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Russia’s Tu-160M2 Blackjack Supersonic Bomber To Enter Serial Production In 2022

Syrian Warplanes Resume Combat Flights From US Tomahawk Missile-hit airbase

Syrian Su-22 warplanes took off from ‘Shayrat airbase on Friday hours after it was struck by the 59 US Tomahawk cruise missiles. Friday's strikes have left small damage

Malaysia Plans Aerobatics Team, May Seek Help From 'Russian Knights'

Malaysia is looking at launching its own aerobatics team for the Langkawi International Maritime Aerospace (LIMA) Exhibition in 2019 and may seek help from ‘Russian Knights team for the purpose. Indications to this effect were available during the last day of LIMA 17 where the defence minister Hishammuddin Hussein said at the closing ceremony turning to the South Korean and Indonesian aerobatics teams, ?What you have done is a challenge to all of us “now the Russian Knights want to work with the Malaysian aerobatics team

Irkut Su-30 Jets On Bangladesh Radar, Seeks India’s Help With Service,...

Russias Su-30SM jets made by Irkut Corp are on the procurement radar of Bangladesh which has put out a request for information (RFI) to buy eight multi-role fighter jets with an option of four more planes for its air force. “We are seeking information about the Su-30 and other planes”, Md Humayun Kabir, Defence Advisor in the Bangladesh High Commission, Kuala Lumpur told Defenseworld

Russian Knights Offer Aerobatic Expertise To Other Su-30 Owning Countires

Russian Knights aerobatic team is willing to offer training to other nations which own Su-30 series of aircraft. To a question by Defenseworld

Two F-16 Jets Arrive In Indonesia

Two modernized F-16 jet fighters granted from the United States have arrived at the Iswahjudi Air Force Base in Magetan, East Java, on Monday. The two F-16 C/D 52ID fighter jets are a portion of the 24 aircraft the US government granted to Indonesia, which has received 14 aircraft until now

Philippine Air Force's Newly Acquired FA-50 Aircraft Start Flight Missions

Two of the twelve FA-50 Light Attack Aircraft acquired for the Philippine Air Force (PAF) modernization took over-flight and familiarisation flight missions today morning. The fighter jets will continue to do over-flights in the next few days, Brigadier General Jose Mirandilla, 2nd Air Division Commander at Mactan-Benito Ebuen Air Base, was quoted as saying by

Sri Lanka May Delay Fighter Jet RFP

A Sri Lankan Air Force (SLAF) plan to purchase 10-12 multi-role combat aircraft (MRCA) through a government-to-government deal could be delayed indefinitely due to budgetary constraints. Colombo has last year decided to issue request for proposals (RFP) to countries which manufacture fighter jets rather than buy it directly from aircraft manufacturers to avoid allegations of bribery and avoid middlemen

UAE Awards Rosoboronexport US$708 Million Anti-armor Missiles Contract: IDEX 2017 News

Russian arms agency Rosoboronexport has been awarded an AED2.6 billion (US$708 million approx) contract by the UAE Armed Forces to supply anti-armour missiles

Russia, UAE To Develop Light Fighter Based on MiG-29 Jet: IDEX 2017

Russia and the UAE have concluded an initial agreement to develop a light fighter aircraft based on the MiG-29 jet. Work could start next year on the project which aims to manufacture in Russia and assemble in the UAE, Sergei Chemezov, the CEO of ROSTEC, the state-owned conglomerate which controls several Russian defence enterprises, told reporters at the IDEX 2017 show in Abu Dhabi