January 2014
U.S. Defense Department report warns that ongoing software, maintenance and reliability problems with Lockheed Martin Corp's F-35 stealth fighter could delay the Marine Corps' plans to start using its F-35 jets by mid-2015. The latest report by the Pentagon's chief weapons tester, Michael Gilmore, provides a detailed ...
Category: F-35 Lightning II
The fifth-generation T-50 (PAK FA) fighter jet is equipped a number of technologies produced by Rostec companies that make the plane even less visible to the enemy radar. This design solution moves the T-50 ahead of all aircraft in its class, including the American F-22. The aircraft company Sukhoi managed to greatly reduce the effective surface scattering of the PAK FA, which is the basic element for visibility on aircraft ...
Category: Russian Aviation
Russian military aircraft maker MiG is to go ahead with a research-and-development project for an unmanned combat air vehicle (UCAV) based on its Skat prototype, after signing a deal with the Industry and Trade Ministry earlier this month, the firm said Friday. “We signed an R&D contract for UCAVs on May 15,” said MiG’s head, Sergei Korotkov. “The contract requirements include a mock-up for a future UCAV for the Defense Ministry. We ...
Category: MiG News
