Weekly Briefing: Air Warfare

The latest Air Warfare news and analysis from Breaking Defense.

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Weekly Briefing Air Warfare

Rolls-Royce F130 Engine: American-Made Power for B-52

Presented by Rolls-Royce

Our F130 engine brings a reliable and combat-proven engine to the B-52 engine replacement program. With 25M+ flight hours in the engine family, the F130 is already a part of the U.S. Air Force Fleet.

The B-21 Raider: A Marvel Of Digital Development [Sponsored] Risk reduction is vital in the development of this new Air Force bomber. Northrop Grumman is driving risk out of the program with digital capabilities throughout design, build, prototype, and test.

Greece, Saudi Arabia Forge Closer Ties In Shadow of Iran & Turkey "The Saudis might be demonstrating that they can go to other sources and solutions for air defense through building on the worsening of US-Turkish relations, at the heart of which is US unhappiness over Turkish acquisition of the Russian S-400 air defense system," Yezid Sayegh, senior fellow at the Carnegie Middle East Center, says.

Biden Must Boost 2022 Budget To Counter China The Army and Air Force are locked in battle over missions and the dollars that go with them. The chairman of the Joint Chiefs — an Army guy — has predicted a "bloodletting" with the Army the likely loser as the country grapples with how to manage the growing rivalries with China and Russia. Stopping…

India Getting P-8s In New Deal That Includes Local Investment "We are committed to delivering offset programs that are in line with India's Defence Acquisition Procedure and meet the Indian government's stated goals, including strengthening India's aerospace capabilities," a Boeing statement says.

Army Wants To Accelerate FTUAS Drone "I think it's unanimous from all the soldiers involved that we got this one right," said the Army's project manager for the Future Tactical Unmanned Aerial System. Manned aircraft, FARA and FLRAA, are also moving out sharply.

Pathfinder: The MQ-9 You Don't Know [Sponsored]

Take another look. The world's workhorse unmanned aerial system (UAS) is adding a host of upgrades designed to win the fight now and bring the future faster.

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