The RQ-170 Sentinel is an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) developed by Lockheed Martin and operated by the United States Air Force (USAF). It has been deployed to Afghanistan as part of Operation Enduring Freedom. Beast of Kandahar, an aircraft, which was photographed in Afghanistan in 2007, is a surveillance aircraft, confirms US Air Force. The [...]
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Northrop Grumman Corporation has started the production of the first international F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. An short take off and vertical landing variant for the United Kingdom designated BK-1. Northrop Grumman Corporation began the production by producing the center fuselage which is the core structure around which F-35 is built on. The company started assembling [...]
Lockheed Martin began flying F-16IN Super Viper trails for Indian Airforce on 7th September. F-16IN which is competing for MCRA deal is a advanced variant of F-16 which incorporates 5th generation technologies similar to UAE’s F-16 Block 60. The trials will be held in three places Bangalore to simulate urban conditions, Jaisalmer in Rajasthan to [...]
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The Fifth Generation Fighter Aircraft (FGFA) being jointly developed by India and Russia will look substantially different for the two countries. While the Russian version will be a single-pilot fighter, the Indian variant will have a twin-seat configuration based on its operational doctrine which calls for greater radius of combat operations. The program is initiated [...]
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Boeing is ready to transfer F/A-18 Super Hornet technology to Brazil if the country buys 36 F/A-18 Super Hornets as a part of Brazil’s FX-2 Fighter Competition. Something which US has never done before. Boeing has taken this step to boost the competition in Brazil’s FX-2 Fighter. Brazil has been showing interest on French Dassualt [...]
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After the F-15 Silent eagle it’s time for Su-30MKI to disappear out of the radar. There have been reports that Russia’s UAC (United Aircraft Corporation) and India’s HAL (Hindustan Aeronautics Limited) are developing the new Su-30MKI.
By 2014, UAC together with HAL will begin upgrading the first 100 IAF Su-30MKIs by modifying their airframes to make [...]
Russia is going to start flight testing of the most anticipated warplane by the end of 2009. Su-PAKFA said to be a serious competition for American F-22 and F-35 is jointly developed by Russia’s United Aircraft Corporation and India’s Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (there are reports of Brazilian involvement too. Click here to know more). Russia’s [...]
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Boeing unveiled a new version of F-15 called Silent Eagle, it’s a improvised stealth version of F-15 Strike eagle. F-15 is a world-class fighter aircraft. Continuous avionics upgrades could keep it competitive with super-fighters like the F-22. But the F-22’s distinct advantage is that the airframe was designed to be stealthy from the start. While [...]
The F-16IN Super Viper is a unique new fighter sharing a heritage with the world’s only fifth generation fighters – the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter and the F-22 Raptor. Evolutionary integration of fifth generation technologies makes the F-16IN the most advanced fourth generation fighter in the world today. This ultimate fourth generation fighter [...]
a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_RRbP6fpJWAc/SWf9W811HQI/AAAAAAAAA2U/IaXlNsWNQ9M/s1600-h/jf-17stealth.jpg”img style=”margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 352px; height: 225px;” src=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_RRbP6fpJWAc/SWf9W811HQI/AAAAAAAAA2U/IaXlNsWNQ9M/s400/jf-17stealth.jpg” alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289474858100792578″ border=”0″ //aIn what is seen as a counter to India’s effort to jointly develop the Fifth Generation Fighter Aircraft (FGFA) with Russia’s Sukhoi Aircraft Corp, Pakistan’s Kamra-based Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC) and China’s [...]
