Tag: Fighter Aircraft
AVIC unveils J-31 Stealth Fighter Jet
While the J-31 prototype was flying outside, AVIC has shown what the production J-31 stealth fighter could look like. Among the new elements shown...
Colombian Kfir Pilot Killed in a Crash
A Kfir TC.12 fighter jet belonging to the Colombian air force (FAC), crashed Tuesday (18 February 2014) on a training mission, killing one of...
Pakistan Continues Buying Surplus F-16s – Adding 13 from Jordan
The Pakistani Air Force (PAF) has acquired a squadron of F-16 multi-role fighter aircraft from Jordan. The early production Block-15 fighter jets will be...
Poland Backtracks on its Decision to Replace Strike Fighters with Drones
Warsaw is backtracking on its decision to withdraw 32 Sukhoi Su-22 strike fighters from service by 2015, and replace them with armed unmanned aerial...
IMI Expands MPR Multi-Purpose Bomb Line
IMI is expanding its family of Multi-Purpose Rigid Bombs (MPR) providing a warhead optimized for modern aerial weapons’ guidance kits. The first of the...
Israel’s F-35s will Carry the Spice 1000 Guided Weapons
Rafael is proceeding with the adaptation of the Spice 1000 Electro-Optically, Stand-Off guided weapon as part of its roadmap to carry this family of...
Rafale Tested with Maximum Weapons Load – 12 Guided Weapons Underwing
Dassault Aviation has begun testing an upgraded variant of the Rafale  configured to carry an expanded configuration of weapons and fuel. This configuration will...
Pentagon’s Chief Tester Warns: F-35B Block 2B software is not Ready...
A new 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...
Blue Flag – a Pilot View
The following video, aired by the Hellenic Air Force shows a 'Blue Flag' mission over southern Israel, as viewed from the cockpit of one...
Taurus KEPD 350 missile Flying on the Typhoon
The Taurus KEPD350 cruise missiles began flight testing on the Airbus Defence and Space (Eurofighter) Typhoon strike fighters yesterday (January 15, 2014). The Taurus...
Singapore to Equip F-16s with AESA Radar
Singapore is planning to equip 60 of its F-16 Block 52 aircraft with Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radars, as part of a $2.43...
How much the F-35 Really Cost?
There have been some wild assertions about F-35 unit cost recently. See the Lockheed claims as reported in Breaking Defense, Defense News and others that we should expect F-35A...
A Win for Saab: Brazil Opts for the Gripen NG
After more than ten years of discussion, President Dilma Rousseff decided the purchase of Gripen NG fighter, the Swedish Saab, for the FAB (Brazilian...
System Upgrades are Turning the Typhoon into a Multi-Mission Eurofighter
Cassidian, EADS’ military division soon to be transformed into Airbus Defense and Space) celebrated last week the delivery of the 400s Typhoons jet fighter...