Category: Notizie Estero

India on Aug. 9 announced a list of 101 defense items that cannot be imported into the country over the next five years. By Nisarg Vyas [GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2], via Wikimedia Commons The items include light combat aircraft, cargo planes and long-range land attack cruise missiles. Each item has a different date in […]

The Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band (NGJ-MB) flew for the first time on Aug. 7 under the right wing of a EA-18G from VX-23. Photo: U.S. Navy Lt. Jonathan Williams, VX-23 test pilot, says the new pod imposed negligible handling issues with the Growler. For more information, hit the Source below Source

The HH-60W Jolly Green II helicopter carried out its first aerial refueling on Aug. 5 by connecting with a HC-130J tanker over southern Alabama. This connection marked the start of two weeks of developmental testing of the aircraft’s aerial refueling abilities by 413th Flight Test Squadron testers and their mission partners, says the press realease. […]

The Israeli Air Force’s second F-35 unit, the 116th Squadron, is now operational. Nicknamed “Lions of the South,” the unit was reactivate in Jan. 16 this year. In order to be certified operational, members of the squadron had to pass an operational fitness inspection which simulates 72 hours of intensive combat. “We worked 24 hours […]

A group of Russian arms dealers had tried to smuggle military aircraft parts to North Korea in 2016 and were arrested by the Russian FSB for it, Kommersant revealed. U.S. Navy / Public domain The components are avionics parts for the MiG-29 and engine spare parts. The items are worth $1 million and one of […]