Airbus, Lockheed Martin, Boeing Bid for German Tornado Fighter Jet Replacement Program
Airbus, Lockheed Martin and Boeing have bid for Germany's plan to replace its fleet of 90 Tornado fighter jets. The German MoD had sought information from Lockheed Martin about its F-35 fighter jet and Boeing for their F-15E and F/A-18E/F fighter jets
Airbus Helicopters, Schiebel Demo Manned Unmanned Teaming Capabilities
Airbus Helicopters and Schiebel have tested Manned Unmanned Teaming (MUM-T) capabilities between an H145 platform and a CAMCOPTER S-100 Unmanned Air System (UAS), at the highest level of interoperability (LOI°5). The companies carried out test flights with the support of the Austrian Armaments and Defence Technology Agency
Russia Ready to Upgrade Indian IL-76/78 Airlift Aircraft
Russia is ready to both upgrade the IL-76, IL-78 and IL-38s aircraft already in service and supply new equipment meeting long-term requirements of Indian partners, United Aircraft Corporations Vice President for Transport Aviation and CEO of Ilyushin Aleksey Rogozin has said. UACs Transport Aviation Division made a detailed presentation of its...
IAF Conducts Air Strikes With BrahMos-equipped Su-30 Jet During Gaganshakti-2018
The Indian Air Force (IAF) concluded the second phase of its mega war-drill, Gagan Shakti-2018 with successful target strikes by the Sukhoi Su-30 MKI fighter jet fitted with BrahMos missile in the Malacca Strait on Monday. Malacca strait is the entry point Chinese military is likely to enter the Indian Ocean...
Qatari Fighter Jet Intercepts UAE Civilian Aircraft Carrying 86 Passengers
A Qatari fighter plane has intercepted UAEs civilian aircraft carrying 86 passengers aboard a flight bound for Bahrain. The Emirati civilian craft had to take evasive manoeuvres to avoid a collision, UAE state news agency WAM reported Sunday
Turkey Develops First Indigenous Stingray-shaped Armed Underwater Drone
Turkeys defense company Albayraklar Savunma has developed the countrys first indigenous armed underwater drone, which resembles the sea creature ‘stingray in design and movement. The newly announced "mobile naval mine", also known as wattozz (the Turkish word for stingray), that can be detonated to destroy enemy warships is made of titanium and aluminum and covered in silicone, Daily Sabah reports Monday
Serbia Receives Four MiG-29 Fighter Jets From Belarus
Serbias army has taken delivery of four MiG-29 fighter jets from Belarus, joining six others delivered in October last year. "Under an agreement between Serbian President Alexandar Vucic and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, Belarus has given us fighter jets and we are very thankful to it for that," Serbian Defense Minister Aleksandar Vulin said in an interview with the Serbian Politika daily on Sunday
Safran’s Ardiden 3C Helicopter Engine Gets EASA Certification
Safran Helicopter Engines has received EASA (European Aviation Safety Agency) engine type certification for its Ardiden 3C, the helicopter engine. Powering the Avicopter AC352, the engine has been jointly developed and built by Safran Helicopter Engines, Dongan and HAPRI, parts of the Aero Engine Corporation of China (AECC) consortium
Lockheed Offers F-22, F-35 based Hybrid Fighter for Japan’s F-2 Replacement Program...
Lockheed Martin plans to offer a hybrid stealth fighter design based on its F-22 Raptor and F-35 Lightning II aircraft. The proposed aircraft "would combine the F-22 and F-35 and could be superior to both of them," Reuters reported quoting unnamed sources Friday
Russian Helicopters’ New VRT300 Unmanned Helicopter To Begin Flight Tests By 2018-end
VR-Technologies design bureau, part of Russian Helicopters, has begun bench tests of the main systems and assemblies of VRT300 unmanned helicopter. The flight tests are scheduled to begin by the end of 2018
Turkey’s New Armed Unmanned Armed Vehicle ‘UKAP’ To Be Exported To Asian...
Turkeys homegrown Remote-Controlled Weapon Platform (UKAP), developed by defense contractors Katmerciler and ASELSAN, has been selected to be exported to the Asian market, local media reports. At the Defense Services Asia (DSA 2018) fair held in Malaysia's capital Kuala Lumpur, Turkish developers of UKAP signed a cooperation agreement with DEFTECH, Malaysia's leading defense and aerospace company, to sell locally developed unmanned land vehicle in the Asian region,
Dynetics Wins $32 Million for DARPA’s Phase III of Gremlin’s Program
Dynetics has been awarded $32 million contract for Defense Advanced Research Projects Agencys (DARPA) Phase III of the Gremlins program. This contract provides for the research, development, and demonstration of safe and reliable aerial launch and recovery of multiple unmanned air vehicles, with traceability to an objective system capable of employing and recovering diverse distributed payloads in volley quantities
Teledyne FLIR's Black Hornet 4 UAV Gets Range, Weather & Control Upgrades
Second Bulgarian F-16 Block 70 Aircraft Arrives at Graf Ignatievo Air Base
South Korea’s Drone Carrier Concept Can Host UAVs, Unmanned Boats Submarine
Russia Begins Constructing Shelters for Military Aircraft
The Future of Combat: Miniaturized Laser Weapons Set to Replace Bullets and Missiles
Lasers may soon replace bullets, and drones could disable enemy UAVs with beams of light instead of missiles
Four-legged Robots Vs. Military Dogs
Four legged robots that resemble dogs are increasingly being seen in war zones and exercises for functions such as reconnaissance...
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...
