Tag: Fighter Aircraft
Japan Pouring ¥24 Trilion on New Defense Plan
Japan plans to invest ¥24.67 trillion yen (US$24 billion) over the next five years in a military buildup plan bolstering Japan’s sovereignty in the...
EADS: Seoul Could Benefit from Splitting Fighter Buy Between F-35, Typhoon
Typhoon has lost the bid offering 60 aircraft for the Government of South Korea. The Koreans initially favored the newest version of the Boeing...
Privately Developed Scorpion Jet Takes to the Air on Maiden Flight...
Textron Air Land, LLC announced that the Scorpion Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR)/Strike aircraft developed and built by the company has completed its first...
Blue Flag 2013 Multinational Air Combat Exercise held in Israel
The Israel Air & Space Force (IAF) is conducting a first of its kind multinational exercise at the southern training base of Ouvda this...
Vikramaditya Leaves Russia to its New Home
India’s Vikramaditya aircraft carrier left the Sevmash shipyard in northern Russia, embarking on a two-month voyage to its permanent base in the Karwar naval...
Colombian Kfirs intercept Russian bombers enrout to Venezuela
Two Russian Tupolev Tu-160 (NATO Reporting Name: Blackjack) strategic bombers triggered a diplomatic raw last week, violating Colombian airspace two times on a mission...
Modernizing the Royal Thai Air Force
The kingdom's 2013 defense budget rose to US$5.7 billion, a 7% increase from the year before. Increased spending in recent years has allowed an...
Five Air Forces to Participate in Israel’s ‘Blue Flag’ Air Combat...
U.S., Greek, Polish and Italian fighter jets are planned to deploy to Ovda Israel Air Force Base this month, to participate in the Israel...
SR-72, a Hypersonic Drone is Positioned to be the Successor of...
Lockheed Martin broke silence today about the development of an unmanned hypersonic aircraft it is proposing for future reconnaissance and long-range strike missions. The...
Increased Operational Capabilities for Eurofighter Typhoon
Cassidian, the defence division of EADS, has successfully finalized its flight testing of the Eurofighter Typhoon Phase 1 Enhancements (P1E) programme. After an intensive...
New Sukhoi T-50 Fighter Jet Prototype Joins Testing Program
A fifth flying prototype of Russia’s future T-50 fighter jet has flown for the first time at a manufacturing plant in Russia’s Far East, the Sukhoi...
Washington Beef up the Gulf States with 10,000 Strike Weapons Worth...
In another mega weapons sales Washington is equipping Saudi Arabia and the UAE with nearly 10,000 strike weapons - the JSOW-C standoff-weapon, air-launched Harpoon...
Air Force, Marines Clearing APKWS Guided Rockets for F-16, A-10 and...
The U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) confirmed the success of recent tests conducted with a fixed wing variant of the Advanced Precision Kill Weapons System...
Romanian Defense Ministry Signs Contract for Portuguese F-16 Purchase
Romanian Defense minister Mircea Dusa announced on Thursday October 10, that he had signed a contract with Portugal for the purchase of F-16 fighter...
