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New J-20 Stealth Fighter Prototype Undergoes Taxiing Tests
The latest prototype of the Chengdu J-20, China's fifth-generation stealth fighter, with the temporary tail number "2016" has begun taxiing tests recently, according to...
Raytheon in discussions with three potential Sentinel R1 customers
Raytheon is seeking export customers for its Sentinel R1 wide-area surveillance aircraft, for which it is in talks with three potential operators.
Five of the...
Saab is confident of winning T-X program in partnership with Boeing
Sweden's Saab (SAABb.ST) is confident of selling training jets to the U.S. Air Force, but believes its bidding partnership with Boeing (BA.N) could lead...
ISIS have claimed they have shot down a Su-22M-4 in Syria
17th Sep. 2015, a SyAAF Su-22M-4 operating from T4 airbase was shot down over Jazal oil field area located around 40km to the north...
Korea Aerospace signed a deal to export T-50TH trainer jets to the Thailand
South Korea's sole aircraft manufacturer, Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd., said Thursday that it signed a deal to export trainer jets to the Thai government...
Kasama Helicopter Signed a Partnership with Lockheed Martin
The Thai-RC and UAV developer Kasama Helicopter and world's leading defense and aerospace firm Lockheed Martin today signed the agreement to partner and exchange...
Photo of Royal Saudi Air Force Hawk Mk.165
Royal Saudi Air Force Hawk Mk.165.
The Mk. 165 is an export variant of the AJT currently on order by the Royal Saudi Air Force....
France plans air strikes in Syria ‘in coming weeks’
France is planning air strikes against Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) extremists in Syria in the coming weeks in an effort to...
Russia will create a new combat airborne laser system
Russia will create a promising combat airborne laser system installed in a IL-76MD-90A is a new military transport aircraft (code name: IL-476) developed by Ilyushin Aviation Complex.
At...
L-39NG trainer successfully completed the first test flight
On September 14th, 2015, the factory crew of AERO Vodochody AEROSPACE a.s., composed of Miroslav Schützner and Vladimír Kvarda, successfully completed the first test...
Lockheed Martin Outlines Plans for Next-Generation Spy Plane
Lockheed Martin Skunk Works’ proposal for a next-generation, optionally-manned U-2 surveillance aircraft has morphed into more of a tactical reconnaissance aircraft dubbed “TR-X”.
The designation...
US Army Driving Toward FVL Production in 2030
For those who know defense acquisition, it’s never a surprise when timelines to bring revolutionary weapon systems to life slip to the right, but...
BAE Systems Taranis to make final flights this year
Britain’s top secret stealth drone will complete its third and possibly final round of test flights later this year, the Ministry of Defence has...
Syrian opposition shot down a helicopter near Aleppo
On Monday evening, a Syrian Arab Air Force (SAAF) helicopter suddenly crashed near the Palestinian “Nayrab Refugee Camp” after coming under heavy gunfire from...
Egyptian AH-64 fired on convoy carrying Mexican tourists, killing 12 people
Security forces in Egypt have mistakenly killed 12 people, including Mexican tourists, during an anti-terror operation, the interior ministry says.The tourists were travelling in...
Saudi pilot killed in helicopter crash
Saudi Arabia’s military blamed a “technical error” for a helicopter crash that killed a pilot during a training mission on Sunday.
The air force machine...
Boeing Touts New 16 Air-To-Air Missile Carrying F-15 Eagle Configurations
The annual Air Force Association conference will kick off outside of Washington next week, where Boeing is putting its latest and greatest combat aircraft...
New Hongdu JL-10 Advanced Trainer Unveiled at PLAAF Public Day
New Hongdu JL-10 advanced trainer Unveiled at PLAAF public day in Changchun, Jiling
The JL-10 (export name : L-15 Falcon) - is a Chinese supersonic training and light...