Turkey’s top procurement panel decided Wednesday to order five more CH-47F Chinook heavy transport helicopters, the government announced. SSM said the committee also decided to place an order for five CH-47F Chinook heavy transport helicopters. This will be a follow-on order to a previous deal involving six platforms. Turkey is a partner of the United […]

NEW DELHI: India plans to kick-off its own fifth-generation fighter aircraft (FGFA) development project this year to build on the expertise gained in the long developmental saga of the indigenous Tejas light combat aircraft. Top defence sources on Wednesday said the preliminary design stage of the futuristic fighter called the advanced medium combat aircraft (AMCA), […]

Photo EC135 in green scheme and a door gunner of the Kurdistan Armed Forces Peshmerga. basnews.com

According to media reports Israeli made Heron Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) of the Indian Air Force, used for surveillance, crashed at 3.15 pm today on the outskirts of Uttarlai . Heron UAV had taken off from Uttarlai air base in barmer district of Rajasthan . This is second crash of Rs 80 crore worth Heron […]

The Y-7J (03) Chinese carrier-capable tactical airborne early warning (AEW) aircraft and also name JZY-01. New Chinese AEW aircraft based on the Soviet-designed Antonov An-24 series. Designated Y-7J, the aircraft seems be a sort of hybrid: the front half is based on the Xian Y-7, the Chinese version of the famous Antonov An-26; the tail […]

Ukrainian company “Motor Sich” creates the first flying prototype of the new helicopter MSB-2, according to the portal “Ukraine Industrial”. On the basis of the Soviet multipurpose helicopter Mi-2 helicopter created a completely new with tactical and technical indicators. MSB-2 helicopter with the mass of 4 tonnes and better performance thanks to powerful but fuel-saving […]

The concept of stealth fighter F-15J for the Japanese Air Force. The aircraft features many advanced technologies and systems including semi- stealth capability, conformal fuel tanks, and enclosed weapons pods.

The Russian Defense Ministry has signed a contract with JSC “United Aircraft Corporation” to build aircraft tankers based on the Il-96-400TZ. In accordance with the terms of the contract for the Russian Armed Forces will be built and transferred to two new IL-96-400TZ. The new tanker aircraft Il-96-400TZ will be able to transfer more than […]

Iraqi Army Aviation Command’s Russian-made Mi-171Sh helicopters

(Reuters) – Japan is asking Britain to buy its P-1 submarine-hunting jet in a deal that could top $1 billion, a major step in Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s push to arms exports after decades of self-imposed restrictions, people with knowledge of the proposal said. Britain has not formally decided it will buy new maritime patrol […]