June 2012
Anatoly Isaikin, head of Rosoboronexport, Russia’s state arms exporter, was once again forced to address the string of setbacks plaguing Russian arms manufacturers in India over the past 12 months. This includes the long-suffering Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-35 fighter, whose future on the domestic and foreign markets remains unclear. ...
Category: MiG News
Northrop Grumman Corporation recently demonstrated the ballistic missile detection, tracking and targeting capabilities of the company's elector optical Distributed Aperture System and active electronically scanned array radar, both of which are featured on the Joint Strike Fighter aircraft. Leveraging NASA's Science Mission Directorate-sponsored ...
Category: F-35 Lightning II
Russia’s United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) is to introduce a fourth Sukhoi T-50 stealth fighter into its test and development program this year, the company’s President Mikhail Pogosyan said on Thursday. “We are now testing three aircraft. A fourth will be brought in this year,” he said. Pogosyan had said earlier this year that the firm would introduce a fourth aircraft into the test program but did not disclose when. The first production standard T-50 is ...
Category: Russian Aviation
A new strategic bomber for Russia’s long-range aviation is scheduled to be ready for deployment by 2025-2030, the military branch’s head said. The bomber will use stealth technology extensively to reach the minimal radar cross-section for an aircraft of its class, told journalists Major General Anatoly Zhikharev. The vehicle, developed by the Tupolev design bureau, will have both nuclear and precision weapons capabilities, and systems for air defense suppression. It will also ...
Category: Russian Aviation
The Air Force is not calling a “ground incident” involving an F-22 Raptor last week a “crash.” The F-22 was in a “touch-and-go” practice session at about 5 p.m. Thursday when it was put out of commission. The “ground incident” put the plane on the sidelines and benched the pilot, officials said. “Everything around this is in freeze frame right now,” said Herman Bell, chief of Tyndall’s 325th Fighter Wing Public Affairs. Base ...
Category: Military Aviation
