The ‘Russified variant of the SSJ airliner, the SSJ-NEW, is being prepared for its first flight, albeit Russian-made PD-8 engine. Irkut Corporation, part of United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) Rostec, has completed a field session of the Scientific and Technical Council (STC), dedicated to the preparation of the first prototype SSJ-NEW aircraft for flight tests
Russia says it blew up thirty Ukrainian battle tanks, including three Leopards while Ukraine was attempting to advance in the Zaporozhye direction. "The enemys losses amounted to 350 personnel, over 30 tanks, including three Leopard tanks, and more than 10 infantry fighting vehicles," Russias Zaporozhye Battlegroup Commander Colonel-General Alexander Romanchuk said on Thursday
Argentine Air Force formally inducted C-130H Hercules transport planes on June 8. Minister of Defense Jorge Taiana and Chief of the General Staff of the Argentine Air Force, Brigadier General Xavier Isaac took part in the commissioning ceremony of the aircraft
Russia is working to double the production of air defense sysems such as the S-300 Favorit, S-400 Triumf, S-350 Vityaz at its Almaz-Antey plant due to growing demand for them. This was revealed during the visit of Russian defense minister Sergei Shoigu to the St
A team from Indias Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) are in Argentina as part of the countrys evaluation of the Tejas light combat aircraft. The team reached Argentina on June 5 and will be there until June 9
General Atomics has won nearly $1.2 billion to provide Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) hardware for the CVN 81 aircraft carrier
Irans Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) today unveiled a new hypersonic missile named Fattah. Fattah has a range of 1,400km and can breach all anti-missile shields, Irans state-controlled media reported
Russias defense ministry said 250 Ukrainian soldiers died after its armed forces failed to achieve success in a large-scale offensive in Moscow-annexed Donetsk. Ukraine has for months said it is preparing a major counteroffensive, hoping to reclaim territory lost since Russian invaded the country
Irans domestically-developed light transit aircraft, dubbed "Simorgh" (Phoenix) has taken to the skies for the first time. The test flight took place at the air base in the city of Isfahan
The lone IRIS-T SLM air defence system has achieved 100 % hit rate in Ukraine, even in waves of attack with more than 12 targets. Its manufacturer, Diehl Defence made this claim while announcing the delivery of the second IRIS-T SLM system to Ukraine on May 25