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Military aviationChina: excellent results in the test of the AV-500 unmanned helicopter
Used for the first time in an operational exercise
The Chinese AV-500 unmanned helicopter performed a first combat exercise doing -according to the local press- without any problems the tasks assigned, namely penetrate the opposing defenses at medium and... more
Military aviationHelicopters. China: soon the presentation of the new WZ-10ME
It will have similar capabilities to the AH-64 Apache, but a lower cost
During the "Zhuhai Airshow" scheduled for November 6th to 11th, China will present its WZ-10ME attack helicopter, which should become the "economic-alternative" to the US AH-64 Apache, while at the same... more
Military aviationChina: research fot the "top gun" for J-15 aircraft
Launch of a recruitment program for future boarded pilots
The Chinese navy has started a research program to identify possible new pilots of aircraft, which will be destined to be embarked on Shenyang J-15. A necessary plan since China is about to put into service... more
Military aviationAircraft. Will the precision landing system be a revolution?
Almost unlimited possibilities for the Jpals
Can a landing system be considered a "game changer"? Apparently, since Raytheon has repeatedly come up with statements in this sense about the precision approach and landing system (JPALS, Joint Precision... more
Military aviationRussia: update for Kamov Ka-52 helicopters
Soon it will be able to bring new missiles
The Kamov Ka-52 "Alligator" attack helicopter will soon see a substantial and important update on weapons that it can carry in flight, so as to make it uniform with the capabilities of other Russian-made... more
Military aviationUSA: suspended operational tests with the F-35 aircraft
Waiting for the development of new software
The fifth-generation F-35 fighter aircraft should have carried out the first operational tests with the Air Force (USAF) and with the Navy in September, but it would seem that the Pentagon has decided... more
Military aviationRussia: for the beginning of 2019 contract to produce the A-100 aircraft
The new Russian AWACS close to enter in service
Between the end of 2018 and the beginning of 2019, the contract between the Russian defense ministry and the UAC (United Aircraft Corporation) aerospace company for the production of the AWACS (Airborne... more
Military aviationIndia: first flights of pilots on French Rafale aircraft
Soon the first deliveries of the 36 ordered airplanes
Three French fighter planes Dassault Rafale have been occupied all week-end long in a training activity with the Indian Air Force close to Delhi. Together with the jets, from France also arrived 100 technicians... more
Military aviationMattis again threatens Turkey to block the F-35 delivery
In the meantime however the first Turkish pilot flew on the plane
The US Secretary of Defense James Mattis is back today again on the purchase of the S-400 anti-aircraft missile defense system by Turkey, expressing once again its deepest concern because: "They are bringing... more
Military aviationUSA: first operational tests for the F-35C on board of the USS Lincoln
Exercises to evaluate skills in high intensity missions
For the first time on board of the USS "Abraham Lincoln", the F-35Cs are used into a Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA-125) for conducted operational tests along with the other aircraft on board the US Nimitz-class... more
Military aviationQatar: work is soon to expand two military airports
Required to host the Rafale, the F-15 and the Typhoon aircraft
Qatar has decided to expand two military airports to accommodate the new aircraft that will soon be supplied to the armed forces of the small Persian Gulf State, namely the Rafale, F-15, and Typhoon airplanes.... more
Military aviationPakistan: buyers are looking for the JF-17 Thunder aircraft
Exhibition to Radom to try to intrigue Poland
An exhibition aimed at finding possible buyers in Poland, the one carried out by the Sino-Pakistani fighter jet JF-17 Thunder during the "Radom International Airshow" on Sunday. Painted with the color... more
Military aviationRussia: project for a new vertical take-off aircraft
A clear necessity of the Russian navy
According to what said by Yuri Borisov, the deputy prime minister, Russia is working on the development of a new vertical take-off aircraft (VTOL), following the request made by the President of the Russian... more
Military aviationIran: presented the "new" fighter plane
The Kowsar is identical to the dated US F-5F Tiger II -2 VIDEO
Through State television, Iran showed the "new" fighter plane produced entirely by the Tehran industry; they did so at the national defense industry fair in the presence of President Hassan Rouhani, who... more
Military aviationUs Navy works to make the F/A-18 Super Hornet fleet operational
Last year two out of three were on the ground due to precarious conditions
The US Navy would be making small steps forward to get back into perfect condition all its fleet of F/A-18F Super Hornet aircraft, after last year two out of three were not usable for technical or maintenance... more
Military aviationChina: a US Navy plane flying over the South China Sea has been removed
P-8A Poseidon was flying over the Spratly archipelago
A Boeing P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft of the US Navy was removed from the airspace above the Spratly islands by the Chinese authorities. To report it is "CNN" that had journalists on board the... more
Military aviationNorth Korea: 1650 aircraft that would be unusable in case of war
Air Force greater than the US one, but with airplanes of the 50s
According to the numbers it might think that North Korea would be able to crush South Korea and even the United States with its number of aircraft, given that the Pyongyang Air Force had 1650 airplanes... more
Military aviationGermany: after the Tornado, F-35s or the break with the USA?
