http://fighterjets.blogsite.org The Military Aviation Blog Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:23:45 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en WASHINGTON, March 25 (Reuters) - Lockheed Martin Corp (LMT.N) is being awarded a U.S. Navy contract add-on worth up to $320 million for "long lead" items used in the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, the Defense Department said Wednesday. Work on the contract is expected to be completed in November 2011. The ... http://fighterjets.blogsite.org/fighter-jet-industry/lockheed-gets-320-mln-us-f-35-aircraft-deal/ NEW DELHI, March 25 (Itar-Tass) - India has cancelled a tender for the purchase abroad of 22 combat helicopters for its Air Force. According to a report published on Wednesday, this has been done because all the three proposals, received from foreign producers, do not meet the quality parameters. According ... http://fighterjets.blogsite.org/helicopters/indian-air-force-cancelled-the-purchase-of-22-combat-helicopters/ March 25 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. Air Force said an F-22A fighter jet crashed today during a test mission in California, the first such accident since the newest stealth aircraft became fully operational in 2007. The pilot, whose condition is unknown, was the only person on board, the Air Force ... http://fighterjets.blogsite.org/latest/us-air-force-lockheed-f-22-crashes-in-california/ (IsraelNN.com) The Israel Air Force achieved near-perfect accuracy in its attacks on targets in Gaza during Operation Cast Lead, a post-war IAF analysis has found. Formal IAF statistics show that fully 99 percent of the fire carried out by the IAF hit its targets accurately, the IDF website reported Monday. For ... http://fighterjets.blogsite.org/latest/israeli-air-force-boasts-99-percent-accuracy-in-cast-lead-strikes/ MOSCOW, March 20 (RIA Novosti) - A prototype of the advanced Su-35 Flanker multi-role fighter plane has conducted its 100th test flight, to complete testing of flight control systems, the Sukhoi aircraft maker said on Friday. According to the company, successful flight tests involving two prototypes have confirmed the earlier-announced timeframe ... http://fighterjets.blogsite.org/fighter-jet-industry/russias-su-35-fighter-prototype-makes-100th-test-flight/ BEIJING (AFP) – China will not remain the world's only major nation without an aircraft carrier indefinitely, state press Monday cited the nation's defence minister as telling his Japanese counterpart. Liang Guanglie made the remarks to visiting Japanese Defence Minister Yasukazu Hamada on Friday, the Oriental Morning Post said, in discussions ... http://fighterjets.blogsite.org/latest/china-tells-japan-it-wants-aircraft-carrier/ Drones and UAVs are a key part of the U.S. Military's reconnaissance gathering capabilities. Drones used for recon are small aircraft that are hard to see on radar and capable of loitering around a target for hours on end without risking the lives of U.S. soldiers in the process. The ... http://fighterjets.blogsite.org/fighter-jet-industry/russia-looks-to-modern-uavs-for-its-military-arsenal/ WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Russian military aircraft flew just 500 feet over two U.S. Navy ships this week as the ships participated in a joint military exercise with South Korea in the Sea of Japan, according to U.S. military officials On Monday, two Russian Ilyushin IL-38 maritime patrol aircraft, known as "Mays," ... http://fighterjets.blogsite.org/latest/russian-planes-again-fly-over-us-navy-ships/ NEW DELHI, March 20 (Xinhua) -- The Indian Air Force (IAF) Friday decided to conduct tests on MiG-29 combat aircraft, barely a month after Russia grounded its own fleet of the fighter planes due to structural defects.     "The IAF will conduct ultra sound examination of certain components of the MiG-29 at ... http://fighterjets.blogsite.org/latest/indian-air-force-to-test-its-mig-29-fleet/ NEW DELHI, March 19 (Xinhua) -- India will acquire Israeli Phalcon radars for its Air Force in May to strengthen the country's air surveillance capabilities, a senior Indian government official said Thursday. "India will get the first consignment of the three Israeli Phalcon Airborne Warning and Control Systems (AWACS) in two ... http://fighterjets.blogsite.org/fighter-jet-industry/indian-air-force-to-get-israeli-phalcon-radar-2/