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Lockheed F-35 Jets to get Suppression/Destruction of Enemy Air Defenses Capability

June 3, 2020 @ 05:57 AM

Lockheed Martin will develop a structural modification for F-35 strike fighters to improve its Suppression/Destruction of Enemy Air Defenses capability (SEAD/DEAD). On June 1, the Pentagon awarded a $26

Russia Offers Turkey Fifth Gen Jet Engine, Talks Advance on Additional S-400...

June 2, 2020 @ 05:39 PM

Russia has offered to cooperate with Turkey in developing its TF-X fifth-generation fighter jet besides advancing talks on the delivery of a second regiment set of S-400 air defence system (DS). In relation to the TF-X, the Russian offer includes the fighters engines, avionics, onboard systems, airframe and pilot life support...

Russia Offers to "adapt" Su-35 Jet to Indonesia's Needs

May 30, 2020 @ 08:27 AM

Russia has offered to "adapt" the Su-35 fighter jet to the needs of the Indonesian Air Force (IAF) to persuade it to buy the jet. The development was reported by the

Lockheed Wins $394M for F-35 Equipment

May 28, 2020 @ 05:40 AM

Lockheed Martin has won a $393.8 million contract to provide F-35 Ancillary Mission Equipment (AME)/Pilot Flight Equipment (PFE) to the US military and its allies

Norway Gets 3 More F-35 Lightning II Stealth Jets

May 28, 2020 @ 05:30 AM

The Royal Norwegian Air Force (RoNAF) received three new F-35A jets on May 26. The fighters landed at Ørland Air Force Station in central Norway after a 10-hour flight from the United States

New Wind Tunnel to Help Develop China’s Next-gen Fighter Jet by 2035

May 28, 2020 @ 03:58 AM

Chinas new wind tunnel called FL-62, conducted its first operation on Tuesday by running a test for an undisclosed new aircraft which is likely to be a sixth-generation jet fighter more advance than the J-20 and J-31, currently its top line jets. Referring to the new aircraft, the J-20 jets chief designer Yang Wei had said in an earlier CCTV program that China will design a “very different aircraft in the future through true innovation

Performance Benchmarks for European Next-Gen Fighter Approved

May 27, 2020 @ 12:27 PM

German Bundeswehr said Tuesday that the air forces of Germany, France and Spain have agreed on a set of performance benchmarks to guide the development of Europes next-generation fighter jet. Officials will now freeze desired features from a collection of currently 10 possible system architectures of the Next-Generation Weapon System (NGWS)

First FOC Standard LCA Tejas inducted into IAF Squadron

May 27, 2020 @ 11:24 AM

The Indian Air Force (IAF) today set up a new Squadron 'Flying Bullets' at Sulur in South India comprising of a lone Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas aircraft in Final Operational Clearance (FOC) Standard. Four more FOC standard Tejas aircraft are in an advanced stage of production and are likely to be inducted in the near future, its manufacturer, HAL said today

Leonardo AW159 Helicopter Fires Thales ‘Martlet’ Lightweight Missile

May 26, 2020 @ 02:08 PM

Leonardo AW159 Wildcat helicopter fired a ‘Martlet Lightweight Multirole Missile (LMM) built by Thales for the first time today. The firing trials were conducted from 27th April to 21st May 2020

Construction of PAK DA Strategic Bomber Prototype Begins in Russia

May 26, 2020 @ 06:13 AM

Russia has begun construction of the first PAK-DA prototype, the all-new long range strategic bomber of the Russian Aerospace Forces, since the cold-war. “Russia has commenced construction of its first strategic stealth bomber within the Perspective Aviation Complex for Long-Range Aviation (PAK DA) program,” a source in the industry was quoted as saying by TASS on May 26

Indian Air Force Squadron With LCA Tejas To Be Operational On May

May 25, 2020 @ 12:08 PM

The Indian Air Forces No.18 Squadron, ‘Flying Bullets with Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas will be operationalized on May 27 at Sulur near Coimbatore city

Spanish Indra to lead CROWN Project to give European Jets Control of...

May 25, 2020 @ 09:28 AM

Indra has announced it will lead the European CROWN R&D project that will equip European fighters and aircraft with capabilities which combine radar, communications and electronic defence to dominate radioelectric space and operate at an advantage over the enemy. The company will coordinate the work of a consortium formed by Thales, Office National DEtudes et de Recherches Aerospatiales (ONERA), Hensoldt, Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, SAAB, Totalforsvarets Forskningsinstitut (FOI), Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO), Leonardo, Elettronica, and Baltijos Pazangiu Technologiju Institutas (BPTI)

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