Tag: Fighter Aircraft
F-35s of the 7th Production Lot will Receive Improved Helmet Displays
The F-35 Joint Program Office (JPO) today informed Lockheed Martin that it has decided to halt the development of the alternate F-35 helmet and...
At 40 Years of age, Kfir Turns into a “Networked Fighter”
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) is offering a modernized version of its 1970 era delta-winged Kfir Mach 2+ fighter aircraft. Equipped with advanced avionics and...
Pentagon Awards F-35 Orders Under LRIP6, 7
The Pentagon on Friday awarded Lockheed Martin and the F-35 team two contracts worth about US$7 billion, for 71 more F-35 fighter jets. For...
Boeing F-15SE Fails Seoul`s Final Selection of Next Fighter Jet
South Korea has backed off from selecting the Boeing F-15SE for its next fighter jet, a decision that would wave been seen as a...
Brazilian Air Force (FAB) Receives the First Modernized A-1M
Embraer Defense & Security redelivered the first modernized A-1M (AMX) fighter jet to the Brazilian Air Force (FAB). The modernization of the A-1 (built...
Semi-Stealth ‘Advanced Super Hornet’ Completes First Phase of Test Flights
The Boeing Company and its F/A-18E/F program partner Northrop Grumman have recently completed the first series of flight-testing an advanced version of the Super...
Boeing F-15SE Silent Eagle to be Seoul’s Next Generation Fighter
The South Korean defense acquisition program administration (DAPA) has indicated this week that the bidding process for the 8.3 trillion won (US$7.2 billion) program...
Brazilian Air Force to Retire Mirage 2000 by Year’s End
Brazil plans to withdraw from service 12 Mirage 2000C/B fighters operating with the 1st Air Defense Group, currently providing the mainstay of the country’s...
Lockheed Martin, DOD Agree on F-35 Cost Reduction of up to...
The U.S. Department of Defense and Lockheed Martin have reached an agreement in principle for the next two F-35 Lightning II aircraft production contracts,...
The ‘Dambusters’ will be the first British unit to receive the...
The Royal Air Force has announced that 617 Squadron, the famous ‘Dambusters’, will be the first operational squadron using F-35B Lightning II aircraft. According...
Ethiopia Offered the Su-30s
Russia is offering 18 ex-Indian Air Force Su-30 fighters to Ethiopia. The Ethiopian Air Force already operates 17 Su-27 models, along with earlier models...
Weapons Bay of J20 Revealed
Defense Update VideoReport presents a remix depicting selected moments from J-20 test flights, captured by Chinese amateur photographers on the Chengdu airfield perimeter. A recent...
Reconfigured ASTRA Air/Air Missile to Renew Test Flights on Su-30MKI
India's first air-to-air Astra missile is finally back on track now after an excruciatingly long delay due to technical glitches. The beyond visual range...
Gripen Fires Production Versions of MBDA’s Meteor air/air Missiles
A Gripen test aircraft has completed a recent firing test of the MBDA Meteor Beyond Visual Range Air-to-Air Missile (BVRAAM) missile. The test was...
