Weekly Briefing: Air Warfare

The latest Air Warfare news and analysis from Breaking Defense.

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Weekly Briefing Air Warfare

DARPA's aerial turducken, the LongShot, still cooking towards 2022 milestone Preliminary designs reviews for the mothership drone, to be launched from an aircraft before firing its own missiles, are planned for mid-2022.

Saab's CEO wants a shot at an AWACS replacement competition "Of course, I would like to be part of an open competition when it comes to airborne early warning and surveillance," Saab CEO Micael Johansson said. "But whether that's possible or not in the US, I don't know."

China eyes MidEast market with upgraded L-15 attack trainer in Dubai Though the Middle East is a major market with enormous potential for China, they've yet to establish any real foothold in the region.

US Air Force one step closer to turning cargo planes into makeshift bombers Next month, the Air Force will see if it can launch a live cruise missile from a pallet that was air dropped by a cargo plane.

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