February 2016
The contract with the Polish Air Force (Siły Powietrzne) is to supply eight aircraft as well as Ground Based Training Systems Presented to General Commander of the Polish Armed Forces, the two aircraft will be delivered by November 2016. A total 59 M-346 aircraft have been ordered so far by Italy, Israel, Singapore and Poland Finmeccanica announces the kick-off of the final assembly phase for the first two Aermacchi M-346s ...
Category: Military Aviation
Feb
21
China’s radar can track F-22
State-run Chinese media is claiming that the People’s Liberation Army has been able to track the U.S. Air Force’s Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor stealth fighters over the East China Sea. While the Chinese report might be easily dismissed as propaganda it is not beyond the realm of possibility. In fact it’s very possible that China can track the Raptor. Stealth is not a cloak of invisibility, after all. Stealth technology ...
Category: Military Aviation
Indonesia will buy 10 units of Sukhoi 35 fighter jets from Russia to strengthen the country’s air forces, a minister confirmed on Tuesday. “I will go to Russia in March to sign off the contract,” Defense Minister Ryamizard told reporters on the sidelines of his meeting with visiting Russian Security Council delegation in Jakarta. He said the government limit the purchase to 10 units, but promised to update the air ...
Category: Military Aviation
World famous airplane maker Antonov is no more. Ukraine's government has liquidated the state company. "The Government has adopted a resolution on the liquidation of the State Aircraft Manufacturing Concern Antonov. The manufacturer's three divisions were transferred to Ukroboronprom," ...
Category: Russian Aviation
