Thailand Upgrades F5 TH Jets to Bring them on Par With Gripen...
The Royal Thai Air Force has upgraded two of its 30-40 year-old F5 TH aircraft which will being them on par with the Gripen 39 C/D fighters. The upgrades to two aircraft include German IRIS-T and Israeli Python 4 missiles, Italian radar and smart bombs and they can work just as...
US, Russia to Pitch Fifth-Gen Fighters at Dubai Airshow 2019
The United States and Russia may be looking at the upcoming Dubai Airshow as an opportunity to market their advanced, sixth-generation fighters with the US exhibiting its F-22 and F-35 jets, and Russia showcasing a scale model of the export version of the Su-57 at event. The airshow will mark the...
Belarus Receives Two Su-30SM Jets Today
Belarus has received first two of the total ordered 12 Su-30SM fighter jets today. "Under the defense procurement plan, Su-30SM multirole fighters will be delivered
Russian Knights Aerobatic Team Get 4 New Su-35S Jets
United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) delivered four new highly-maneuverable Su-35S fighter jets to the Russian Knights aerobatic team on Wednesday. “Four new Sukhoi Su-35S super-maneuverable fighters joined the fleet of the ‘Russian Knights aerobatic team
F-35, F-22 Jets To Be Displayed at Dubai Airshow 2019
The Pentagon is set to display its advanced F-22 Raptor and F-35 Lightning II fighters at the Dubai Airshow 2019, marking the F-35 jets first participation at an event in the Middle East. This opens up the possibility that the United States (US) is looking at the United Arab Emirates (UAE),...
Japan Acquires Joint Strike Missiles for F-35 Jets
Japan has placed an order valued 450MNOK ($49.2 million) with Kongsberg for the supply for Joint Strike Missiles (JSMs) for its fleet of F-35 fighter jets
Indian Air Force to Buy 83 Tejas Jets by March 2020
The Indian Air Force (IAF) could seal the deal for 83 Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas by the end of the current fiscal year. “The contract for 83 LCA Mark-1A will be signed this financial year,” a senior IAF official was quoted as saying by
New Hardware to Fix Bug in $400,000 F-35 Pilot Helmets
A solution to fix a bug in the
India’s HAL to Develop Prototype of Upgraded Su-30MKI Jet
Indias state-run Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) is poised to develop the prototype of upgraded Su-30MKI fighter featuring advanced radars, weapons and more, with assistance from Russia. In what could be the countrys largest upgrade program with all of Indias 272 Sukhois set to be modernised, sources told
Saab’s Electronic Attack Jammer Pod Completes First Flight Test on Gripen Jet...
Saab carried out the first flight test of its new advanced Electronic Attack Jammer Pod (EAJP) equipped on Gripen fighter jets, the company announced on Wednesday. The pods interfaces with the aircrafts hardware and software as well as cockpit control and monitoring were tested during the flight, Saab said in a
Russian Knights to get Su-35 Fighter Jet
The Russian Knights Aerobatics Team will receive four highly maneuverable fighter jets Sukhoi-35S this month. The highly rated aerobatics team currently flies the Su-30SM super maneuverable aircraft, and the new jets with their more powerful engines should see more breathtaking performances
AESA Radar-Equipped Chinese J-11B Fighter Jet Seen for First Time
China has displayed a J-11B fighter jet, the mainstay of its air force, with a white nose cone with its official media interpreting it to be new Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar. “The new radar that can see farther and enable long-range missile use, a move that will significantly boost the Chinese Air Force's capability,”
Anduril Industries Launches its C4 vehicle system, Menace-X
Elbit Systems Wins $50M to Provide Intl Customer with New Red Sky...
Raytheon Awards Contract to Spain's Sener for Patriot GEM-T Missile Component Production
U.S.A.F. Orders Additional Seven MH-139A Helicopters
Development Trends in Unmanned Surface Vessels
Unmanned surface vessels (USVs) have caught the attention of the world following their spectacular success in sinking Russian warships in...
Have Iran-Israel Missile Attacks Enabled Mutual Deterrence?
Iran's April 13-14 missile strike against Israel marks a paradigm shift in Tehran's approach to Israel; from previously relying on...
Free Flight to Russian Hypersonic Missiles as America's Own Hypersonics Program Delayed to 2027
As Russian Aerospace Forces pummeled Ukrainian positions in mid-March 2024 with hypersonic missiles, the Pentagon's own hypersonics program faces delays,...
Counter-trade, Undisclosed Deals May be Masking Russia’s Arms Export Numbers
A Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SPIRI) report last week reported a steep fall in Russias arms exports- pushed to...
China’s “Moderate” 2024 Defense Budget Hides Frenetic Military Build-up
China on Tuesday revealed a draft defense budget draft for 2024 amounting to 1
Battle of Counter-Drone SAMs- Raytheon's Coyote Vs. Russian Pantsir-S1
The spectacular success of drones on the battlefield in Ukraine has prompted Russia and the United States to develop counter-measures...