July 2022 marks 50 years since the F-15 Eagle heavyweight fighter made its first flight, with the aircraft taking off from Edwards Air Force Base in California as what would become the first fourth generation fighter fielded by a Western air force. The fighter was developed as a successor to the
The German defence sector has gone to considerable lengths to gain a greater market share internationally and compete with entrenched industry leaders such as the United States, Russia and France, albeit often with questionable success. Questions regarding the quality of German armaments have been
Indian media outlets have widely reported that the country’s second battalion of S-400 air defence systems will be deployed on the country’s northern borders facing China, following the activation of the first battalion in December 2021 which was stationed on the western border facing Pakistan. The
As Poland appears set to play an increasingly central role in NATO’s ongoing conflict with Russia, the United States has redeployed F-22 Raptor fifth generation fighters to the 32nd Tactical Air Base in the central Polish city of Lask where they will for the 90th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron in
On July 27 Poland and South Korea formalised a long anticipated landmark agreement on the delivery of over 1500 tanks and self propelled howitzers and 48 fighter jets, which represented the largest arms single export contract signed by the East Asian state as it emerges as a leader on the global arms market. The
Poland and South Korea are reportedly close to finalising a major arms deal which will include the sale of 48 Korean F-50 lightweight fighter jets as well as 850 tanks and self propelled artillery pieces, with the sale marking the latest of several successes for the aircraft which first flew in
In the face of significant Russian gains from the late spring of 2022, one of the most notable new classes of weapons system supplied to the Ukrainian Military by its NATO allies has been the M142 HIMARS rocket artillery system, an asset first introduced into service in 2010 which Ukraine became
The publication of images of a new configuration of China’s J-10 single engine fighter has sparked widespread speculation regarding the aircraft’s purpose, how widely it will be fielded, and what the spine itself houses. The J-10 is a lightweight combat jet currently in production on a larger scale
Developed under the Joint Strike Fighter program, the F-35 was for years the only fighter on order by the U.S. Air Force and is set to be fielded in the thousands by America and its allies. Developed primarily for air to ground missions, the aircraft is one of just two from the new fifth generation
July 2022 marks 80 years since the first flight of the Messerschmitt Me 262 fighter using jet engines, which in an era where piston engines were the industry norm placed the German jet far ahead of its time. Beginning development in the late 1930s before Germany was at war with the Allied Powers,
