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Ukraine has shot down 10 Russian warplanes in 10 days: nine of Russia's best Sukhoi Su-34 and Sukhoi Su-35 fighter-bombers and also a rare Beriev A-50 radar plane. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The United States has developed and procured two fifth-generation fighters incorporating stealth or low radar-observable attributes, the F-22 Raptor and the F-35 Lightning II. These two aircraft demonstrate the inherent [...]

The F-14 Tomcat was a vulnerable target, flying low over war-torn Bosnia-Herzegovina. The threat of being shot out of the sky loomed over the mission. At such low altitudes, Bill [...]

The article focuses on market for active electronically scanned array (AESA) radars is expanding. Topics include fitting light fighters with AESA radars and albeit in smaller versions, the most capable models will enable small nations to deploy credible assets at reasonable prices, and the AESA radars can potentially overcome notionally superior classes of third- and fourth generation fighters has equipped with obsolete sensor suites.

The article reports the signing of a £123 million agreement in January 2017 by British prime minister Theresa May and Turkish prime minister Binali Yildirim with regard to the development of the Turkish fighter plane called TF­-X. Topics discussed include the plan of aerospace company BAE Systems to dispatch 120 engineers to Ankara, Turkey to work on the project and the development of avionics and active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar by the Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI).

Byline: Garrett Reim The US Air Force has declared that the Northrop Grumman AN/APG-83 scalable agile beam radar has met full operational readiness for use on the Air National Guard's [...]

AN/APG-83 Scalable Agile Beam Radar (SABR) upgrades continue for Guard, reserve and active-duty fighters The U.S. Air Force has met Full Operational Capability (FOC) readiness for Northrop Grumman CorporationÃÆs AN/APG-83 [...]

Byline: GARRETT REIM The US Air Force (USAF) is working towards a goal of being able to dramatically accelerate the speed at which the Lockheed Martin F-16's software can be [...]

Byline: CRAIG HOYLE Saab's Gripen E test fleet recently passed the combined 300 flight hour milestone, the company says. 'We're now shifting focus to more testing of tactical systems and [...]

Byline: Craig Hoyle Saab's Gripen E test fleet recently passed the combined 300 flight hour milestone, the company says, as the programme moves into more advanced territory. Saab's Gripen E [...]

Byline: Greg Waldron The Indonesian air force has conducted the maiden flight of an upgraded Lockheed Martin F-16A fighter. The Indonesian air force has conducted the maiden flight of an [...]

Byline: GARRETT REIM Work to install an active electronically scanned array radar on a first US Air National Guard (ANG) Lockheed Martin F-16 has finished at Joint Base Andrews in [...]

Byline: GARRETT REIM US Air Force The US Air Force (USAF) is requesting information on potential modifications to the Northrop Grumman Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile-Extended Range (AARGM-ER), to make the [...]

These are exciting times for defense geeks in Pakistan as the advanced JF-17 Block III prototype has completed its test flight. Although it was only a prototype with quite a [...]

Byline: Garrett Reim An Air National Guard F-16 recently received the fleet's first active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland. An Air National Guard F-16 [...]

Scalable Agile Beam Radar (SABR) upgrades planned for Air National Guard fighters to meet Joint Emergent Operational Need The U.S. Air Force has completed installation of Northrop Grumman Corporation's AN/APG-83 [...]

Byline: CRAIG HOYLE Germany appears poised to advance a joint programme with Spain to equip the nations' later-model Eurofighters with active electronically scanned array (AESA) radars, as Berlin also nears [...]

Northrop Grumman Corporation has delivered its 500th AN/APG-81 fire control radar for the F-35 Lightning II. The Northrop Grumman AN/APG-81 active electronically scanned array is the cornerstone of the F-35's [...]

Lockheed Martin was awarded a $184.58M cost-plus-fixed-fee, cost-plus-incentive-fee, fixed-price-incentive-firm, firm-fixed-price modification to a previously awarded fixed-price incentive firm contract to establish organic depot level repair capabilities for F-35 systems under [...]

Byline: GARRETT REIM The US State Department has approved a $4.5 billion package of upgrades for 98 Mitsubishi F-15J air superiority fighters operated by the Japan Air Self-Defence Force. On [...]

Byline: JEFF SUNG While KAI's aspiration to develop a home-grown advanced combat jet is progressing, the complexities of its AESA radar and Indonesia's contribution remain significant challenges South Korea's ambitious [...]

South Korea's ambitious plans to develop an indigenous fighter continue apace, with the stage set for production of a prototype to begin by 2021. By Jeff Sung/Seoul South Korea's ambitious [...]

Air-to-Air missile, ASTRA, has been successfully flight tested on September 16, 2019 off the coast of Odisha. The missile was launched from Su-30 MKI as a part of User trials. [...]

Byline: contractGARRETT REIM LOS ANGELES Raytheon is to replace the mechanically scanned radar design currently used by the US Air Force's (USAF's) Boeing B-52H strategic bombers with an active electronically [...]

Byline: Grant Turnbull Italian electronic warfare specialist Elettronica - which provides key systems for platforms such as the Eurofighter Typhoon as part of the EuroDASS consortium - is displaying its [...]

Tokyo will end its search for the Lockheed Martin F-35A that crashed into the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of Japan on 9 April.Attributing the decision to defence minister [...]

Byline: Garrett Reim The radar wake of a Japanese F-35A stealth fighter disappeared over the Pacific Ocean about 73nm (135km) east of Misawa air base on 9 April at 19:27 [...]

Byline: Garrett Reim The Department of Defense has reportedly halted the delivery of Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II parts and manuals to Turkey after Ankara refused to cancel an order [...]

Company's fifth-generation, platform-agnostic Scalable Agile Beam Radar (SABR) available for fighters, bombers and other aircraft platforms Northrop Grumman Corporation has successfully integrated the advanced AN/APG-83 SABR system onto multiple configurations [...]

Lockheed Martin received a contract for phase II of the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet Block II Infrared Search and Track (IRST) program for the U.S. Navy, awarded by aircraft prime contractor [...]

The article presents information related to the field of aeronautics. Northrop Grumman Corp. is developing a new S-band active electronically scanned array radar. Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co. completed ground vibration testing of the first pre-production F-35A Joint Strike Fighter on April 30. UAL Corp. is consolidating its airport operations and cargo divisions in an ongoing effort to streamline operations and gain cost savings.

The article reports on the contract awarded by the U.S. Air Force (USAF) to defense firm Northrop Grumman Corp. to build 13 AN/APG-83 active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar systems for its F-16 jet fighter aircraft fleet.

The article discusses the major advances in radar and missile technology development in the U.S. Topics covered include the popularity of the use of pulsed power the early part of the 1950s as well as the launch of digital computer in the early 1960s. Also mentioned is the use of digital signal processing systems in missiles in the 1980s.