Monthly Archives: September, 2021
Americas
Japan’s 6th-Gen Fighter Jet: After US’ Lockheed & Northrop, Tokyo Now Looks To Join UK-Led Tempest Program
As tensions rise with China over the Senkaku Islands (or Diaoyu in Chinese), Japan seems to have accelerated its sixth-generation fighter program through another...
Americas
Turkey Lobbying Hard To Acquire F-35 Stealth Fighter Jets After Expulsion Over S-400 Deal With Russia
Turkey, which was kicked out of the US F-35 Joint Strike Program in 2019, seems to be lobbying hard to get back the deal....
South Asia
New Delhi ‘Seals The Deal’ With Airbus To Acquire C-295 Military Aircraft For The Indian Air Force
India has signed a contract with Airbus Defence and Space for the procurement of 56 C-295 transport aircraft for the Indian Air Force.
Vintage Tech,...
Expert Reviews
Vintage Tech, Buddy Culture Major Reasons For Indian Army Helicopter Crashes – Military Aviation Expert
The Indian Army Aviation Corps (AAC) witnessed its third helicopter crash this year, and the second crash in a span of six weeks. Five...
Expert Reviews
Iran, China & Russia Set To Amplify Their Presence In The ‘Arabian Gulf’; Will US Rethink Its Middle East Strategy?
OP-ED by Rebecca Cantor
Over the past few months, Iran has steadily increased its presence in the Arabian Gulf with recent attacks signaling a building...
Americas
India’s ‘Big Ticket’ MQ-9 Reaper Drone Deal ‘Stuck’ With The US; Can PM Modi Fast-Track The Acquisition?
Indian PM Narendra Modi, who is on a three-day visit to the US, met with General Atomics Chief Executive Officer Vivek Lall on Thursday...
Americas
US Air Force Adopts Augmented Reality To Train Its Fighter Pilots ‘Dogfight’ Chinese, Russian Jets
The US Air Force (USAF) has been experimenting with integrating high-tech solutions into its pilot training routine in view of a resource crisis the...
Americas
‘Black Hawk Down’: Will US’ Iconic Helicopters Be Replaced With ‘Super Chopper’ – Defiant-X For Indo-Pacific Ops?
Sikorsky-Boeing and Bell have formally entered the US Army’s Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) program that aims to replace the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter.
Lightning...
Americas
Shrouded In Secrecy, US Finally Confirms ‘Big Development’ On Next-Gen Stealth Bomber – The B-21 Raider
One of the US Air Force's (USAF) most ambitious aircraft programs, B-21 stealth bombers, is moving on the right track. There are five B-21...
Europe
Tata, Airbus To Ink Deal Worth A Whopping $2.9B To Make Military Aircraft For The Indian Air Force
The Indian Air Force (IAF) has long been looking to replace the 56 aging Avro transport aircraft that it procured in the 1960s. The...
Americas
Boeing F-15EX Fighter Jets Pitched To Indian Air Force To Have Indigenously Developed Aerostructures?
US giant Boeing has awarded a contract to manufacture aerostructures of its newest tactical fighter F-15EX 'Eagle II' to an Indian company. The move...
Americas
Lightning Aircraft Carriers, ‘Super’ Fighter Jets; US Mulls Complete Change In Strategy To Counter China
As the US re-orients itself to conventional warfare amid a new "Great Power" contest with Russia and China after decades of fighting unconventional wars,...
Middle East
The Ultimate Hit-Job: Remote-Controlled, A.I. Enabled, Sniper Gun Used To Assassinate Top Iranian Scientist
Iran's top nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was allegedly assassinated by Israeli spy agency Mossad using a remote-controlled robotic gun, according to the latest reports.
Developed...
South Asia
Pakistan Interested To Train Taliban Security Forces In Afghanistan – Ambassador
Pakistan wants to help Afghanistan in its efforts to boost security as soon as the militant-run interim government has consolidated its power, the Pakistani...
Americas
European F-35s: Will Meteor & Spear Missiles Make UK, Italy’s F-35 Stealth Jets Superior To The Americans’?
The UK and Italian air forces have chosen to integrate two powerful missiles -- Meteor and SPEAR 3 -- into their F-35s. The Lockheed Martin...
India-Pakistan News
Pakistan’s Nemesis Su-30MKI Fighter Jets Of Indian Air Force To Hold Mega Drills In Kashmir
The Su-30MKI is one of the most powerful fighter aircraft with the Indian Air Force. It was in October 2000, when India signed a...
Europe
Rolls Royce Flies World’s ‘Fastest Electric Aircraft’; Marks Big Milestone In Aviation Industry — Watch
Over the past few years, many companies have unveiled plans for developing low or zero-emission aircraft. British luxury automaker Rolls Royce, which also joined...
Expert Reviews
Developed By Israel, Designed For Asia – Meet ‘Re-Engineered’ Kfir Fighter Jet That Resembles The Mirage 2000
The Sri Lanka Air Force’s (SLAF) five Israeli-made Kfir fighter jets will reportedly get a $50 million upgrade with new sensors, electronics, and avionics...
Americas
After NATO & QUAD, Russian Security Council Chief Says New Block – AUKUS – Directed Against Russia, China
Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev described the AUKUS alliance of Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States as another military bloc directed...
Asia Pacific
China Turns To ‘Unqualified Graduates’ To Boost ‘World’s Largest Military’ Down On Morale
China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) is the world's largest standing ground force with approximately 915,000 active-duty soldiers, almost twice the US' 486,000 personnel, Pentagon's...
