Air systems

South Korea's long-awaited 4++ generation multi-role fighter is ready. The prototype of the KF-21 Boramae fighter was presented at an official ceremony at the headquarters of the Korean company Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) in Sachon, South Gyeongsang Province.

Criticism of the US stealth fighter of the fifth-generation F-35 does not stop - on international and local level. The F-35 is becoming an unsalvageable project

F-35 vs. F-22 It is easy to compare on paper two fighters from different countries. It is much more challenging to pit against products of the same country

According to the author of the article, Russian interceptors designed for the harsh conditions of the Arctic already have modern navigation, allowing them to "successfully solve the problems in the Arctic region."

On March 19 this year, in the sky over Linköping, Saab Gripen conducted a successful flight test with an aircraft that had been "repaired" by a printed 3D external component.

Since last year, the Ukrainian government has declared its desire for the country to acquire fighter jets in the coming years to blacken Russian MiG-29s. The French portal opex360.com reports that Paris is ready to offer a suitable offer for their Rafal.

The Drive magazine reveals an incident that occurred on March 12 this year with the fifth-generation F-35 fighter of the US Air Force. During a night training flight at the Yuma Range in Arizona, a 25 mm projectile exploded shortly after leaving the barrel of the GAU-22A cannon.

Recently, the chief of staff of the American United States, General Charles Brown, announced the desire of the Air Force to obtain a conditional alternative to the F-16 fighter, made at a qualitatively new level and taking into account modern trends. It is speculated that such an aircraft could be something of a supplement to the fifth generation…

China's aviation industry has a problem: it has two stealth fighters of its own, developed in-house, but the associated engine is still lacking. With the purchase of the Ukrainian company Motor Sitsch, the Chinese wanted to change that. But the deal failed.

The Republic of Korea plans to buy 288 AGM-114R Hellfire missiles from Lockheed Martin in a deal worth a total of $ 26 million. The US State Department announced this after publishing an official announcement on the Defense Security Cooperation Agency website.

A source from the Turkish military-industrial complex did not confirm RIA Novosti's media reports about the delivery to Ukraine of at least 30 Bayraktar TB2 attack drones. According to military experts, these drones could be located in the area of ​​the demarcation zone in Donbas, learned BulgarianMilitary.com.

The US Department of Defense and the Norwegian Ministry of Defense announced the beginning of cooperation in developing a promising solid-fuel ramjet engine that both countries could use in supersonic and hypersonic weapons, learned BulgarianMilitary.com.

Russia will conduct a series of tests on its unmanned stealth aerial vehicle S-70 Okhotnik, BulgarianMilitary.com has learned. According to the Russian news agency RIA Novosti, in the middle of 2021, the Russian stealth drone's second prototype will be released from the Novosibirsk Aviation Plant Chkalov.

Talks with Leonardo are in progress. In service, the M-346s would replace the old Dassault / Dornier Alpha Jet aircraft. At the moment, no detailed information is available on the terms and costs of the transaction.

Will Turkey get access to Russia's most critical military-technical secrets? And why is Ankara teasing Moscow at all with the possibility of concluding a new and costly contract for military equipment purchase?

Syria received dozens of fighter jets from the Russian Federation last year. They are model MiG-29 SMT. We know about the Russian fighter's combat capabilities from this model, but the SMT version differs significantly.

The international media widely covered the F-15EX. In recent months, Washington has focused on him. On March 10, the US Air Force received its first fighter of this type. The plane took off directly from the Boeing St. Louis plant and landed at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida.

The president of the French aviation giant Dassault Aviation Eric Trappier, complained at a press conference about problems with the "European" Next Generation Fighter (NGF) program, which in turn is part of the FCAS (Future Combat Air System) developed by France, Germany, and Spain

According to an informal conversation, he confirmed that Moscow is already developing a Russian drone. UAV Thunder will control a swarm of other drones that are also currently in production - Lightning.

It was one of four B-1B Lancers currently in Norway on an Allied mission during which they operated, among others, together with Norway, Denmark, Germany, and Poland. Also, this is the first time that these machines have been introduced in Norway.