Aviation News
India’s Defense Minister A K Antony disclosed in Parliament that twenty-five percent of the Hawk advanced trainer fleet has been grounded due to severe lack of spares.
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India’s Air Force chief N A K Browne says 22 Apache helicopters which are in the process of being acquired will not be going to the Army.
Continue reading “India’s Air Force chief says Apache to stay with his service for air-to-air missions”
A C-17 pilot from Joint Base Lewis-McChord was found not guilty of all charges in connection with the 2011 death of an Army paratrooper from the West Virginia National Guard.
Continue reading “C-17 pilot from JBLM found not guilty in airdrop fatality”
Speaking at the Royal United Services Institute, Royal Air force chief Stephen Dalton says unmanned aerial vehicle pilots will be issued with their own wings from April next year.
Continue reading “RAF to issue wings to UAV pilots, looks at nano satellites”
Researchers from the University of Rochester in New York have demonstrated an aircraft detection system that is unjammable.
Continue reading “Unjammable aircraft detection using quantum mechanics”