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J-15 Jets On Deck As Carrier Sets Off On Longest Sea Trials
China’s aircraft carrier has set out from Dalian in the northeastern province of Liaoning on sea trials that will last 25 days, the longest yet, and experts say domestic J-15 fighters may be involved in landing and takeoff exercises. An area on the north Bohai Sea region is out of bounds to civilian boats until [...]
Saab to Invest In Gripen Fighter Weapon School In South Africa
Saab is to invest in an advanced training centre for experienced fighter pilots initially from Gripen countries and its user air forces, at Air Force Base Overberg in South Africa. The Gripen Fighter Weapon School is an initiative from Saab in co-operation with the Gripen Air Forces user group. The Gripen Fighter Weapon School will [...]
Lockheed Martin F-35 Flight Test Progress Report
Lockheed Martin’s (LMT) F-35 program accrued the highest number of test points in a single month during June, an accomplishment indicative of the program’s ongoing maturation. Additionally, for the 18th consecutive month the F-35 test program remained ahead of plan. As of June 30, the F-35 Lightning II 5th Generation multirole fighter had conducted 595 [...]
Lockheed Martin Delivers Four F-35s To USAF And Marine Corps
With the delivery of four Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II aircraft since June 29, an important milestone was achieved as the Department of Defense now possesses more operational-coded F-35s than test aircraft. A total of nine F-35s have been delivered for the year, giving the DOD a total of 30 aircraft fleet-wide. Of these, 16 [...]
Gripen NG Flying with Raven ES-05 AESA Radar
The Gripen NG test aircraft is now flying with a SELEX Galileo Raven ES-05 AESA radar installed, following extensive testing with an earlier AESA prototype. Raven ES-05 is a high performance Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) fire control radar designed for the Saab Gripen NG multi role fighter that builds on over 60 years of [...]
UK PM Opens Farnborough International Air Show 2012
The Prime Minister has hailed the phenomenal success of the UK aerospace industry and its critical importance to growth and jobs, as the next steps towards exploiting the growth potential of Typhoon were announced, and a £50 million pound contract to build a new simulator for the A400M defence aircraft is to be signed – [...]
Raytheon Pioneers Wireless Integration of Weapons on French Rafale
Raytheon Company successfully demonstrated a wireless method of integrating its combat-proven Enhanced Paveway II precision-guided bomb on the French Navy Rafale aircraft. Called WiPAK, the avionics kit enables integration of Paveway on a variety of aircraft without any modifications to aircraft wiring or changes to the flight and stores management software. “With WiPAK, warfighters can [...]
Commander Qualifies In the F-22, Confident in Raptor
Air Combat Command’s senior Airman completed F-22 Raptor pilot qualification recently, reinforcing his personal stake in the Air Force’s efforts to identify the root cause of unexplained physiological incidents involving a small number of Raptor crews. “As Airmen, risk is part of our lives as members of the military,” said Gen. Mike Hostage, the commander [...]
Saab Signs Support and Development Agreement with FMV for Gripen
Saab has received four orders from the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration, FMV, for Gripen development, support and maintenance through 2016. The orders entails an initial order of SEK 3.6 billion plus options for additional orders amounting to a maximum of SEK 2 billion until December 2016. (Total approx. equal to US $809.6M including options.) The [...]
