Yearly Archives: 2021
Asia Pacific
As The UK ‘Revives’ Its Diego Garcia Naval Base, Is London Set To Join QUAD Nations To Challenge China?
As PM Narendra Modi attends the QUAD Summit in Washington DC with US President Joe Biden and Japanese and Australian Prime Ministers Yoshihide Suga...
Americas
Narendra Modi, Joe Biden Agree On Shared Fight Against Terrorism During 1st In-Person Meeting
Indian PM Narendra Modi and US President Joe Biden committed to taking concerted action against terrorism during their first in-person meeting at the White...
Americas
VIRAL Again: Mid-Air Collision Caught On Camera As Pilot, Passengers Jump-Off The Aircraft
A video clip that shows pilots and passengers onboard a skydiving plane jumping off seconds before a disastrous mid-air collision has again gone viral...
Asia Pacific
China’s ‘Most Capable’ Strike Fighter Jet Gets Deadlier With Twin EW Pods Capable Of Jamming Enemy Radars, AWACS
China's J-16 fighter jet will soon appear in a new avatar, which is reportedly capable of destroying enemy radar installations and early-warning aircraft.
US Air...
South Asia
‘Not Purchasing Pakistani JF-17s’ — Argentina Shoots Down Media Reports Over Fighter Jet Acquisition
Argentina's Defense Ministry has issued a statement dismissing media reports that the country decided to purchase a dozen of Chinese-Pakistani-made JF-17 fighter jets.
Why China’s...
Americas
US Navy, Air Force Order 16 More F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Jets From Lockheed Martin – Pentagon
The US Navy and Air Force have ordered from Lockheed Martin another 16 F-35 Joint Strike Fighter jets costing more than $1 billion in...
Americas
F-117 Nighthawk: US Air Force Confirms It’s Bringing World’s First Stealth Fighter ‘Back In Action’
The US Air Force (USAF) has confirmed that the country's first stealth fighter, the F-117 Nighthawk, which was retired more than a decade ago,...
South Asia
India Goes Big On Defense Acquisition; Orders 118 Indigenous Arjun Tanks, 56 C-295MW Military Planes From Airbus
India has placed an order for 56 C-295MW transport aircraft with the Spanish branch of Airbus Defense and Space, the country's defense ministry said...
Americas
Japan’s 6th-Gen Fighter Jet: After US’ Lockheed & Northrop, Tokyo Now Looks To Join UK-Led Tempest Program
As tensions rise with China over the Senkaku Islands (or Diaoyu in Chinese), Japan seems to have accelerated its sixth-generation fighter program through another...
Americas
Turkey Lobbying Hard To Acquire F-35 Stealth Fighter Jets After Expulsion Over S-400 Deal With Russia
Turkey, which was kicked out of the US F-35 Joint Strike Program in 2019, seems to be lobbying hard to get back the deal....
South Asia
New Delhi ‘Seals The Deal’ With Airbus To Acquire C-295 Military Aircraft For The Indian Air Force
India has signed a contract with Airbus Defence and Space for the procurement of 56 C-295 transport aircraft for the Indian Air Force.
Vintage Tech,...
Expert Reviews
Vintage Tech, Buddy Culture Major Reasons For Indian Army Helicopter Crashes – Military Aviation Expert
The Indian Army Aviation Corps (AAC) witnessed its third helicopter crash this year, and the second crash in a span of six weeks. Five...
Expert Reviews
Iran, China & Russia Set To Amplify Their Presence In The ‘Arabian Gulf’; Will US Rethink Its Middle East Strategy?
OP-ED by Rebecca Cantor
Over the past few months, Iran has steadily increased its presence in the Arabian Gulf with recent attacks signaling a building...
Americas
India’s ‘Big Ticket’ MQ-9 Reaper Drone Deal ‘Stuck’ With The US; Can PM Modi Fast-Track The Acquisition?
Indian PM Narendra Modi, who is on a three-day visit to the US, met with General Atomics Chief Executive Officer Vivek Lall on Thursday...
Americas
US Air Force Adopts Augmented Reality To Train Its Fighter Pilots ‘Dogfight’ Chinese, Russian Jets
The US Air Force (USAF) has been experimenting with integrating high-tech solutions into its pilot training routine in view of a resource crisis the...
Americas
‘Black Hawk Down’: Will US’ Iconic Helicopters Be Replaced With ‘Super Chopper’ – Defiant-X For Indo-Pacific Ops?
Sikorsky-Boeing and Bell have formally entered the US Army’s Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) program that aims to replace the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter.
Lightning...
Americas
Shrouded In Secrecy, US Finally Confirms ‘Big Development’ On Next-Gen Stealth Bomber – The B-21 Raider
One of the US Air Force's (USAF) most ambitious aircraft programs, B-21 stealth bombers, is moving on the right track. There are five B-21...
Europe
Tata, Airbus To Ink Deal Worth A Whopping $2.9B To Make Military Aircraft For The Indian Air Force
The Indian Air Force (IAF) has long been looking to replace the 56 aging Avro transport aircraft that it procured in the 1960s. The...
Americas
Boeing F-15EX Fighter Jets Pitched To Indian Air Force To Have Indigenously Developed Aerostructures?
US giant Boeing has awarded a contract to manufacture aerostructures of its newest tactical fighter F-15EX 'Eagle II' to an Indian company. The move...
Americas
Lightning Aircraft Carriers, ‘Super’ Fighter Jets; US Mulls Complete Change In Strategy To Counter China
As the US re-orients itself to conventional warfare amid a new "Great Power" contest with Russia and China after decades of fighting unconventional wars,...
