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Sikorsky Aircraft sold to Lockheed Martin for over $8 billion
Lockheed Martin Corp has agreed to buy United Technologies Corp's Sikorsky Aircraft for over $8 billion, two sources said on Sunday, cementing a deal...
Russian «Eleron-3SV» UAV lost over Syria
An Russian «ELERON-3SV» was lost while flying over the principal port city of Syria, according to a defense official.
Jabhat al-Nusra shot down a...
Poland Launches Su-22 Fighter-bomber Fighter Upgrades
Poland Launches Su-22 Fighter-bomber Fighter Upgrades
First Photos of Chinese Navy fighter J-11BSH
First Photos of Chinese Navy fighter J-11BSH.
In 2011 images emerged of the prototype of the J-11BS which is an analogue of the Su27UBK, with...
Russia to Introduce Six Long-Range Tu-22M3 Backfire Bombers by 2016
The Russian Defense Ministry is expected to receive six modernized long-range Tu-22M3 Backfire bomber-missile carriers by the end of 2015, according to Deputy Defense...
Russian An-12 military cargo plane makes emergency landing
An Antonov An-12 military transport plane has made an emergency landing at the Urals airport of Chelyabinsk after the failure of three engines, a...
Peru Air Force received 12 DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 400
Peru Air Force received 12 DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 400
Defense Minister of Peru Jakke Valakivi Alvarez, gave the modern fleet of aircraft DHC-6...
Egypt to Receive its First Rafale Fighters
Egypt should receive its first three Rafale fighters later this month, before the 5th of August, day of the refurbishment of the Suez Canal,...
China-Made Amphibious Aircraft AG600 Starts Final Assembly
China's self-developed amphibious aircraft AG600, intended to be the world's largest amphibian, started the final assembly in Zhuhai, south China's Guangdong province on July...
China PLAAF Yanliang Tu-204C canards as J-20 radar testbed
China PLAAF Yanliang Tu-204C canards as J-20 radar testbed
A PLAAF Tupolev Tu-204 testbed aircraft was seen featuring a J-20 nose cone. It is believed...
Two Brimstone missiles FALL OFF British Tornado fighter jet
Two missiles were smashed into pieces after they fell off a British warplane in bad weather as it returned from taking out Islamic State...
Bell Boeing Announces Contract for First V-22 Ospreys to Japan
Patuxent River, Md., (July 14, 2015) – Bell Boeing, a strategic alliance between Bell Helicopter, a Textron company, and Boeing , was awarded...
Myanmar to Buy Chinese-Pakistani FJ-17 Fighter Jets
Myanmar will become the first country to buy JF-17 Thunder fighter jets, jointly manufactured by Pakistan and China companies, revealed the TV channel Dunya...
India Eyes Air-Borne Early Warning And Control System Export To Indonesia
Early Warning and Control System (AEWAC).
“The AEWAC exports would be the first major export of defense systems from India under Prime Minister led government...
In Serbia develop SkyPickup – Light Transport Aircraft
EDePro adopts the latest technological achievements and technical solutions of luxury car market in order to ensure the best synergy between top comfort, high...
Russian Tu-95 Bear strategic bomber crashes near Khabarovsk
A Tu-95 strategic bomber has crashed during training flight 80km from the city of Khabarovsk, eastern Russia, the Defense Ministry said.
“The flight was being...
B61-12 nuclear ‘gravity’ bomb tested at Tonopah Test Range in Nevada
The United States Air Force (USAF) and National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) have completed the first development flight test of a controversial update to...
Mysterious S-92 Helicopters Spotted In Djibouti
A few months ago, a new image of the ever-expanding Camp Lemonnier base in Djibouti popped up on Google Earth. Images of the U.S....