The problem is represented by atomic deterrence capabilities since 2025
There isn't only the strong criticism of Germany by the US President Donald Trump that he accuses the Berlin government of spending too little for the armed forces, but also Lieutenant General Ingo Gerhartz,... more
Military aviationUS: one plane to replace three in service
These are the aims of the US Air Force -ATTACHMENT
Among the US Air Force (USAF) programs there is the replacement of the Boeing E-4B command plane (Advanced Airborne Command Post) -built on the basis of a B-747/200B-, of the Boeing C-32A transport airplane... more
Military aviationUSA: there will be soon a new variant of the F-15 plane?
It would allow the fighter to remain in service for a long time
Soon the US Air Force (USAF) could have a new fighter jet in the flight line, the F-15X. Boeing intends -as reported by the American press- there would be to replace the old F-15C and D with a new variant.... more
Military aviationF-22: too few aircraft available for the Usaf
Only 80 ready to fly on 187, but also due to organizational methods
According to a study by the GAO (General Accounting Office) of United States on 187 fighter aircraft F-22 Raptor the USAF (US Air Force) would have on average only about eighty, above all due to the maintenance... more
Military aviationIsrael: track the flight of an F-35 airplane
Active transponder for forgetfulness or for precise will?
A mission of just over an hour completely traced on "Flightradar24" that of the F-35 "Adir" of the Israeli Air Force (IAF) took off yesterday from the air base of Nevatin flying first towards Gaza and... more
Military aviationSu-57: used in Syria to detect F-22 and F-35 aircraft
The task would be successful thanks to the radar capabilities of the Russian aircraft
Russia would use the four Sukhoi Su-57 airplanes sent to Syria -though still prototypes phase- to try and locate the F-35s and F-22s in flight, so that they can study and evaluate the ability to intercept... more
Military aviationWhat are the Italian objectives for the future fighter plane?
Leonardo will participate with the British division in the Tempest project for RAF
What will be the future fighter for the Italian Air Force (AMI)? For the moment there's the Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft which will remain in service for at least the next 20 years; together there's the... more
Military aviationRussia: Su-57 aircraft coming to be discarded?
Increasingly used to test Ucav systems of the future
While in the United Kingdom the "Farnborough Air Show" begins, in Russia the Sukhoi Su-57 fighter -not present at the event- continues to be used to test new systems and new technologies from the Russian... more
Military aviationF-35 aircraft: new purchases are coming and the cost should fall
141 planes ordered by the Pentagon
The Pentagon and Lockheed Martin have reached an agreement for the largest supply of F-35 so far made, in fact of this multi-purpose fighter jets were ordered 141 opening the phase of the eleventh lot... more
Military aviationRAF looking for a new AWACS aircraft
A call for tenders is required for the President of the Defence Council of the United Kingdom
The chairman of the Defence Council of the United Kingdom Julian Lewis has asked to the Defense Procurement Minister to call for a bid to replace the airborne early warning and control system (AWACS) aircraft... more
Military aviationChina, is it the J-31 aircraft the future of naval aviation?
It could be the "stealth" plane to replace the old J-15s
China intends to develop a new fighter aircraft it could be loaded on the Chinese navy aircraft carrier in order to replace the J-15, which has had a continuous series of accidents and mechanical failures... more
Military aviationF-35 aircraft, Turkish pilots will begin to train in the US
Despite the possibility that sales will be blocked
The Turkish aviation pilots will begin their training at the Luke Air Base, AZ on the F-35, despite the possibility of a definitive stop to the delivery of the fifth generation aircraft to Turkey. However,... more
Military aviationAirplanes. Russia, signed contract for the first 12 Su-57
The announce by the Deputy Minister of Defense: first batch coming in 2019
The first contract for the supply of 12 fifth-generation Su-57 fighters was signed, the Russian deputy Defense Minister Alexey Krivoruchko talked at reporters during a press conference at the Komsomolsk-na-Amure... more