Safran To Display M88 Rafale Fighter And Shakti Helicopter Turbine Engines At...
Safran announced today that it will display the M88 engine that powers the Rafale multirole fighter, and the Shakti helicopter turbine which was co-developed with HAL for the Dhruv twin-engine rotorcraft during Aero India Airshow. The company will also display a wide range of products that include the AASM (air-to-ground modular...
3D Printing Of Components For India’s 25-kN Aircraft Engine
India's Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL) INR 458 crore ($73.7 million) 25-kN aircraft engine project is all set to have 3D printing technology for its components, Deccan Herald Daily reported today
Rolls-Royce Wins $442 Million Contract For F-35 Lift Fan
Rolls-Royce has won a contract worth $442 million for initial production of 17 lift systems to be used in a US fighter jet, F-35B. Rolls-Royce said on Monday it agreed the contracts with Pratt & Witney, which builds the engine for the jet, in a deal which complied with a...
Honeywell Wins Next Gen Turboprop Engine Development Contract
Honeywell International Inc., Phoenix, Arizona, has been awarded a $75,000,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite quantity contract for Versatile Affordable Advanced Turbine Engines (VAATE) III & Beyond
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 aircraft (AMCA), with collaboration among IAF, DRDO and Aeronautical Development Agency, is now "virtually" over
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 Industries P-1 submarine hunting planes and stealthy Soryu submarine, two Aegis radar-equipped destroyers and missile defense system development with Washington
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 from 10-16 September 2014
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
Latest Chinese GJ-11 "Sharp Sword" Drone Seen at an Air Base in...
North Korea Reveals Hwasong-20 ICBM Capable of Reaching U.S. Mainland
Denmark Allocates $4.5B to Buy 16 Additional F-35 Fighter Jets
Russia Sanctions French Automaker Renault for Producing Drones for Ukraine
European Nations Prioritizing Europe-made IRIS-T & SAMP-T over American Patriot Air Defense Systems?
European nations looking to procure new air defense systems appear to be giving the much-vaunted American Patriot a miss in...
Russian T-90MS Crew Discuss Future Upgrades
Defense Mirror spoke with the crew members of the Russian T-90MS main battle tank, produced by UralVagonZavod
China's Mass-produced J-35A Aircraft Set to Disrupt Global Stealth Fighter Market
China is aiming to disrupt the global stealth fighter market by mass-producing its fifth-generation J-35A at a pace comparable to...
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...