Archive - Bizjets of War

Desert Dolphins: Unwrapping the UAE's surveillance bizjets

The United Arab Emirates Air Force operates a fleet of advanced ISR and AEW&C bizjets, boosting the state's autonomous intelligence and surveillance…

Feb 16 •

October 2024

September 2024

New mapping bizjet deploys to the Philippines (updated)

The modified Gulfstream V equipped with photogrammetry and/or LiDAR sensors appears to be the successor of another bizjet that flew mapping missions…

Sep 26, 2024 •

July 2024

U.S. Army to Expand ISR Pilot Training with New Bizjets

With new demonstrator jets flying, the U.S. Army is seeking responses from companies to provide more bizjets to train future Army ISR bizjet pilots

Jul 20, 2024 •

June 2024

Finland selects Sierra Nevada Corporation for new surveillance bizjets

The Finnish Border Guard announced the service selected Sierra Nevada Corporation to deliver two Challenger 650 surveillance jets

Jun 29, 2024 •

April 2024

February 2024

The future of airborne intelligence: a 5-minute guide to spy bizjets

A quick explanation of the key capabilities, missions, and operating concepts of the business jets modified into surveillance platforms

Feb 9, 2024 •

December 2023

Rising Sun, Rising Capabilities: a guide to Japan's electronic warfare aircraft

The Japan Air Self-Defence Force operates two one-of-a-kind aircraft and is replacing its ageing fleet of electronic warfare aircraft with new platforms

Dec 9, 2023 •

November 2023

Azerbaijan is massing Soviet-era aircraft to bait Armenian air defences

Satellite imagery of Azerbaijan's Yevlakh air base shows a growing fleet of An-2 aircraft, which will likely be used as bait drones in a war with…

Nov 25, 2023 •

July 2023

Unwrapping the U.S. Army's new spy jets (updated)

The U.S. Army is using contractor-owned, contractor-operated surveillance jets to test new technologies and operating concepts

Jul 28, 2023 •

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