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IAF MiG-27 Fighter Aircraft Crashes In Jodhpur Due To Technical Glitch

September 4, 2018 @ 01:02 PM

A MiG-27 fighter aircraft of an Indian Air Force (IAF) crashed in Jodhpur, Rajasthan, due to a technical snag while carrying out a routine mission on Tuesday. The pilot was able to escape unhurt, defence spokesperson Colonel Sombit Ghosh was quoted as saying by Zee News
French AF Pilot to Train on Pilatus PC21 Turboprops Starting 2019

September 3, 2018 @ 07:15 PM

The first two Pilatus PC21 turboprop trainers to train French fighter pilots landed at Cognac air base on August 30, 2018 for pre-delivery controls. The aircraft will become part of a new training system which aims to renew both the equipment and the training methods used to train pilots, navigators and weapons systems officers
Russian Radar to Protect Pakistani Nuclear Power Plant

August 31, 2018 @ 11:45 AM

Russian firm, RTI Group will supply radar to Pakistan to protect a nuclear power plant (NPP) in Karachi. "A memorandum of cooperation in the field of organizing the delivery of the civilian radar Surok was signed at the Army-2018 event in Moscow last week between RTI Group and the Pakistani company TechWin Enterprise, the press office of RTI hi-tech company said on Thursday
US Navy Conducts Operational Test of F-35C Lightning II Aircraft Aboard USS...

August 29, 2018 @ 04:19 PM

The US Navy is conducting Operational Test-1 (OT-1) of the F-35C Lightning II aircraft aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln with Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 7 and Carrier Strike Group 12. OT-1 evaluates the full spectrum of the F-35Cs suitability for operation within a carrier air wing and mission effectiveness to the maximum extent possible
Russian Modernized Mi-26T2V Takes to Skies

August 22, 2018 @ 03:09 PM

Russias modernized Mi-26T2V helicopter has took to skies for the first time at the flight-test center of Rostvertol company of Russian Helicopters Holding. A prototype made by Rostvertol company will be sent to the Moscow Region under its own power soon, where it will participate in the International Military-Technical Forum "ARMY-2018", being presented at the static exposition, the company said in a statement Wednesday
US Air Force Plans to Replace HH-60G Personnel Recovery Helicopter Fleet: GAO...

August 17, 2018 @ 08:44 AM

The United States Air Force (USAF) plans to replace its aging HH-60G personnel recovery helicopter fleet as it is facing maintenance challenges. According to the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) report to the Congressional committees published this month, about 68 percent of the 96-helicopter fleet were mission-capable as of 2017, which is below the USAF desired mission-capable rate of 75 percent
Unmanned Aerial Reconnaissance Systems to Take Off from German Navy Corvettes from...

August 17, 2018 @ 06:01 AM

The German Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support and Elektroniksystem- und Logistik-GmbH concluded a procurement contract for a new, unmanned aerial reconnaissance system for the Navy earlier this month. The Skeldar V-200 unmanned reconnaissance system is expected to take off from the class 130 corvettes of the navy starting from the end of 2019
Russia to Roll-out First Prototype of Modernized Tu-22M3M Bomber Thursday

August 15, 2018 @ 09:10 AM

Russia is set to roll-out the first prototype of modernized long-range missile carrier-bomber Tu-22M3M on August 16. The first prototype of a deeply modernized long-range missile carrier-bomber Tu-22M3M was created, Interfax was told in the press service of the Tupolev company
Rheinmetall Defense Gets New CTO

August 10, 2018 @ 10:40 AM

Rheinmetall has appointed Klaus Kappen, a formerly head of Research and Development coordination and Special Projects for Land Systems as the new Chief Technology Officer for its Defense business. In charge of the newly established CTO department at Rheinmetall headquarters, Kappen reports directly to the Chairman of the Executive Board of Rheinmetall AG, Armin Papperger, the company said in a statement Friday
Philippine Navy Test Fires First Ship-borne Missile System

August 10, 2018 @ 08:32 AM

The Philippine Navy successfully test-fired its first ever ship-borne missile from its Multi-Purpose Attack Craft (MPAC) Mk III near Lamao Point in Bataan on Thursday. The Navy gunboat blasted an Israeli-made Spike ER (Extended Range) missile, which “accurately hit the designated target at approximately 6 kilometers away from the firing platform,” a statement released on August 9, by the Naval Public Affairs Office, said

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