The Pentagon’s F-35 Program Executive, Lieutenant General Eric Fick, testified on the 13th November, in front of US Congress. In his testimony, he affirmed efforts to procure alternative suppliers to… Continue reading "F-35 Program Executive: Turkey Will Be Phased out by March 2020"
Saab carried out initial flight tests of its forthcoming Electronic Attack Jammer Pod (EAJP) earlier this month on the 4th November. The new pod, part of Saab’s greater electronic warfare… Continue reading "Saab’s New Electronic Warfare Pod Enters Flight Testing"
On 31 October, the Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) received its first Netherlands-based F-35A at Leeuwarden Air Base. The F-35A, tail number F-009, landed at 1530 local time after performing… Continue reading "Royal Netherlands Air Force Receives First Netherlands-Based F-35"
On November 6, the Chief of the Royal Norwegian Air Force (RNoAF), Brigadier General Tonje Skinnarland, declared that the RNoAF’s F-35A fleet has reached initial operating capacity. This follows the… Continue reading "Royal Norwegian Air Force Declares F-35 Initial Operating Capability"
On October 8th, the first Indian Air Force Rafale was formally handed over to the Indian Air Force at a ceremony at Dassault Aviation’s Rafale final assembly facility in Mérignac,… Continue reading "First Indian Air Force Rafale Handed Over"
On September 26, the Korean Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) announced that the Korea Aerospace Industries Korean Fighter-Experimental (KF-X) had successfully passed its critical design review, which was held between… Continue reading "KAI KF-X Program Begins Prototype Construction"
On September 24, the Aerospace Industrial Development Corporation (AIDC) of Taiwan unveiled its T-5 Brave Eagle advanced jet trainer to the public in a ceremony presided over by President Tsai-Ing… Continue reading "Taiwan’s National Advanced Trainer Makes Public Debut"
The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense has advanced its FY2020 Department of Defense funding bill. The subcommittee recommends $992.4 million to purchase eight Boeing F-15EX aircraft for the Air Force,… Continue reading "US Air Force F-15EX Funding Approved"
The Tempest program started the show off right with the announcement that Italy would be joining the program. Now both Italy and Sweden have signed on to collaborate with the… Continue reading "DSEI 2019: Tempest Shown Off with New Family of Weapons"
With over 1,600 exhibitors this year’s Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI) expo is one of the biggest ever. Tempest drew a lot of attention with the display of a… Continue reading "DSEI 2019 Day 1 Highlights"