U.S. Soldiers of 2nd Battalion, 159th Aviation Regiment, 12th Combat Aviation Brigade take off in an AH-64D Apache Longbow helicopter while conducting flight operations during exercise Allied Spirit at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany, Jan. 27, 2015. Exercise Allied Spirit includes more than 2,000 participants from Canada, Hungary, Netherlands, U.K. and the […]

Embraer’s KC-390 made its first flight on Feb. 3 with test pilots Mozart Louzada and Marcos Salgado de Oliveira Lima at the controls along with flight test engineers Raphael Lima and Roberto Becker.

New photo of Changhe Z-18 is a medium transport helicopter developed by Changhe Aircraft Industries Corporation (CAIC). alert5.com The Z-18 is a single-rotor helicopter with tail rotor and a non-retractable landing gear, thought to be based on the Avicopter AC313, an updated design based on the earlier Harbin Z-8, itself a development of the Aérospatiale […]

The concept of a new Andarkan wheeled armoured vehicles by FNNS (c) Bireysel Katılım

In Ukraine shows off new tracked ground assault vehicle. In Kiev, the first to demonstrate the latest skeleton tracked multifunctional chassis, reports ukraineindustrial.info. The new tracked ground assault vehicle is intended to perform various missions including convoy protection, perimeter defense, surveillance, rescue, border patrol, crowd control, and explosive ordnance disposal. For perimeter defense or crowd […]

President of Ukraine Poroshenko Presented new version of Dozor-B armored car. The Dozor-B is also used by special units of the armed forces (quick reaction forces and military police) to carry out reconnaissance, patrolling, and peace-keeping operations, as well as being used as the main transportation vehicle under combat conditions (including NBC environment). Dozor-B is […]

Last week the Minister of Defense of Colombia, Juan carlos Pinzon, made the presentation of the continue modernizing and transforming to meet the challenges of today and tomorrow for the Colombian Military. An example of this is just seen in the Canton of Buenavista, (La Guajira), where the Ministry of National Defense and the Army […]

Photo of Japan Self-Defense Force Base in Djibouti (East Africa). The mission of a Self-Defense Forces base for anti-piracy operations in Djibouti is expected to be bolstered to include the dispatch of patrol aircraft and the rescue of Japanese civilians in Middle East emergencies, Defense Ministry sources said. The ministry is considering increasing the duties […]

In China, showed a modernized aircraft a two-seat fighter-trainer JL-9 developed by the Guizhou Aviation Industry Import/Export Company (GAIEC) for the People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) and the People’s Liberation Army Naval Air Force (PLANAF). The JL-9’s key improvement over its predecessor, the JJ-7, is the redesigned forward fueslage, most notably the replacement of […]

Photos: Xian Y-20 at Inner Mongolia’s Hulunbuir Hailar airport It was reported last year that the Xian Y-20 military transport will embark on a route-proving program across the country, the #783 prototype turned up at Inner Mongolia’s Hulunbuir Hailar airport on Jan. 21. (c) alert5.com