Reading Time: 3 minutes A court in southern Russia has sentenced Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko to 22 years in prison, bringing to a close a controversial court case that is likely to further inflame the difficult relations between Moscow and Kiev. Savchenko was found guilty of complicity in the murder of Anton Voloshin and Igor Kornelyuk, two journalists working […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Sky Saker H300 is only one of China’s armed drones, but it may very well be their most versatile. Armed and dangerous One of China’s leading defense contractors NORINCO has entered the international drone export industry with its new armed drone. The company unveiled the Sky Saker H300 at the International Exhibition of National […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Boeing expects the pace of testing KC-46A mission systems, exterior lighting and ultimately aerial refueling to accelerate with the completion of the baseline airworthiness testing of the second functional tanker scheduled for March 8. The aircraft completed its initial flight from Paine Field, Wash. on March 2, but landed back at Seattle’s Boeing Field after […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes Russia’s ongoing airborne campaign in Syria wouldn’t have been such a game changer without the help of some of the country’s most sophisticated weapons. The Sukhoi Su-34 strike fighter, adopted by the Russian Aerospace Forces in 2015, has been deployed against the radical Islamists in Syria from the beginning of Russia’s anti-Daesh campaign there. In […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Delaying the purchase of five F-35 joint strike fighters was “an incredibly difficult decision,” but one the Air Force had to make due to budget constraints, a top general said Thursday. “When we looked at readiness and our ability to win today’s fight, and then our ability to continue to procure F-35s at the current […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes A Russian Su-25 warplane crashed while performing a training flight in Stavropol Territory, the south of Russia, at 19:23 Moscow time on Monday, the Russian Defense Ministry’s press service said, according to Russian news agency RIA Novosti. The jet was carrying no weapons and crashed in a non-populated area not far from the Budennovsk airfield, […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Italy has agreed to allow armed US drones to carry out operations against Isis targets in Libya from an air base in Sicily. The drones are operating out of the US Navy Air Station Sigonella near Mount Etna – which was used regularly by NATOO forces during the Libyan civil war in 2011. Italian Prime […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes Raytheon Company is offering an integrated, next-generation training solution for the U.S. Air Force’s Advanced Pilot Training competition. Raytheon, one of the world’s preeminent training and avionics companies, is the prime contractor, with principal partners Finmeccanica, CAE USA and Honeywell Aerospace. “The success of our nation’s future pilots depends on a comprehensive trainer to prepare […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute RAF combat aircraft have been scrambled after reports Russian bombers were heading towards UK airspace. The Typhoon jets were dispatched from RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire on Wednesday afternoon following the security alert. An RAF spokesman said the situation was “on-going” and was not uncommon. “We have Typhoons up on a quick reaction alert. The situation is […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Indian Air Force (IAF) has acquired some new weapons to strengthen its armoury. These are not hypersonic cruise missiles or bunker-bursting ‘smart’ bombs, but ‘Go/No-Go’ pills. According to sources close to the IAF, Indian fighter pilots are using these pills to boost their alertness levels and cognitive powers. As Go/No-Go pills also help people […]