Pilatus To Showcase PC-12 NG Aircraft At Aero India 2015
Pilatus will showcase their next generation aircraft, the PC-12 NG at Aero India 2015, scheduled to be held between February 18 and 22 at Bengaluru. The latest upgrade of the popular PC-12 has exciting new features to make the 2014/2015 PC-12 NG the best PC-12 to date
Turbomeca’s Latest Arriel Turboshaft Wins Certification
Turbomeca has received EASA type-certification for its Arriel 2N turboshaft. The new engine delivers 17% more take-off power (986 shp/735 kW compared to 840 shp/626 kW) than the current Arriel 2C and it also offers lower operating costs, increased reliability and superior performance over its predecessors
India Plans To Develop 5th-Generation Fighter Aircraft
India plans to start its own fifth-generation fighter aircraft (FGFA) development project this year to build on the expertise gained in the long developmental saga of the indigenous Tejas light combat aircraft. Top defence sources on Wednesday said the preliminary design stage of the futuristic fighter called the advanced medium combat...
Japan Allocates $42 Billion Defense Budget To Buy Military Equipment
Japan has approved spending $42 billion defense budget in a major military modernization program to counter Chinese military might in the region, Reuters reported Wednesday. The nations new expenditure involves payment for troop-carrying Boeings Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft, Northrop Grummans Global Hawk surveillance drones, Lockheed Martins F-35 stealth fighters, and Kawasaki Heavy...
Northrop Grumman’s HALE UAS Sets New Flight Record
The US Air Force RQ-4 Global Hawk and other variants of Northrop Grumman Corporation's (NGC) High Altitude Long Endurance (HALE) Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) series have set a record by flying more intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) mission hours in one week than ever before. The UAS series flew 781 hours...
HAL To Handover First Overhauled Sukhoi To IAF
The first overhauled Sukhoi-30 aircraft will be delivered to the Indian Air Force by the Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL), Nashik division, today. This will be the first time ever that a used Sukhoi will be returned to the field
Mitsubishi To Delay Delivery Of Japanese Stealth Fighter Prototype
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd may delay the delivery of the first test version of a Japan-made stealth fighter to the Defense Ministry, as the verification of aircraft engines is needed. The delay was caused by the need to verify a way to restart the aircraft engine if it shut down during flight
Elbit Systems Wins $100 Million Contract For Firefighting Aircraft
Elbit Systems has won a $100 million contract from the Israeli Ministry of Defense (IMOD) to procure six new firefighting aircraft and operate the firefighting squadron. The Squadron consists of fourteen aircraft, including eight previously procured by Elbit Systems
New F-35 Jet Lacks Software Ability To Fire Gun
The Pentagons F-35 Joint Strike Fighter worth $400 billion will not be able to fire its 25mm cannon during the operational missions until 2019. Even though F-35 is supposed to join frontline U
CAE Wins Polish, German And New Zealand Defense Forces' Contracts
CAE announced today that it has won a series of contracts worth more than $98.5 million to provide a range of simulation products and upgrades and other support services
F-35 Team Announces European Sustainment Plan
The US Department of Defense announced today that it has assigned F-35 Regional Maintenance, Repair, Overhaul and Upgrade (MRO&U) capability for airframes and engines for the European Region. The assignments were based on data compiled and analyzed by the F-35 Joint Program Office that was collected from European Partners and their industries
Italy To Service European F-35 Fighter Jet
The Pentagon announced Thursday that Italy would provide initial maintenance of F-35 fighter jets and it engines in Europe from 2018. “Itlay will initially do the heavy maintenance of the jets and Britain will provide a backup if necessary
South Korea Bolsters Space Surveillance with Fourth Military Satellite Launch
U.A.E.'s Caracal Set Up Small Arms Factory in Hyderabad With India’s ICOMM...
AV Secures $46.6M Contract with Italian MoD for JUMP 20 VTOL Drones
China, Indonesia Hold First Meeting of Foreign and Defense Ministers
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...
