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UAC Plant Gets New Testing Facilities to Help Increase Production of Su-57...
August 23, 2022 @ 04:06 AMRussias United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) is setting up new facilities to test systems and equipment of the Su-57 stealth jet, to ramp up production of the aircraft. The government-owned Rostec said the expansion of Komsomolsk-on-Amur (KnAAZ) involves the construction of a number of new facilities - a boathouse for testing on-board radio-electronic equipment, a fuel box and a motor test station
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All-new Russian Missile, X-69 to be Launched from Su-57 Jet's Internal Weapons...
August 22, 2022 @ 06:31 PMRussia's Tactical Missiles Corporation (KTRV) unveiled an all-new cruise missile, the X-69 meant to be fired from the internal weapons bay of the Su-57 stealth jet. At the just-concluded Army 2022 event last week, KTRV displayed to foreign journalists a full-size scale model of the missile, which KTRV executives said was 'production ready
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China’s Recently-Commissioned Large Destroyers ‘Ready for Combat’
August 22, 2022 @ 07:16 AMTwo of China's recently-commissioned Type 055 10,000 ton-class large destroyers, the Anshan and the Wuxi will be ready to take on enemy forces by year-end, Chinese experts say. The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Northern Theater Command Navy said in a press release on Saturday that a vessel training center affiliated with the Chinese recently organized a warship flotilla consisting of the Anshan, Wuxi and Baotou to conduct a series of maritime exercises under complex weather conditions for several consecutive days
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Pentagon Awards $3.9B to GE, Raytheon, Boeing, Lockheed & Northrop for Future...
August 20, 2022 @ 06:20 PMGeneral Electric, Raytheon, Lockheed Martin, Boeing and Northrop Grumman have each been awarded a $975 million contract to execute the prototype phase of the Next Generation Adaptive Propulsion program for the future air dominance platforms. All the contenders will have been contracted to perform technology maturation and risk reduction activities through design, analysis, rig testing, prototype engine testing, and weapon system integration
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Su-57 Fighter Jet with Super-cruising Engines Displayed at Army 2022
August 20, 2022 @ 11:05 AMThe Russian Su-57 fighter displayed at the Army 2022 event in Moscow is equipped with a never-before-seen-in-public engine design that sports a jagged edge exhaust nozzle which could be the much-anticipated second-stage engine, expected to power the production versions of the stealth jet.Comparison photographs of the engines of the Su-57 flown at the MAKS 2021 event and the one in static display at the Army 2022 show a clear difference between the exhaust nozzles
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Russia Creating Non-Lethal ‘Enemy Harassing’ Lisa Drone
August 19, 2022 @ 01:07 PMRussias Promkompozit tech firm is developing a non-lethal version of its Lisa (Fox) combat drone intended to “harass” the enemy round the clock by dropping grenades nearby. "Now, we are working on a complete control-panel-free, self-sustained flight
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China’s Modernized CH-4 Drone with Upgraded Engine Makes Maiden Flight
August 18, 2022 @ 11:27 AMAn upgraded version of the Chinese CH-4 drone fitted with new domestic heavy-fuel engine, recently completed its maiden flight. The domestic engine enables the updated version of the CH-4 drone to fly at higher altitudes for longer endurance and with heavier loads, CH UAV company told the
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U.S. to Deploy Strategic Assets to Korean Peninsula if the North Tests...
August 18, 2022 @ 07:23 AMThe United States said it will deploy ‘strategic assets to the Korean Peninsula if Pyongyang tests any kind of nuclear weapons, at the 21st Korea-U.S
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China Displays Armed Version of BZK-005E Reconnaissance Drone at Army 2022
August 18, 2022 @ 05:00 AMThe Aviation industries' Corporation of China (AVIC) has for the first time displayed an armed version of its BZK-005E drone as a scale model at the Army 2022 event in Moscow. The high-altitude drone, also called 'Long Eagle,' is the biggest military drone in service with the Peoples' Liberation Army (PLA)
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Japan to Club F-2 Successor Jet Development with British Tempest Program
August 17, 2022 @ 02:48 PMJapan could integrate plans to create a successor to the Air Self-Defense Forces F-2 fighter with that of an aircraft currently under development in Britain. Sources told the
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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...
NATO’s Intensified Exercises a Prep to Attack Russia?
Recent NATO exercises such as the BALTOPS-24, Steadfast Defender 2024 and its first-ever Basic Fighter Maneuvers exercise have been its...
Precision in the Skies: The Evolution of Loitering Munitions
Loitering munitions - drones that hover over a target and blow up near it - have become the weapon of...