Sri Lanka Air Force Commander Air Marshal Sudarshana Pathirana has disclosed that his service is in talks with Israel to overhaul five Kfir fighters. Chamal Pathirana, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Pathirana added that the cabinet has allocated $49 million for the upgrade. The talks will be finalized this month. He added that two […]
Philippine telecommunications tycoon Manny V. Pangilinan has donated a second-hand Bo 105 helicopter the the Army. The acceptance ceremony took place in Camp Aguinaldo on Jan. 7. It will be operated by the Aviation “Hiraya” Regiment. For more information, hit the Source below Source
A demonstration by the U.S. Air Force Test Center on Dec. 15 proved that Small Diameter Bombs (SDBs) fitted each with a collaborative autonomy payload were able to established communication with each other and identify the two highest priority targets. Photo: U.S. Air Force The demonstration is part of the Golden Horde program to build […]
India is close to sign the contracts to buy 56 C295 transport aircraft from Airbus and 83 LCA fighters from Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL). Photo: Airbus Airbus will partner with Tata Advanced Systems Limited to deliver the aircraft to the Indian Air Force. For more information, hit the Source below Source
The Japanese government has decided that it needs to start looking for an alternative site to bed down the new MV-22 Ospreys that it has bought. The original plan was to deploy the tilt-rotors at Saga City but officials had difficulties acquiring land need for expansion from the local fisheries cooperative. It will now search […]