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Two Ukrainian L-39 Combat Trainer Aircraft Collide in Mid-air, Pilots Killed
August 28, 2023 @ 07:57 AMThree Ukrainian pilots died after two L-39 combat trainer jets collided mid-air while they were on a combat mission. Ukrainian Air Forces 40th Tactical Aviation Brigade confirmed this information on its official Facebook page on August 25
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Russian SJ-100 Aircraft with All Indigenous Parts Passes Nose Landing Gear Test
August 28, 2023 @ 04:17 AMA prototype of the Russian short-haul airliner SJ-100 fitted with only country-made parts has finished test runs with the front landing gear off the runway. The next stage of factory testing will be the first flight of the aircraft
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Iran Unveils Mohajer-10 Drone with 2,000km Range
August 24, 2023 @ 01:55 PMIran unveiled the domestically-manufactured Mohajer-10 drone during a ceremony marking Defense Industry Day on August 22. According to Iranian
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Ukraine Fires JDAM-ER Standoff Bombs from Su-27 Jets
August 24, 2023 @ 01:41 PMUkrainian Su-27 fighters are firing 2,000-pound JDAM-ER standoff bombs at Russian targets with launch specifications fed before the aircraft takes off. Despite the Su-27 being capable of carrying Western bombs on the hardpoints, it is still not capable of in-flight programming of the point of impact
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Chinese Air Force Demos Fighter Jet- Attack Drone Teaming
August 24, 2023 @ 09:55 AMThe Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force recently carried out manned-unmanned teaming (MUM-T) exercise involving a GJ-2 armed reconnaissance drone and two J-16 fighter jets. State-owned China Central Television (CCTV) published a report on the training that took place at an undisclosed location
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PDTI Eyes Parts Supply to Sikorsky as Indonesia Signs MoU to...
August 24, 2023 @ 09:10 AMHelicopter maker Sikorsky signed an agreement with Indonesian aerospace firm PT Dirgantara Indonesia (PTDI) to pursue a sales agreement of up to 24 Sikorsky S-70M Black Hawk helicopters for the Republic of Indonesia. "This agreement demonstrates our mutual interest with PTDI to provide S-70M Black Hawk helicopters to serve Indonesias security needs," said Jeff White, vice president of Global Business Development at Sikorsky
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Wagner Mercenaries' Boss Prigozhin Dies in Plane Crash, 2 Months After Aborted
August 24, 2023 @ 05:54 AMWagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin is among the ten people aboard a private jet to have died after it crashed north of Moscow earlier today. The Embraer Legacy plane enroute to St Petersburg from Moscow crashed near the Tver region village of Kuzhenkino
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HENSOLDT Teams up with Starburst for FCAS Start-up Accelerator
August 23, 2023 @ 05:05 AMHENSOLDT Ventures and Starburst have invited start-ups from NATO and allied countries to propose ideas for disruptive sensors for the Future Combat Air System (FCAS) program. It established an accelerator, the objective of which is to create an ecosystem targeted to small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) as well as start-ups to develop dual-use and defense applications for the FCAS
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Netherlands Orders 4 More MQ-9A Drones
August 22, 2023 @ 09:25 AMThe Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) will double the number of MQ-9A Remotely Piloted Aircraft they will procure, taking the total order from four to eight aircraft. The first four MQ-9A Block 5 Reapers and associated Ground Control Stations were delivered to the RNLAF in 2022
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India’s TAPAS Drones Crashes
August 21, 2023 @ 09:17 AMTapas drone prototype developed by Indias Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) crashed on Sunday at a village in Karnataka for unknown reasons. “TAPAS UAV was undergoing an experimental flight trial today morning from ATR Challakere, Karnataka
Long Range Precision Fires Capability Tested from U.S. Helicopter
Taiwan's AT-5 Jet Trainer Aircraft Crashes, the First Since 2021
Embraer Begins Structural Assembly of First C-390 Millennium for Austria
Sudan Approves Russian Naval Base Deal on Red Sea
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...
Is the Patriot Air Defense System Outdated?
After Israel revealed its decision to decommission its U