Boeing has inducted its 20th F/A-18 Super Hornet into Service Life Modification (SLM) supporting U.S
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China has revealed an airborne munitions dispenser, likely to be equipped on J-16 jets, JH-7 fighter bomber and H-6 bomber, that can release hundreds of submunitions capable of causing destruction in large facilities such as airfields. “A typical munitions dispenser like this can disable an airfield for an extended period with...
In perhaps the single biggest order for F-16 jets, Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $62 billion ten-year, fixed price contract from the US Air Force for production of F-16 aircraft for multiple Foreign Military Sale (FMS) customers. The initial delivery order is for 90 aircraft, including both the pre-priced recurring...
The Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aviation Plant (KnAAZ) of Russias Sukhoi Corp. has started setting up a final assembly shop to integrate the Su-57 stealth fighter jet
The Russian Aerospace Forces (RuAF) will sign a new contract worth 70 billion rubles ($927 million) for the supply of an additional batch of Su-35 fighter jetss, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu has announced. "By the end of the year, we plan to conclude an additional state contract for the supply of multifunctional Su-35S aircraft
BAE Systems Australia and Defence Science and Technology (DST) carried out major structural tests on Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Hawk Mk127 lead-in fighter trainers (LIFT) under which the platform completed the equivalent of 50,000 ‘flying hours. “The Hawk LIF has successfully completed a world-first test program demonstrating the airframe is fit to fly for decades
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A pair of Rafale combat jets operated by the French Air Force was reportedly deployed to Andreas Papandreou Air Base in Cyprus Pafos city yesterday. Some military experts said it could be a ‘warning to Turkey after it dispatched Oruc Reis research vessel and two auxiliary ships to conduct seismic survey in an area between Greece and Cyprus until August 23
India's newly acquired Rafale Jets have commenced night flying exercises in Himachal Pradesh, a region to the South of the Line of Actual Control (LAC) the unofficial border between India and China. Considered the most advanced in the Indian Air Force (IAF)'s fleet, the fighter jets "are staying away from the LAC lest the Peoples Liberation Army (PLA) radars in occupied Aksai Chin identify their frequency signatures and use it to jam in the worst case scenario,"
The ‘glass protective cover of the Russian Su-57 fighter jet canopy is capable of shielding the pilot from ‘the light of a nuclear explosion besides reducing radar signature of the aircraft, its developer has claimed. The cockpit canopy is built out of a new material, monolithic polycarbonate which doubles its impact strength while halving its weight, Andrey Silkin, the general director of the developer; ONPP Technologiya was quoted as saying by RIA Novosti on Thursday The new materials also help in making the cockpit invisible to radar detection, he said
In the matter of the Su-35 fighter jet purchase from Russia, Egypt's military seeks to acquire equipment equal to that owned by Israel, according to the former head of the Egyptian army's reconnaissance department and professor of strategic studies at the Nasser Higher Military Academy. "Why doesnt the U