Russia is developing a new class of next-generation fighter jet to complement the heavier Su-57 fighter and upcoming MiG-41 heavy interceptor. According to Russia’s TASS state-run news agency, Russia’s state hi-tech corporation Rostec is working on a concept of an advanced single-engine light- and medium-class piloted and unmanned combat plane, Rostec CEO …
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A MiG-31B on left and MiG-31BM on right flying in formation – See details: Alan Wilson – Mikoyan MiG-31 Foxhound formation – Zhukovsky 2012 According to the Defense Ministry’s National Defense Control Center, The Russian Air Force scrambled MiG-31 jet fighter to intercept a U.S. Air Force RC-135 spy plane over the …
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One of the new renderings of the Tempest sixth-generation fighter aircraft. (Image credit: Royal Air Force) Tempest is the RAF’s next generation combat aircraft, coming into service from 2035 to replace the Typhoon. Team Tempest and the Royal Air Force recently held a virtual event to provide an update about …
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credits: DGPR (AIR FORCE) on 09 December 2020 Pak-China Joint Air Exercise “Shaheen-IX” has started at an Operational Air Base of Pakistan Air Force. The contingent of the People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF), comprising combat Pilots, Air Defence Controllers, and technical ground crew is participating in the exercise. The …
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Credits: TRADE-A-PLANE Nigerian Air Force’s Twenty Soviet-made MiG-21 Fishbed jet fighters are being advertised for sale online. The offer, posted on the trade-a-plane.com website, is being made by the Inter Avia Group, which is based in Nevada. No prices are listed for the jets, the vendor instead requesting that any interested customers …
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The mass production of the Russia’s first 5th generation sukhoi Su-57 fighter jet began in 2019. Now according to the latest reports the Sukhoi Company holding company, which incorporates leading Russian design bureaus and serial aircraft production plants, is using mixed reality headsets to assist workers during the production of …
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IAF F-16I “Sufa” – Author :משתמש:נחמיה ג via wikimedia Top Aces is reportedly to buy F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jets from Israel. Multiple news outlets reported that the deal to buy 29 jets that have been in use by the Israeli Air Force had been approved by U.S. State Department …
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Credits: General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) on Dec. 4, 2020, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. issued a press release about the October demonstration. On October 28, 2020, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) conducted an autonomous flight using a government-supplied Collaborative Operations in Denied Environment (CODE) autonomy engine to support air-to-air …
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Photo courtesy of Aevum Small satellite launch startup Aevum has unveiled the Ravn X unmanned aircraft system that designed to launch small payloads to orbit. on Dec. 3, 2020, Aevum, a small company based in in Huntsville, Alabama, rolled out its Ravn X Autonomous Launch Vehicle from their hangar at …
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In August of 1945, as the world celebrates Imperial Japan’s surrender and the effective end of the second world war, the American’s make a puzzling discovery out in the Pacific. The US Navy has intercepted a Japanese submarine that’s unlike anything they’ve seen before. It’s by far the largest submarine …
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