After the loss of a British Royal Navy F-35B operating in the Mediterranean Sea in November 2021, an investigation into the incident has raised serious questions regarding the safety of the country’s operations using the aircraft. The investigation’s 148 page report concluded that one of the
The U.S. Military is planning a major expansion of air defence capabilities on the strategically located Pacific Island of Guam, which hosts leading Navy and Air Force facilities vital to America’s ability to project power into the region as well as a growing Marine presence. Guam Naval Base and
Russia’s Su-57 next generation fighter has begun to integrate a new radio communications suite secured by artificial intelligence, which was designed to improve information transmission between aircraft and ground-based systems operating on very high frequency wavebands. The Russian state owned
The Polish Defence Ministry has confirmed that it will further increase its force deployments on its border with neighbouring Belarus, which has become increasingly tense from 2020 as relations between Minsk and the Western Bloc have deteriorated and moreso from early 2022 as Russia increased its
Russia has begun development of a new aerospace control system able to effectively monitor low speed and compact unmanned aircraft, after the Ukrainian Military launched successful strikes on Russian targets including the capital Moscow using such assets repeatedly. CEO of the Rostec state owned
The Belgian Defence Ministry has refused deliveries of the first to F-35A stealth fighters ordered in October 2018, with the aircraft reportedly found to be “technically unsatisfactory” and requiring further software improvements before meeting the Air Force’s standards. Belgium was notably not a
The Russian Aerospace Forces are set to complete state testing of the S-70 Okhotnik unmanned stealth fighter by the end of 2023, according to a source close to the service’s command who spoke to state media anonymously. “Under the current plans, Okhotnik’s government trials are to be completed
The Russian Air Force in the first week of August deployed its top classes of fighter and combat helicopter the Su-35S and Ka-52 for joint tactical training exercises with the Syrian Arab Army, which was confirmed by the Russian Defence Ministry on August 3. The exercise was the first of its kind
The two most widely produced fighter aircraft in the Western world the fifth generation American F-35 Lighting II fighter and the fourth generation French Rafale are both struggling with wide ranging supply chain issues preventing them from quickly meeting either domestic or foreign demand.
On August 7 the chief executive officer of Russia’s Rostec state owned defence conglomerate Sergey Chemezov reported that production of military helicopters under the State Defence Order had more than doubled, with 296 having been produced in 2022 alone compared to just 134, or 55 percent less, in 2021.
