BAE Systems has “successfully completed” the first phase of developmental flight-testing on the F-22A’s digital electronic warfare system. Future production F-22s will get the new EW system, which provide newer technology that offers “cost, power, and weight savings,” say company officials.
A-10 Thunderbolt II attack planes in the Middle East are flying with fresh modifications as the Air Force looks to make the plane more versatile amid America’s ongoing blockade of Iranian ports and a tenuous ceasefire in the U.S. air war against Iran.