Aviation News
The Biden administration has given the green light for a Foreign Military Sale package that will provide Japan with five E-2D Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) aircraft, as well as engines, radars, navigation systems, and electronic support measures systems.
Photo: Northrop Grumman
Continue reading “Japan cleared to buy another five E-2D Hawkeyes”
The ability of the Medium Range Surface-to-Air Missile (MRSAM) to function as an anti-ship missile interceptor has been verified with a recent test-firing from INS Visakhapatnam.
A takeoff and landing drill involving South Korean and U.S. military aircraft took place at an emergency landing strip in Changnyeong County, South Korea on Mar. 8.
The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA) LongShot program has selected General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) proposal for Phase 2 in March. DARPA had stated that the LongShot program aims to show that an unmanned air-launched vehicle can use air-to-air weapons to take down enemy aircraft. This will increase the range and effectiveness of air superiority missions.
Graphic: General Atomics
Continue reading “GA-ASI’s LongShot proposal enters Phase 2”
Wu Ximing, designer of the Chinese Z-10 attack helicopter, recently told China Central Television (CCTV) that a new helicopter is being develop by Chinese aerospace engineers.
Shimin Gu (GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2), via Wikimedia Commons
Continue reading “China is developing a new indigenous helicopter”