The US Navy has set up a program office to develop a sixth generation fighter jet to operate from aircraft carriers as a replacement to the F/A-18 super hornet and the EA-18G electronic attack jets. The program office will oversee the Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) initiative ,...
Brazilian Air Force (FAB) pilot Major Aviator Cristiano de Oliveira Peres for carried out the first flight of the made-for-Brazil F-39 Gripen E fighter jet in Linköping, Sweden yesterday. The pilot flew the jet over the Baltic Sea for approximately 50 minutes
Khmeimim Air Base in Syria operated by the Russian forces is set to become prodigious with Damascus agreeing to transfer additional land and coastal waters, for expansion. The agreement was signed by representatives of the two countries on July 21
A pair of Russian Tu-95MS strategic missile carriers performing routine flights over the Sea of Japan was joined by Japanese warplanes. “Two strategic missile carriers Tu-95MS of the Russian Aerospace forces performed a planned flight over the neutral waters of the Japan Sea and the North-Western part of the Pacific ocean...
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 only one shot, because the sheer number of submunitions means the whole runway will be destroyed
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 core configuration costs at $2,862,797,674 and the engineering change proposal/undefinitized contract action for the non-recurring costs not-to-exceed $2,078,307,572 obligated at approximately $1,018,370,710
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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