Skip to content

Alert 5

Aviation News

  • About
  • Privacy Policy

Israeli Air Force declares IOC for SPICE 1000

Posted on March 9, 2018March 9, 2018 by alert5

The Israeli Air Force has declared the Rafael SPICE 1000 precision-guided bomb has reached initial operational capability (IOC) on its F-16C/D fleet.

ILA Berlin 2012 PD 035
By Bin im Garten (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Continue reading “Israeli Air Force declares IOC for SPICE 1000”

Posted in Air Force

Reuters: Japan’s next fighter will be based on existing Western design

Posted on March 9, 2018March 9, 2018 by alert5

Three anonymous sources told Reuters that Tokyo has decided that its next fighter will be based on a Western design and the project will costs around $40 billion.

X-2 air

Continue reading “Reuters: Japan’s next fighter will be based on existing Western design”

Posted in Air Force, Industry

China developing spaceplane, similar to X-37B

Posted on March 8, 2018March 8, 2018 by alert5

China is working on developing its own version of the X-37B spaceplane but the Chinese version will take off from a conventional runway.


Continue reading “China developing spaceplane, similar to X-37B”

Posted in Space

Indonesia to buy two A400Ms to move goods

Posted on March 8, 2018March 8, 2018 by alert5

Indonesia has decided to purchase two A400M transport aircraft from Airbus but these planes will not have any military role as they will be used to move goods around the eastern part of the country.

DSC 8344-EC-402 (10518131236)
By Laurent ERRERA from L’Union, France (DSC_8344-EC-402) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Continue reading “Indonesia to buy two A400Ms to move goods”

Posted in Air Force, Industry

First KC-390 prototype is airborne again

Posted on March 8, 2018 by alert5

After being grounded for five months, Embraer’s first KC-390 prototype has resumed its flight test program with the jet spotted flying on flight tracking sites on Mar. 2.

d93bf710-2ef7-4b52-b29a-79bcd61cd20e[1]
Continue reading “First KC-390 prototype is airborne again”

Posted in Industry

Posts pagination

Back 1 … 1,526 1,527 1,528 1,529 1,530 … 5,559 Next

Categories

WordPress Theme: Blog Guten by TwoPoints.