A B-52 bomber will create history next week by flying over the North Pole and land in Russia. The aircraft is participating in MAKS 2011.
Month: August 2011
Taiwan waiting for Washington nod on AESA upgrade for F-16A/B
Taiwan has requested to Washington for approval to upgrade its F-16A/Bs with AESA radars.
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Telemetry with HTV-2 lost nine minutes into glide phase
DARPA’s Falcon Hypersonic Technology Vehicle 2 (HTV-2) was successfully launched into the upper atmosphere on Aug. 11. However all signals with the vehicle was lost after nine minutes into the flight.
RQ-4 Block 30 reaches IOC
The RQ-4 Block 30 Global Hawk has achieved initial operational capability on Aug. 10.
Myanmar is last customer for ‘classic’ MiG-29
RSK MiG has produced the last batch of its “classic” MiG-29 design and those jets are destined for Myanmar.