Zach Rosenberg

1 week ago | janes.com | Zach Rosenberg

The Pratt & Whitney TJ150 is set to power future Black Arrow flights. The engine has already been integrated onto the missile and powered its lone publicly disclosed flight. (Pratt & Whitney)Leidos has selected the Pratt & Whitney (P&W) TJ150 engine to power the Black Arrow cruise missile, P&W announced on 16 June at the Paris Air Show 2025, currently ongoing at the Paris-Le Bourget Airport through 22 June.

1 week ago | janes.com | Zach Rosenberg

An artist's conception of an MQ-9B with Saab AEW equipment. The pairing is intended to begin test flights in 2026. (Saab)General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) and Saab announced a partnership to equip the MQ-9B Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) with a podded radar for airborne early warning (AEW) missions, the companies said on 15 June at the Paris Air Show 2025 at Paris-Le Bourget Airport. The announcement marks the first AEW-tasked UAV.

2 weeks ago | janes.com | Meredith Roaten |Zach Rosenberg |Michael Fabey

AM General's JLTV A2 model was scheduled to begin fielding earlier in 2025 before the army announced it wanted to cancel the programme. (Janes/Christopher Petrov)With a US presidential budget request expected in the near future, congressional appropriators have released fiscal year (FY) 2026 budget priorities that appear to have some notable differences in modernisation accounts.

2 weeks ago | janes.com | Zach Rosenberg

USAF personnel load JDAMs aboard a B-2 at Whiteman AFB, Missouri, in preparation for a Quicksink test. The B-2 can carry up to 80 of the newly tested 500 lb Quicksink munitions. (Air Force Research Laboratory)The US Air Force's (USAF's) Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) drop tested a 500 lb (226.7 kg) version of the Quicksink munition in the Eglin Air Force Base (AFB) Gulf Test Range, according to a 4 June statement.

3 weeks ago | janes.com | Zach Rosenberg

The Kratos GEK800 to be followed by the GEK1500. (Kratos)Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) builder Kratos and engine manufacturer General Electric (GE) signed an agreement to build engines for “the next generation of affordable unmanned aerial systems and Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA)-type aircraft”, according to a 3 June announcement by Kratos. The contract formalises a memorandum of understanding (MOU) announced in 2024.