Aviation News
The Indian government has decided that two Boeing 777 airliners being procured for VVIP transport will be operated by Air India instead of the Air Force. Only the missile defense system installed on board will be operated by IAF personnel.
By Adrian Pingstone (Arpingstone) (Own work) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Chinese online news portal Sina has mistakenly reported the retirement of the Fairchild A-10 attack jet on Jun. 26.
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An interim investigation report into the crash of a AgustaWestland AW609 tilt-rotor on Oct. 30, 2015 has been released by ANSV.
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The U.S. Office of Naval Research has accumulated enough experience to bring its swarming UAV concept out to sea for testing next month.
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The first flight of the BrahMos on a Su-30MKI has finally taken place on Jun. 25 at Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) Nasik.