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The country’s Prime Minister issued a statement hours later declaring the agreements are ‘invalid’ as the purchase is yet to be cleared by the Ministry of Finance The Slovak Ministry of Defense announced on Nov. 30 that it had signed three Letters of Offer and Acceptance to buy 14 F-16 Block 70/72s with the U.S. However, the country’s Prime Minister issued...
Lockheed Martin has beaten Saab for the contract to supply new fighter jets to Slovakia. The country will be buying 14 F-16 Block 70/72 aircraft Lockheed Martin has beaten Saab for the contract to supply new fighter jets to Slovakia. The country will be buying 14 F-16 Block 70/72 aircraft. Slovakia’s Ministry of Defense says the package from the U.S. is...
State media claims that AESA radar of A-100 Premier can detect airborne targets out to 600 km, and ships out to 400 km Russia’s A-100 Airborne Warning And Control System (AWACS) has made its maiden flight on Nov. 18, 2017. The new aircraft uses the Il-76MD-90A as its platform and will replace the A-50 fleet eventually. According to Jane's the A-100 Premier,...
In order to get its F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter squadrons to carriers, the U.S. Navy is transferring hundreds of parts from its non-deployed squadrons, decreasing those aircraft’s ability to respond to the call of duty if needed Vice Adm Mike Shoemaker, commander of Naval Air Forces, has warned Congress that he only have 170 F/A-18 Super Hornet strike fighters (or...
Paramount Aerospace Systems will operate them alongside Mirage F1 fleet that was acquired from the South African Air Force in 2006 South African defense contractor Paramount Group has bought four surplus twin seat Dassault Mirage F1B fighter jets from the French government for aggressor training. The group’s subsidiary – Paramount Aerospace Systems – will operate them alongside its single-seat Mirage F1 fleet...
The Su-35 matches or even exceeds the capabilities of the latest upgrades for the F-15 As we have already explained for more than 40 years the F-15C Eagle has defended the skies with a track record of success unlike any other fighter jet in the history of aviation. A claim confirmed by the fact that the Eagle has an unmatched air-to-air...
Moreover 20 F-16 Block 40 aircraft already in service with Royal Bahraini Air Force will be upgraded to F-16V configuration The Trump administration has given Bahrain the clearance to buy 19 new Lockheed Martin F-16V fighter aircraft for around $2.785 billion. Transmittal No: 16-59 from the Defense Security Cooperation Agency also confirmed the upgrade of 20 F-16 Block 40 aircraft already...
The APG-82 AESA radar allows the F-15E Strike Eagle to bridge the gap between the fourth and fifth generation fighting force The 391st Fighter Squadron was among the unit that participated in RED FLAG-Alaska 17-3 at Eielson Air Force Base (AFB), Alaska, from Jul. 31 to Aug. 11, 2017 and its F-15Es were all equipped with the new APG-82 Active...
The AESA radar has been procured from ELTA and will enable Indian Air Force Jaguar attack aircraft to track multiple targets and communicate in multiple frequencies through high bandwidth besides offering high accuracy and resolution As reported by The Hindu, on Aug. 10, 2017 an Indian Air Force (IAF) Jaguar attack aircraft equipped with an Israeli active electronically scanned array...
Eight AESA radars will be retrofitted to F-16s assigned to the Oklahoma Air National Guard at Tulsa. The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base has awarded a $243.9 million contract to Northrop Grumman for 72 Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radars. Eight radars will be retrofitted to F-16s assigned to the Oklahoma Air National Guard...
