RAF Typhoons will conduct air defence missions over Poland under NATOs Operation Eastern Sentry, responding to rising Russian aerial threats, including drone activity. The jets will operate from RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire and will be supported by RAF Voyager refuelling aircraft
Lockheed Martin has announced it will upgrade the Republic of Korea Air Forces (ROKAF) F-16 flight simulators to match the latest F-16V “Viper” aircraft. These upgrades will improve the simulators so they better reflect the advanced features of the upgraded jets
Norwegian-Finnish aerospace and defense group Nammo has signed contracts with Germany, Poland, Belgium, Denmark and Switzerland for a family of 25 mm ammunition developed for the F-35. The deals, placed by Switzerland and the NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) on behalf of the four NATO countries, are reported to total...
The Bangladesh Navy signed a new maintenance contract for its fleet with Do228 producer General Atomics AeroTec Systems (GA-ATS). The deal encompasses two of the Navy's Do228 aircraft delivered in 2013, which will be put through heavy maintenance encompassing a 72-month inspection and a 12-year structure inspection at GA-ATS's workshop in...
South Korea is getting ready to transform its locally developed KF-21 Boramae fighter jet into a fifth-generation stealth aircraft, whose development will be funded under the country's 2026 defense budget. The Ministry of Defense also
The second American B-21 Raider stealth bomber has made its initial flight, taking off from Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, California, on September 11, and landing at Edwards Air Force Base. The
Singapore's Defence Minister Chan Chun Sing reaffirmed the nation's intention to purchase 20 F-35 fighters, with the first one scheduled for delivery by the end of 2026. On September 12, Chan toured Lockheed Martin's F-35 production plant in Fort Worth, Texas, where Singaporean aircraft are being built
Embraer and Panama have signed a
The SJ-100 airliner, built entirely with Russian-made systems and components, has completed its first flight from the factory airfield in Komsomolsk-on-Amur. The aircraft, numbered 97004, was developed at the Production Center of the Regional Aircraft Branch (RAB) of PJSC Yakovlev, part of the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC)
China today debuted two carrier-borne aircraft — the J-35 stealth fighter and the KJ-600 early warning plane — giving it the ability to detect and strike targets far from its shoreline. The two aircraft were presented at the V-Day parade, which marks the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese Peoples War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War