Military & Defense
Russian Air Force Receives First Russian-assembled Il-76MD
AeroBD | The AERO news Company…FEB 15, 2016, Ulyanovsk, Russia : The Russian air force has taken into service the first modernized Ilyushin Il-76MD-90A heavy airlifter. The aircraft, serial number 0105,
France orders third Reaper system
AeroBD | The AERO news Company…FEB 15, 2016, Paris : France has ordered the third General Atomics Aeronautical Systems MQ-9 Reaper unmanned air system to bolster its growing fleet of the
Japan unveils new fifth generation stealth fighter jet
AeroBD | The AERO news Company…FEB 15, 2016, Tokyo : An experimental advanced technology demonstrator (ATD) fifth-generation fighter, the X-2 – unofficially named ‘ShinShin’ (Spirit of the Heart) – has been
Northrop Grumman Studies Technologies for F-22, F/A-18 Replacement
AeroBD | The AERO news Company…FEB 15, 2016, PALMDALE : Amid signs of growing U.S. Air Force and Navy interest in a sixth-generation combat aircraft, Northrop Grumman is accelerating studies of
F-35 fleet exceeds 50,000 flying hours
AeroBD | The AERO news Company…FEB 15, 2016, Florida, USA : F-35 Lightning II aircraft operating at 12 different locations worldwide have surpassed the 50,000 flight-hours mark this month. The first flight
PAC-3 missile intercepts target in flight test
AeroBD | The AERO news Company…FEB 15, 2016, London : A Lockheed Martin PAC-3 missile (Patriot Advanced Capability) successfully intercepted an incoming target on November 19, 2015, as part of
UN condemns N. Korea rocket launch, vows sanctions soon
e-News® | The NEWS Company…UNITED NATIONS, United States, Feb 09, 2016 : The UN Security Council strongly condemned North Korea’s rocket launch on Sunday and agreed to move quickly to impose
Antonov Looks To Westernize An-124
AeroBD | The AERO news Company…January 25, 2016, SEVILLE, Spain : Ukrainian aircraft manufacturer Antonov is studying options to westernize its heavyweight An-124 airlifter to reduce its reliance on Russian
South Korea’s KF-X Still Treading Water
AeroBD | The AERO news Company…January 25, 2016, BEIJING : South Korea’s KF-X indigenous fighter program will tread water again in 2016 but has at least survived a risk of
Spain Postponing Nearly Half Of A400M Orders
AeroBD | The AERO news Company…January 25, 2016, SEVILLE, Spain : The Spanish government and Airbus Defense and Space have formalized an agreement to postpone the delivery of 13 of
Boeing Ends C-17 Production in California
AeroBD | The AERO news Company…January 25, 2016, LOS ANGELES : Boeing closed out C-17 deliveries and seven decades of aircraft production in Long Beach, California, with the departure of
Bahrain F-16 crashes in Saudi near Yemen border: coalition
e-News® | The NEWS Company…RIYADH, Dec 30, 2015 : A Bahraini fighter jet taking part in the Saudi-led coalition battling rebel forces in Yemen crashed Wednesday in Saudi Arabia due
