Lockheed Martin is working on achieving a $25,000 Cost per Flight Hour (CPFH) for its F-35 joint strike fighter by 2025. The CPHF target is comparable to the cost to sustain legacy aircraft, while providing a generational leap in capability; a Lockheed Martin release said adding that the target will be deliver 80 percent mission capable rates in the near term
Russia has completed deliveries of 24 Sukhoi Su-35 'Flanker-E' multirole fighters to China's People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF). "The delivery of those platforms to the People's Republic of China has been completed,"
Indian Air Forces (IAFs) plan to procure Airbus C-295 Military Transport Aircraft has taken a step forward with the IAF having completed negotiations and discussions. “Negotiations for the C-295 deal have been completed,” a senior defence official was quoted as saying by
The first four of 22 Boeing AH-64E Apache attack helicopters will be delivered to the Indian Air Force (IAF) in August. India and the US signed a $2
India has completed testing the Anti-Satellite (ASAT) missile under the name of "Mission Shakti" on Wednesday, Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi announced today afternoon. “India has successfully tested the Anti-Satellite (ASAT) Missile
The Indian Air Force (IAF) is set to induct four Boeing Chinook heavy-lift helicopters (HLH) on March 25. The aircraft were delivered to the country one month ahead of the schedule in early February
The Indian Register of Shipping (IRClass) has won a contract to provide classification services for a series of eight Anti-Submarine Warfare Corvettes to be constructed for the Indian Navy. The order was awarded under competitive bidding in which other classification societies participated, after qualifying stringent technical requirements
Ukraine has taken Delivery of Bayraktar TB2 Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAVs) from Turkey and plans to set up a joint venture to produce components for modern unmanned technology. "Modern Bayraktar TB2 unmanned aerial vehicles are already in Ukraine," Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko said in a Twitter post
Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) resumed flight operations of its OH-1 Ninja light observation helicopter fleet resumed on March 1, 2019, after a gap of nearly four years. The helicopter fleet was grounded following a crash in February 2015 that was attributed to faulty engine parts, according to Scramble Magazine
A spate of accidents in Irans ballistic missile launches has been blamed on the United States slipping in defective and fake parts into supply chain to sabotage Tehrans missile program. According to The New York Times report, the operation to sabotage Irans missile program created under former President Geroge W