Russia’s fifth-generation T-50 fighter jet will enter service with the country’s armed forces in 2016, and not 2015 as was previously announced, President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday. “The T-50 fifth gener...
China has agreed to buy two dozen fighter jets and four submarines from Russia, state media reported Monday, the country’s first large-scale weapons technology purchases from Moscow in a decade. The agreement to b...
China buys from Russia the production line of Tu-22MB bombers for US $1.5 billion including transfer of all the technology for the production. China has already imported 6 such bombers as the bombers are much better th...
The Sukhoi aircraft maker delivered on Friday the first six Su-35S fighter jets to the Russian Air Force, the company said. The acceptance documents were signed by Defense Ministry officials at the Komsomolsk-on-Amur ...
A carrier-borne aviation force has been formally established as part of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy, military sources said on Friday. The forming of the force, approved by the Central Military Commission (CMC), demonstrates that the development of China’s aircraft carriers has entered a new phase, the sources said. The force comprises carrier-borne fighter ...
The Indian Navy has commissioned its first squadron of MiG-29K / KUB shipborne fighters, dubbed the “Black Panthers,” a RSK MiG spokesperson in India said on Saturday. The ceremony at an airbase in Dabolim, in the state of Goa on India’s west coast, was attended by India’s Defense Minister A K Antony, Chief of ...
Remains of two bodies have been found in the wreckage of a U.S. military plane that crashed in Kyrgyzstan, and authorities are still looking for a third person who was on board, officials said. The refueling plane exploded in mid air when its cargo of fuel ignited on its way to ...
Russia’s fifth-generation T-50 fighter jet will enter service with the country’s armed forces in 2016, and not 2015 as was previously announced, President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday. “The T-50 fifth generation jet should go into serial production and enter service in 2016,” Putin said at a live Q&A session with the Russian ...
To a pilot, a radar is only as useful as the information it provides, and Northrop Grumman’s Synthetic Aperture Radar mapping for the Scalable Agile Beam Radar delivers the largest, sharpest radar images ever available in an F-16. The company’s SABR has successfully demonstrated several advanced radar capabilities for the F-16, ...
The Boeing X-48C research aircraft flew for the 30th and final time April 9, marking the successful completion of an eight-month flight-test program to explore and further validate the aerodynamic characteristics of the Blended Wing Body design concept. All 30 flights were conducted at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center. The X-48C typically flew ...
The Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress of a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Korea for sixty F-35 Conventional Take Off and Landing aircraft and associated equipment, parts, training and logistical support for an estimated cost of $10.8 billion. The Government of the Republic of Korea has requested a possible sale of ...
China has agreed to buy two dozen fighter jets and four submarines from Russia, state media reported Monday, the country’s first large-scale weapons technology purchases from Moscow in a decade. The agreement to buy the 24 Su-35 fighters and four Lada-class submarines was signed just before President Xi Jinping’s weekend visit to Russia, said the People’s ...
First flight by operational pilot of F-35 Joint Strike Fighter The first solo flight of the F-35B Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) by a UK operational pilot has taken place in the United States. On 19 March at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, Squadron Leader Frankie Buchler piloted the fifth-generation multi-role stealth ...
An Iranian fighter jet tried to intercept a US Predator drone over the Gulf but backed off after encountering two American military aircraft, the Pentagon said Thursday. No shots were fired in the confrontation Wednesday, officials said, but the United States renewed a vow that it would protect its forces in the region. The Pentagon initially ...
As China reaches an agreement with Russia to buy Su-35 fighters, the domestic J-20 fighter program might have developed problems that China cannot solve on its own anytime soon. Prompted by the well publicized Su-35 deal, photos of the second J-20 prototype undergoing flight tests became easily available …
The Defense Department lifted its grounding of the F-35 Lightning II joint strike fighter after analysis concluded that a cracked turbine blade in an engine on a single plane resulted from overuse in test operations, according to an official with the F-35 Joint Program Office. In an email statement, the official, ...
The Defense Department grounded has grounded its fleet of F-35 fighter jets after a crack in the engine was found. The jet is the Pentagon’s most expensive weapons program with a total estimated cost of $400 billion. The engine problem was discovered during a routine inspection at Edwards Air Force Base, California, leading ...
A MiG-27 ”Flogger-D” aircraft of the Indian Air Force crashed in Rajasthan’s Barmer district on Tuesday. Pilot Wing Commander Nishikant Singh ejected on time and was rushed to the Jodhpur’s Military Hospital where his condition was said to be stable and out of danger. The aircraft was on a routine sortie when it ...
