October 2013
Brazil said it hopes to develop state-of-the-art combat aircraft with Russia, and purchase surface-to-air missile batteries from Moscow. Brasilia is already in talks with other countries to modernise its air force by purchasing 36 fighter jets valued at up to USD 5 billion. US firm Boeing’s F/A-18 Super Hornet is competing against the Rafale made by France’s Dassault and Saab of Sweden’s Gripen NG for the lucrative fourth-generation aircraft contract. ...
Category: Russian Aviation
Oct
04
J-31 Chinese junk?
A new fighter plane built by China is drawing more snickers than raves from aviation experts, and the People’s Army is now saying the jet was really ticketed for export all along. The J-31 “Falcon Hawk,” likely designed by reverse-engineering a downed U.S. stealth fighter, was supposed “to become China’s next generation of carrier-based aircraft” and take its place next to the U.S.-made F-35 Lightning II as the gold standard ...
Category: Military Aviation
