PLA's J-20 Fighter Jets 'Drive Away' Foreign Warplanes from South China Sea:...
The Chinese Peoples Liberation Army (PLA) Air Forces J-20 stealth jets reportedly drove away foreign aircraft flying close to Chinas territorial airspace. Pilots attached to the Wang Hai Air Group recently conducted combat patrols involving J-20s in China's East China Sea Air Defense Identification Zone, China Central Television (CCTV) reported on...
BAE Systems’ Viper Memory Loader Verifier II to Improve F-16 Maintenance Cybersecurity
BAE Systems has released the Viper Memory Loader Verifier II (MLV II), a new version of maintenance capability that will reduce vulnerability to cyber-attacks for F-16 aircraft. “This new version of the product will include cyber-hardened aircraft mission capabilities, with an open system architecture that reduces lifecycle costs,” said Carl Huncharek,...
Indian Navy’s MiG-29K Crashes in Sea, Pilot Stable
An Indian Navy MiG-29K carrier-based multirole fighter jet crashed during a routine sortie off the Goa coast today after developing a technical malfunction. The Navy confirmed the accident in a Twitter post
Queensland Police Orders Five Beechcraft King Air 360 Aircraft
Textron Aviation has won a contract by the Queensland Police Service for five Beechcraft King Air 360 turboprop aircraft with heavy weight, cargo door and extended range options. The Beechcraft King Air fleet will support the Queensland Police Service law enforcement mission and be based in Brisbane, Australia
European Future Air Combat System Project to be launched in Three Years
The Franco-German ambitious project to build a Future Combat Air System (FCAS) will be launched in three years. The Future Combat Air System (French: Système de combat aérien du future or SCAF; Spanish: Futuro Sistema Aéreo de Combate or FSAC) is a European combat system of systems under development by Airbus,...
Flight Performance Verification for Six Prototypes of S.Korean KF-21 Jet Starts in...
The South Korean KF-21 'Boramae' fighter aircraft project has entered its test stage and the full-scale flight performance verification with all six prototypes will begin in October 2022.Korean-Indonesian joint development fighter jet has completed the initial soundness test using prototype No
Link 16 Connectivity on French AWACS E-3F Aircraft
Frances General Directorate of Armaments (DGA) has announced that the Air Forces E-3F AWACS (Airborne Warning and Control System) aircraft will soon get Link 16 connectivity. On September 22, the French defense ministry
Chad, Niger to Get Turkish Trainer Aircraft
Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) will deliver two domestically developed Hürkuş training aircraft to Niger by the end of 2022 and three to Chad in the first quarter of 2023. “We will deliver the Niger planes at the end of this year, and the Chad planes in the first quarter of next year,” TAIs Deputy General Manager Atilla Doğan said at the African Aviation and Defense Fair (AAD 2022) being held in Pretoria, South Africa, as per
China Reveals Border Surveillance Drone Unit Armed with Attack, Reconnaissance UAVs
The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force has unveiled one of its armed reconnaissance drone units which deploys a range of attack and reconnaissance UAVs. An armed reconnaissance UAV recently carried out a training exercise from a PLA Air Force base in the desert in Northwest China, in which the drone practiced reconnaissance and attack in a long-endurance flight over a thousand kilometers, state-owned China Central Television (CCTV) reported on Tuesday
Russian Plant to Hike Su-57 Jet Fighters' Production
Russias Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aviation Plant under United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) is working to increase the production of Su-57 fighters. It is planned to increase the production of fifth-generation fighters at KnAAZ through the introduction of modern production methods, the construction of new facilities and the purchase of modern equipment
Parts Supply Slowdown Keeps Some of Philippines FA-50PH Fighter Aircraft Out of...
Slowdown in the supply of parts has kept an unspecified number out of 12 FA-50PH fighter jet aircraft of the Philippine Air Force (PAF) currently out of service. "While it is true that we have FA-50 aircraft that are currently on non-operational status, most of them are just ongoing scheduled maintenance,” PAF spokesperson, Col
KC-46A Tanker Cleared for Worldwide Deployments following 1st Combat Refuel
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Russian Su-57 and Chinese J-20 as Alternatives to the American F-35 Stealth Fighter
As the Russian Su-57 stealth fighter jet enters serial production, the debate over how it stacks up against the American...
NATO’s Intensified Exercises a Prep to Attack Russia?
Recent NATO exercises such as the BALTOPS-24, Steadfast Defender 2024 and its first-ever Basic Fighter Maneuvers exercise have been its...
Precision in the Skies: The Evolution of Loitering Munitions
Loitering munitions - drones that hover over a target and blow up near it - have become the weapon of...
Is the Patriot Air Defense System Outdated?
After Israel revealed its decision to decommission its U