer described it as "a win for British workers, a win for our defence industry and a win for Nato security".
Shield AI’s new unmanned, vertical-takeoff-and-landing fighter jet concept is designed to be a drone wingman or a standalone aircraft, marking the latest autonomous aircraft announcement by defense companies in recent weeks.
By far the best American fighter of 1939, and by far the shiniest aircraft on this list, the Curtiss Hawk 75A scored the first aerial victory on the Western front of the Second World War. The combat victories were claimed by French pilots in Curtiss Hawk 75A-1s of the SPA 160 "Red Devils" squadron of GC II/4 on 8 September 1939.
A U.S. Navy helicopter and a fighter jet crashed in the South China Sea on Oct. 26 in two separate incidents, the Navy’s Pacific Fleet said. A MH-60R Seahawk helicopter went down at about 2:45 p.
The Navy's Pacific Fleet said it was investigating the cause of the incidents, which took place during "routine operations."
Shield AI says its new autonomous fighter jet could turn even a container ship into a launchpad for combat airpower.
Shield AI revealed X-BAT this week, an autonomous VTOL fighter jet that it said can take off from islands and ships. "Airpower without runways is the
Ukraine and Sweden signed a letter of intent to export up to 150 Gripen fighter jets to Kyiv. The development on Wednesday brings Ukraine closer to obtaining the fourth-generation JAS 39 Gripen. The fighter jet has long been considered the ideal aircraft for Ukraine to battle Russia.