March 2015
A local company, Aerospace Technology Systems Corp Sdn Bhd, has offered to upgrade the 10 MiG-29N aircraft of the Royal Malaysian Air Force to Multi-Role Combat Aircraft. ATSC chief executive officer Lt Col (Rtd) Fadzar Suhada said Friday the enhancement proposed by the company would make the aircraft not only on par with other MRCA fighter jets in the market but also extend the lifespan by a minimum of 25 years. ...
Category: MiG News
Russian Sukhoi Su-30 (Flanker-C) multirole fighter jets are getting an upgrade to carry supersonic cruise missiles. The planes will be modernized both for the Russian Air Force and the Indian military aviation. India has started flight tests of the first Su-30MKI multirole fighter modified by Russian and Indian specialists to carry BrahMos-A supersonic cruise missiles, BrahMos Aerospace Russian-Indian Joint Venture Head Sudhir Mishra told TASS on Thursday at the Langkawi ...
Category: Russian Aviation
The U.S. Army science and technology community is charting the future of military vertical lift aviation that will enable warfighters to accomplish missions not possible today. The Army, supported by NASA and the Navy, is combining its areas of technical expertise to accomplish the aggressive scientific and engineering goals necessary to develop a new fleet of joint aircraft, said Ned Chase, deputy program director of science and technology, or S&T, ...
Category: Military Aviation
A senior Air Force commander praised Iran’s capability as the only country, besides the US, that can overhaul F14 fighter jets, adding that Iranian experts have mounted new radar and weapons systems on the aircraft to optimize it for new missions. “We can firmly say that the only place in the world that F14 fighters are overhauled is Isfahan (base in Central Iran),” Deputy Commander of Air Force 8th Air ...
Category: Military Aviation
