Russian Su-57 Fighter Jet’s New Engine To Begin Flight Tests By Year-end...
The new engine of Russias fifth generation fighter jet Sukhoi-57 is scheduled to begin flight tests by this year end, local media reports. The engine for the Su-57, developed under the Prospective Airborne Complex of Frontline Aviation program (known by Russian acronym PAK FA), will be tested on board a flying...
Irkut MC-21 Airliner To Get Locally-made PD-14 Engine In 2019
Irkut Corporation, the manufacturer of Russias first narrow-body commercial aircraft, confirmed that the first flight model of MC-21 will be equipped with the advanced locally-made PD-14 engine in 2019. "In 2019, well have plane No
Taiwan To Buy Jet Engines From Honeywell For Indigenous Jet Trainer Program
Taiwanese lawmakers visiting the US last week reached a deal to buy jet engines from Honeywell. The Legislative Yuan Foreign and National Defense Committees bipartisan delegation visited International Turbine Engine Co (ITEC) to discuss the purchase of jet engines for Taiwans indigenous high-performance trainer jet program
Rocket Crafters Wins DARPA Contract To Develop Hybrid Rocket Engine
Rocket Crafters (RCI) has won a $542,600 research contract by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to build and test a large-scale hybrid rocket engine using its patented Direct-Digital Advanced Rocket Technology. Under the terms of the agreement, RCI is tasked to build and test a large-scale hybrid rocket engine...
Rosoboronexport To Supply Four VK-2500 Engines, Additional Mi-171E Helicopters To China
Rosoboronexport has signed a contract for the supply of an additional batch of Mi-171E helicopters to the People's Republic of China at the MAKS-2017 International Aviation and Space Salon, "We signed a contract for the supply of an additional batch of Mi-171E transport helicopters and their property to China. Our partners...
Sberbank Credit to Irkut MC-21 Airliner Project Touches $1 Billion
Sberbank, a state-owned Russian banking and financial services company, has provided financial credit resources worth about USD 1 billion for development of newest medium-range MC-21 airliner project since 2012. Irkut Corporation announced during MAKS airshow 2017 that Sberbank has signed a cooperation agreement for its MC-21 airliner development, to provide further support to the project
Pratt and Whitney Wins Additional $339 Million To Build F-35 engines
Pratt & Whitney has been awarded an additional $339 million to a previous contract to build engines for the Department of Defenses (DoD) F-35 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft program. The company has been contracted to build spare engines, spare modules and spare parks to support the terms of the existing contract, according to a DoD release Wednesday
Irkut MC-21 Flight Tested with Landing Gear Retraction- Paris Air Show 2017
Russias airliner MC-21 today performed another flight with the landing gear retraction and extension at Irkut aviation plant. The prototype MC-21- 300 aircraft performed a flight within the program of in-plant development tests, the companys press release states
China Develops First Microphotonic Radar Prototype For Enhanced Target Imaging
Scientists at Chinese Academy of Sciences have developed a first prototype of microwave photonics-based radar, which analysts said could revolutionize the detection and imaging of targets for a wider range of military and civilian applications. The new radar is said to have the features of fast-imaging, high resolution and clear identification of targets, having the highest resolution among all the micro-photonic radars currently known, and is even 30 times higher than similar radars worldwide, the Institute of Electronics at Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) said in a statement on its website early this week
China Tests New Ramjet Engine That Can Boost Missiles Range, Speed
China has successfully tested solid-fuel variable flow ramjet engine which could enhance the real combat ability of the country's stealth aircraft and boost firing range of missiles, local media reported Tuesday. A team from No
India Develops Pulse Detonation Engine For Cruise, Anti-Tank Missiles
Indias Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has developed a pulse detonation engine which has higher fuel efficiency than the gas turbine ones for cruise, anti-tank missile and unmanned aerial vehicles propulsion. The pulse detonation engine has higher fuel efficiency than the gas turbine engines of flying systems
Arconic’s Niles Branch To Continue Supplying Titanium Parts For F-35s
The Niles branch of Arconic Titanium and Engineered Products has received a $1.1 billion contract for supplying titanium parts for Lockheed Martin's F-35 Lightning II fighter jets
Romania Confirms Purchase of 32 F-35 Fighter Jets
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General Atomics Completes Qualification Test for New 200-Horsepower Engine for Gray Eagle...
U.S. Army, Lockheed Martin Conduct Double Test of Precision Strike Missile
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
Russia's Growing Influence in Africa: Arms Sales and Military Bases
Russia's expanding influence in Africa, demonstrated by arms sales, military deployments, and diplomatic engagements, reflects a significant geopolitical shift on...