Having entered the market of the Middle East, aircraft AN-132 will enhance “UkrOboronProm” entering the markets of Africa and South America. This was stated by Director General of the State Concern Roman Romanov. That was reported by press service of UkrOboronProm. “Unfortunately, during deliberate destruction of the country’s defense industry, Ukraine gained reputation as an unreliable […]

Reception of Su-34 bombers for the Russian Eastern MD troops is finished at the Novosibirsk aviation plant. In course of the inspection, technical staff approved necessary documents, checked all systems of the aircraft and carried out test flights. The aircraft will have been projected to the permanent location airfields in the Khabarovsk Krai until the […]

The People’s Liberation Army Aviation has accepted into service the first Y-9 medium-range transport aircraft produced by Shaanxi Aircraft Company. Together with the Naval Aviation, the PLA LH also operates a small batch of light utility aircraft (Y5 and Y-7).  Now they are getting a nice Y-9 upgrade to enhance their long-range delivery capacity. The Shaanxi […]

The first flight of the new improved prototype of the FC-31   mid-size fifth-generation jet fighter, development by Shenyang Aircraft Corporation, took place today in Chengdu, Sichuan province. The fighter has also been referred to as the “F-60” or “J-21 Snowy Owl” ( in some media reports. Specific details of the aircraft, such as its turbofan engines […]

Russia will deliver four six MiG-29 fighter jets to the Serbian Armed Forces in 2017, said by Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic during diplomatic visits to Moscow on 21 December. Russia will support Serbia by giving it six MiG-29 warplanes free of charge, as well tanks and scout vehicles, Aleksandar Vucic said in Moscow on […]

The Sukhoi Su-27 fighter jet of crashed near an airport on Wednesday while training flight, military sources said. The pilot received no injuries and successfully ejected prior to the crash. “Today, 21 December, during the training flight at night as a result of the incident Su-27 aircraft crashed, pilot Major A.Iskakov made every effort and […]

Rolls-Royce Corp of Indianapolis, Indiana, a unit of Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC , has been awarded a $408 million modification to a contract to provide maintenance support for V-22 AE1107C engines for the U.S. Marine Corps and Air Force, the Pentagon said in a statement on Tuesday. MissionCare is a performance-based logistics concept that includes an […]

The Russian Helicopters (part of Holding of Rostec State Corporation) has handed over the first modernised Ka-72M multipurpose helicopter to the Russian Navy aviation, that reported by russianhelicopters.aero. “The new Ka-27M will increase the efficiency of the Navy aviation in close sea zone,” it quoted Deputy Director General for sales Vladislav Vasilyev as saying. In contrast to […]

Boeing [NYSE: BA] and partner Saab [Stockholm: SAABB] today completed the first flight of their all-new T-X aircraft, which is designed specifically for the U.S. Air Force’s training requirements. During the 55-minute flight, lead T-X Test Pilot Steven Schmidt and Chief Pilot for Air Force Programs Dan Draeger, who was in the seat behind Schmidt, […]

The first AgustaWestland AW101 MK 4 helicopter for the Indonesia made its maiden flight, that was reported by Tony Osborne. Previously, the flightglobal.com reported, that Indonesia appears to have rekindled its interest in acquiring AgustaWestland AW101 helicopters, despite a presidential decision late last year to reject an order for VVIP-roled examples. According to the maiden flight […]