India Cancels $3 Billion Medium Lift Military Aircraft Tender
India has cancelled the tender for 56 medium-lift military aircraft worth $3 billion. Instead it will now purchase Multi-Role Transport Aircraft (MRTA) manufactured jointly by Russia and India, Tass reported today
Embraer KC-390 Military Transport Marks Hour Long First Flight
Test pilots flew the Embraer KC-390 military transport and aerial refuelling jet for 1 hour and 25 minutes, marking its first successful flight. "This first flight is a fundamental step toward accomplishing the task with which we were entrusted
Boeing 747-8 To Replace Existing Air Force One Planes
The Pentagon announced on Wednesday that it had selected Boeing 747-8 to replace the Boeing 747-200 aircraft that serves as Air Force One for the US president. Pentagon has neither specified the number of aircrafts nor when the aircraft will enter service
Ukrainian Armed Forces Inducts Antonov An-70 STOL Transport Aircraft
Antonov announced that its An-70 military STOL transport aircraft has been handed over to the Ukraine Ministry of Defense on January 22, 2015. The transport aircraft will serve Ukrainian Armed Forces intended for aerial delivery, air transportation of troops and tangible assets, provision of maneuvers and troops activity and decisions of...
Israel To Modernize 40-Year Old Hercules C-130H Transport Aircraft
The Israeli Air Force is likely to upgrade its old Hercules transport planes in a bid to modernize their avionic systems suitable for modern warfare, The Jerusalem Post reported last Saturday. The Hercules transport planes first came into service 40 years ago
LM Executives Visit Tata-Lockheed Martin Aerostructures Facility To Inspect C130-Js
A team of Lockheed Martin executives yesterday visited the Tata-Lockheed Martin Aerostructures Limited (TLMAL) facility in Hyderabad, India, to inspect the C130-J Super Hercules as well as to tour the TLMAL site. Set up in 2012, TLMAL manufactures airframe components for the global supply chain of the C-130Js
GRSE Launches Landing Craft Utility Ship for Indian Navy
Indias Yard 2094, a Landing Craft Utility (LCU) ship, for the Indian navy was launched by Vice Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Sunil Lanba at a ceremony at Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Ltd (GRSE), Kolkata on Friday. Yard 2094 is the third ship of the LCU Mk IV project, which is useful for transporting tanks, armoured vehicles and soldiers during amphibious operations
Peru to Buy Two Alenia Aermacchi C-27J Spartans For $116.28 million
Finmeccanica Alenia Aermacchi signed a contract valued at around US$116.28 million with the Peruvian Ministry of Defense to supply two C-27J Spartan tactical airlifters
RT LTA Aerostats To Assist Israeli Police Applications
Israeli firm RT LTA announced today that it has been awarded a two year lease contract to provide 180 aerostats by the hour with crew to assist Israeli police. The Skystar 180 system is a small, portable aerostat, especially suited for tactical intel assignments and security operations, both military and civilian
Philippines To Buy C130 Transport Planes From US Navy
The Philippine military signed a pact with the US Navy last Friday to buy two secondhand C-130 transport planes for territorial defense and humanitarian operations. “The United States is helping us pay for these two aircraft”, said Colonel Restituto Padilla, a spokesman for the Armed Forces of the Philippines was quoted as saying by Reuters
Indian Firm Develops Technology For IAF
Indias Radel Advanced Technology (RAT) is developing a series of indigenous technologies for the Indian Air Force (IAF). "An electronic Line Replaceable Unit (LRU) for the Dornier (maritime reconnaissance) aircraft is under development and has successfully undergone functional testing at Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL)
Boeing Tests KC-46 Tanker
Boeing and the US Air Force successfully completed the first flight of the KC-46 tanker test program on 28 December. As part of a contract awarded in 2011 to design and develop the Air Forces next-generation tanker aircraft, Boeing is building four test aircraft – two 767-2Cs and two KC-46A Tankers
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The Future of Combat: Miniaturized Laser Weapons Set to Replace Bullets and Missiles
Lasers may soon replace bullets, and drones could disable enemy UAVs with beams of light instead of missiles
Four-legged Robots Vs. Military Dogs
Four legged robots that resemble dogs are increasingly being seen in war zones and exercises for functions such as reconnaissance...
Lockheed Martin Faces Billions in F-35 Cuts Under U.S. Policy Shift
Americas policy of controlling F-35 usage, spares, and maintenance—combined with President Donald Trumps threats of trade wars with Europe, halted...
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...
