The new Chinese FH-97 drone looks nearly identical to the U.S. drone-maker Kratos XQ-58A Valkyrie Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle Concept. FH-97 drone has caught the eye at the country’s big international airshow in Zhuhai. The drone which is being offered by China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation would seem to …

On Sept. 24, 2021, The Pentagon announced that Rolls Royce has awarded a contract to supply 608 new F130 turbofans engines for the B-52H Stratofortress bomber fleet. Rolls Royce gets an estimated $500,870,458 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to provide new engines for the B-52H Stratofortress bomber fleet, with a potential total of …

A model of Boeing’s Long-Range Air-to-Air Missile concept – Credits: JOSEPH TREVITHICK The Boeing Company unveils a new long-range, two-stage air-to-air missile, unlike conventional single-stage ones. The concept for the long-range air-to-air missile (LRAAM) was presented at the annual Air, Space, and Cyber Conference of the U.S.-based Air Force Association. …

Credits: DGPR (PAKISTAN AIR FORCE) Iraq has decided to purchase 12 JF-17 Thunder Block III fighter jets from Pakistan. According to Pakistani media reports, the defense deal was approved by both the Iraqi and Pakistani governments, and a formal agreement is expected to be signed in Islamabad next month. After …

China for the first time unveiled its new unmanned aerial vehicle of the High-Altitude Long Endurance (HALE) type at the Zhuhai Airshow 2021. Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) publicly unveil the CH-6 high-altitude, long-endurance (HALE) remotely piloted vehicle with a bizarre design. The CH-6 is considered to be a …

Argentina has allocated funding to procure the Chengdu Aircraft Corporation (CAC)/ Pakistan Aeronautical Complex FC-1/JF-17 in the country’s latest effort to recapitalize its fighter aircraft capabilities. The drafts budget for fiscal year (FY) 2022 includes USD664 million towards the purchase of 12 JF-17 Thunder Block III jets (including USD20 million …

Credits: Airbus The Indian Ministry of Defence announced that it has signed a ₹22,000-crore contract with Airbus for 56 C-295 medium transport aircraft for the Indian Air Force. The Cabinet Committee on Security, headed by PM Modi, cleared the purchase a fortnight ago. According to Airbus, India has formalized the acquisition …

Artist rendering of a B-21 Raider concept in a hangar at Dyess, Air Force Base, Texas, one of the future bases to host the new airframe. (Courtesy photo by Northrop Grumman) The U.S. Air Force now has at least five Prototypes of the Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider stealth bomber in …

On September 7, 2021, an RC-135U Combat Sent electronic intelligence-gathering aircraft made a frightening crosswind landing at RAF Mildenhall in England. The RC-135 had returned from an intriguing mission that saw the spy plane circumnavigate the border of Russia’s Kaliningrad exclave. The video from the YouTube channel Airshow World shows …

A mysterious stealthy low-observable aircraft was spotted at Lockheed Martin’s secretive Helendale radar-cross section (RCS) measurement facility. While we don’t know what this shape is intended to resemble, it provides a timely reminder of some of the exotic test work that’s clearly going on behind closed doors, at facilities like …