air-to-air


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operating between or launched from or involving rockets or aircraft in flight

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The agreement covers production lot 12 for air-to-air pylons for all variants of the fighter.
The Air-To-Air Refueling Market Size is Expected to Grow from USD 537 Million in 2019 to USD 692 Million By 2025, at a CAGR of 4.3%
By aircraft type, the air-to-air refueling market has been segmented into fixed wing and rotary wing.
The R-27 missile is a medium-to-long-range air-to-air missile developed by Russia for its MiG and Sukhoi series of fighter jets.
Thus, the request was amended with the advancements in stealth technology and the ATF program was then charged with creating a fighter with the capabilities of speed, agility, electronic warfare and signal intelligence into a stealth airframe which could also provide precision long-rage air-to-air and air-to-ground weaponry.
The fact is 122.9 no longer is the dedicated air-to-air frequency.
"We now have hundreds more air-to-air and air-to-ground weapons that have become available for today's fight because we were able to buy them back into our inventory through should-cost savings out of our weapons portfolio," she said.
However, the implementation of geothermal heat pumps in locations with relatively low heating requirements might not be economically feasible, since the capital costs of these systems are significantly higher than air-to-air heat pump systems.
In three separate flight tests on May 27th, Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) F-35 Lightning II aircraft demonstrated air-to-air combat capability, completed the first flight test with the next level software load and accomplished a landing at the maximum test speed and drop rate.
On Monday 24th March two TriStaras of 216 Squadron based at RAF Brize Norton flew an air-to-air refuelling mission over the North Sea before one conducted flypasts at airfields associated with its history.
Regarding my article "Global Power Requires a Global, Persistent Air-to-Air Capability" (Winter 2010), Lt Col Paul Matier ("Ricochets and Replies," Spring 2011) points out some problems with arming B-1s with advanced medium-range air-to-air missiles (AMRAAM) that I generally agree with.