Switzerland To Procure Up To 70 New Combat jets
Switzerland has laid out 20 scenarios Tuesday to procure as many as 70 new fighter jets for replacing the country's aging aerial combat fleet. The country could eventually be in the market for as many as 70 new fighter jets or as few as 20 under scenarios laid out on Tuesday...
UMS Skelder To Launch V-200 VTOL Heavy Fuel UAS At Paris...
UMS Skelder unmanned technology solutions, a venture between UMS AERO Group and Saab, will launch its unmanned helicopter SKELDAR V-200 VTOL (vertical take-off and landing) at the Paris Airshow 2017. It is the only heavy fuel UAS (unmanned aerial system) on the market, at the upcoming 52nd Paris International Airshow, the...
Russia’s Su-35 Super Flanker To Be Tested Year end
Russias advanced Su-35S fighter jet is expected to undergo final tests by the end of 2017, Deputy defense minister said Tuesday. "At present, more than 50 [Su-35S] aircraft are being tested in units of the Russian Aerospace Forces
Turkish Targeting Pods For Pakistan's JF-17 Fighter Jets
Turkish firm Aselsan has signed a contract with Pakistan to integrate its ASELPOD Electro Optical Targeting System onto JF-17 fighter jets. A contract amounting to $24
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Russia's New MC-21 Airliner Has 175 Pre-paid Orders Worth $15 Billion
Russia's MC-21 airliner which marked its first flight on Sunday could be sitting on orders worth US$15.7 billion with 175 firm orders at US$90 million apiece
IBC Wins Raytheon Contract For Beralcast Component For F/A-18 Fighter Jets
IBC Advanced Alloys Corp has won a contract from Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems to produce a beryllium-aluminum cast component for use in Advanced Targeting Forward Looking Infrared (ATFLIR) system, currently in use on US Navy F/A-18 fighter jets. Although IBC expects to produce this part for Raytheon over multiple years
Israel's Aeronautics Group To Present Multi-Mission 'Orbiter 4' UAS At Paris Air...
Israel-based Aeronautics Group will present its newly manufactured UAS ‘Orbiter 4 that can carry and operate two different payloads simultaneously, at the Paris Air Show. The Orbiter 4 can carry a maritime patrol radar (MPR) together with a cellular interception sensor, and conduct land or maritime ISTAR missions beyond Line Of Sight
Greek Mirage 2000 Jet Crashes After Equipment Malfunction
A Greek Mirage 2000 fighter jet has malfunctioned during a training exercise involving simulated fight between the two aircraft of 332 Air Force Squadron. A Greek Air Force Mirage 2000 fell in the area of Skopelos island during an exercise at Monday noon; the pilot is safe in hospital,
Canada Pays Additional $30 Million To Develop F-35 Fighter Jet
Canada has paid $30 million to develop its version of the F-35 fighter jet that could become insurance in the trade dispute between US's Boeing and Canada's Bombardier. The annual payment was made to the US military at the end of April, the Department of National Defence said in the Canadian Press Friday
US Air Force To Keep A-10 Attack Planes In Service Following Three...
US Air Force has proposed to keep all 283 A-10 attack planes, which were once almost at the edge of retirement, in the 2018 Pentagon budget plan sent to Congress this week. The Air Force have reversed the Obama administration's view of the plane as an unaffordable extra during a time of tight budgets,
Su-30MKI Crash: IAF Orders Court of Inquiry, Search For Pilots, Black Box...
Indian Air Force today ordered an inquiry to investigate the crashed Sukhoi jet, whose wreckage was found today near Assam. “A court of inquiry has been ordered to investigate the cause of the accident,” IAF spokesperson Wing Commander Anupam Banerjee was quoted as saying by Dailyexcelsior
First Lockheed Martin LM-100J Freighter Completes Maiden Flight
The first Lockheed Martin LM-100J commercial freighter aircraft achieved a critical milestone with the completion of its first flight Thursday. "This new model will perform many commercial roles in the decades to come, like humanitarian service following natural disasters and others like nuclear accident response, oil spill containment, and firefighting
Switzerland Protests F-35 Price Increase by U.S.
Russia Builds Su-57 Shelters at Key Airbase after Ukrainian Drone Strike
U.S. Army General Details Measures to Deter China in Asia-Pac Region
Polish Air Force Commander Visits South Korea to Inspect FA-50PL, Test-Drive KF-21...
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...
