News, reviews, articles on the topic Aviation
Taiwan's Ministry of National Defence has detected a record number of Chinese warplanes around the island. Almost a third of them entered the air defence identification zone.
Lockheed Martin has received funding to prepare for the Block 4 upgrade. This is a critical upgrade that will define the role of the fifth-generation F-35 Lightning II fighters.
Kim Jong Un has inspected the Russian Federation's aerospace forces' fleet of military aircraft. The Russians showed the DPRK leader many aircraft, including the MiG-31I fighter, which could receive an important upgrade over the MiG-31K.
India has been building Su-30MKI fighters on its own for decades. The Ministry of Defence has ordered a dozen more aircraft for the Indian Air Force.
While Poland is considering joining South Korea's fighter jet development programme, the United Arab Emirates has done so. The aircraft is called the KF-21
About a year ago Bulgaria decided to purchase an additional batch of modernised F-16 Block 70/72 (Viper) fighters. This week Lockheed Martin received funds for the aircraft construction programme.
This week, during the Air & Space Forces Association's annual symposium, the U.S. military broached an interesting topic. It concerns China's fifth-generation J-20 Mighty Dragon fighter.
The Spanish Air Force will renew its fleet of fighter jets. Instead of the American F/A-18 Hornet, the Iberian Peninsula country will purchase European Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft.
Boeing has been making the T-7A Red Hawk aircraft for several years now. The first aircraft will be handed over to the US Air Force in a few days.
The US State Department has approved the potential sale of a support system for the fourth-generation F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jets to Poland.
We have already written more than once that in addition to American F-16 Fighting Falcon fighters, Ukraine also wants to receive Swedish Saab JAS 39 Gripen aircraft. Now the AFU Air Force is one step closer to this.
Boeing has received the first active phased array radar for the B-52 Stratofortress strategic bomber. The supplier is Raytheon Company.
Lockheed Martin announced last week that deliveries of fifth-generation F-35 Lightning II fighter jets will not resume until the second quarter of 2024. This means that the largest US defence contractor will face a huge delay in payments.
The Air and Space Forces of the Russian Federation have lost another aircraft. The Su-24M frontline bomber crashed.
In early December 2022, Northrop Grumman unveiled the next-generation B-21 Raider nuclear bomber. Nine months later, the US Air Force published two new photos of the aircraft.
