Boeing has unveiled an upgrade package for the company’s F-15C air superiority fighter that it hopes to keep the jet relevant till 2040.
![F-15_2040C-1024x431[1]](http://alert5.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/F-15_2040C-1024x4311.jpg)
Graphic: Boeing
Continue reading “Boeing’s 2040C upgrade package doubles F-15C missile load to 16”
Category: Industry
Giraffe AMB radar can detect low, slow and small targets
During a U.K-government sponsored trial in Scotland this April, Saab demonstrated that its Giraffe AMB radar was able to detect low, slow and small targets.
Photo: Peter Liander/© Saab AB
Continue reading “Giraffe AMB radar can detect low, slow and small targets”
First flight of L-39NG
The new L-39NG jet trainer, powered by a new Williams International FJ44-4M engine, made its maiden flight on Sept. 14 with Miroslav Schützner and Vladimír Kvarda as the crew.
![p1510418[1]](http://alert5.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/p15104181.jpg)
Photos: AERO Vodochody
Continue reading “First flight of L-39NG”
General characteristics & performance of Shenyang FC-31
A copy of a promotional flyer for the Shenyang FC-31 has surface on Chinese internet ahead of the opening of Beijing Aviation Expo 2015 on Sept. 16.
_at_the_2014_Zhuhai_Air_Show.jpg)
By wc [CC BY-SA 4.0 or CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Continue reading “General characteristics & performance of Shenyang FC-31”
Airbus Helicopters decided not to participate in JMSDF ship-based utility helicopter contest
Airbus Helicopters in Japan issued a statement today stating that the company has decided to withdraw from the tender to supply a ship-based utility helicopter for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF).
._175.jpg)
By Joost J. Bakker from IJmuiden [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Continue reading “Airbus Helicopters decided not to participate in JMSDF ship-based utility helicopter contest”