A drone manufacturing plant of U.S
Boeing has won a contract valued $2.25 billion to manufacture over a dozen KC-46A tankers the U
United Engine Corporation (UEC) of Russia will begin construction of a large factory to manufacture parts for new aircraft engines for aircraft and helicopters with an investments about 35 billion rubles ($ 504 Million).In four buildings of the new industrial facility, UEC will launch the production of components for a number of TV7-117ST-01/02, PD-14, PD-8 aircraft engines and VK-650V, VK-1600V helicopter engines
The consortium formed by Sabena technics and Thales will upgrade the French Air and Space Forces fleet of CN-235 twin-turboprop tactical transport and logistics aircraft. The 27 CN-235s will be upgraded with state-of-the-art avionics to allow integration into general air traffic, significantly enhance capabilities for tactical and public service operations, increase fleet availability and extend service life to 2040 and beyond
Ukraine has confessed that the Russian X-22 (Kh-22) supersonic missile is too fast to be intercepted, and refuted reports claiming that it shot down one of them. "I have been talking about this for half a year already - we cannot shoot down X-22 missiles
The Ukrainain Air Force command has admitted that currently it lacks the means to intercept the Russian X-22 missile which destroyed part of a housing complex in Dnipro on January 14. "On January 14, 2023 five Tu-22m3 bombers of Russia released five winged missiles x-22
One of the highlights of the Japanese defense ministrys budget worth billions of dollars is acquiring counterstrike capabilities, after having avoided it for several years due to its war-renouncing Constitution. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said 43 trillion yen ($326 billion) has been allotted to boost the militarys capabilities over the next five years from fiscal 2023, a major increase from the 27
The Royal Thai Navy (RTN) recently organized a launching ceremony in Shanghai for HTMS Chang, its Chinese-made Type 071E landing platform dock, which could indicate that it will be delivered to Thailand and put into service soon. RTN chief of staff Admiral Thaloengsak Sirisawat presided over the ceremony at Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding on January 4, Thai media outlet
As the Biden Administration tightens restrictions on the export of high-performance chips to Beijing, China's Xiangteng Company announced the development of 6 chip products, including a control protocol processing SiP chip, a dual-channel high-speed isolator chip, two discrete interface chips, and two 429 chips.The six new chips incuding 17 'finalized' in 2022, can be widely used in aviation, aerospace, ships, weapons and other fields, and have broad market prospects and commercial value, Xiangteng Company a part of the of the Aviation Industry Computing Institute said in a statement carried by Aviation Industries Corporation of China
Rostecs Russian Helicopters holding handed over the first modernized Mi-26T2 heavy helicopter with new on-board radio-electronic equipment (avionics) and a "glass cockpit" to the Ministry of Emergency Situations. Modern equipment and new electronics have made it possible to reduce the number of crew and ensure the possibility of flights at any time of the day