AEROSPACE AND MILITARY NEWS
Singapore will buy eight more F-35 stealth fighters, eventually replacing its older F-16s and putting the Singaporean air force “in the premier league” as regional threats grow, the city-state’s defence minister said this week. Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen said the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) would buy F-35As – a larger, longer-range variant … Read More “Singapore’s air force to add more stealth fighters as it phases out older jets” »
Usually, you want your flying vehicles to be extremely visible because you want other aircraft to know where you are using radar and other wavelengths of light. The exception is military aircraft, which very much don’t want to be seen, and so various technologies have been employed to reduce the reflection and emission of both … Read More “China Has Designed A New Stealth Aircraft That Uses Plasma” »
Negotiations with the US Air Force over the cost of the E-7 Wedgetail are still ongoing, a Boeing executive confirmed at the Singapore Airshow. By COLIN CLARK SINGAPORE AIRSHOW — Using a drone, artificial intelligence and autonomous systems, Boeing’s new method of inspecting airplanes for damage and structural issues is allowing the aerospace giant to … Read More “Boeing turns to drone inspections of military planes, still negotiating Wedgetail price with US” »
The Boeing F-15EX Eagle II got its seal of approval from Lt Gen Michael A Loh, Director of the US Air National Guard, for its operability as it can carry more weapons and fly longer distances and its easy integration into the service than the stealth F-35A. The all-weather multirole strike fighter is, incidentally, the … Read More “F-15EX ‘Hot Choice’ Over F-35 Stealth Fighters; Top US Official Says Will Push For More Air Superiority Jets” »
The aircraft is expected to be able to reach wind speeds of up to Mach 0.7. X-65 is a technology demonstrator aircraft being developed by Aurora Flight Sciences, a subsidiary of US-based aircraft company Boeing, under the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA) Control of Revolutionary Aircraft with Novel Effectors (CRANE) programme. The aircraft … Read More “Could DARPA’s enigmatic X-65 plane revolutionise aircraft design?” »
Written by: Bill McNist Slovenia’s recent celebration was nothing short of monumental as the nation welcomed its very first Leonardo C-27J Spartan Next Generation aircraft. This marked the initiation of a truly remarkable acquisition involving not just one, but two of these advanced aircraft. The excitement and anticipation surrounding this milestone in the country’s military … Read More “Slovenian Air Force Enlists Leonardo C-27J FireFighter into Its Fleet” »
By: Aaron Burstein The Ministry of National Defense (MND) reported the tracking of 10 Chinese military aircraft and four naval vessels in the vicinity of Taiwan between 6 a.m. on Monday (Jan. 8) and 6 a.m. on Tuesday (Jan. 9). Among these 10 People’s Liberation Army (PLA) aircraft, two Shenyang J-16 fighter jets were observed … Read More “Taiwan monitored the movements of 10 Chinese military aircraft and four naval vessels in the vicinity of its territory” »
