DefenceTalkSyrian Air Force Mikoyan MiG-29 (NATO reporting name: Fulcrum) fighter jets are performing sorties with medium-range air-to-air missiles of the R-77 (AA-12 Adder) family. Syrian Radio & TV Agency has broadcasted a video showing the attaching of an air-launched weapon of this type to a MiG-29 plane. The video shows a R-77-family missile (most probably, […]https://www.defencetalk.com/syrian-mig-29-fighter-jets-performing-sorties-with-r-77-missiles-68382/

DefenceTalkChinese Defense Ministry spokesman Yang Yujun has declined to comment information that Russia will deliver four Sukhoi Su-35 (NATO reporting name: Flanker-E) fighter jets to China before the year-end. “Russia and China continue cooperating in the sphere of combat aircraft,” he said at a regular briefing conference. “Bilateral interaction in the aviation and other spheres […]https://www.defencetalk.com/china-declines-to-comment-on-russian-su-35-fighter-jet-delivery-68318/

DefenceTalkTyphoon provides air-to-air superiority which is unmatched by any other available aircraft, and has well-defined and combat-proven air-to-surface capabilities which will continue to evolve to meet the emerging threats of the future. With eight established customers, the aircraft will remain the backbone of Europe’s combat air capability for the foreseeable future. Belgium requires an advanced, […]https://www.defencetalk.com/bae-details-eurofighter-typhoon-offer-for-belgium-68301/

DefenceTalkFrench fighter jets took off from the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle on Friday for an operation against the Islamic State group in its Iraqi stronghold of Mosul, an officer said. Eight jets took off from the carrier in the eastern Mediterranean, an AFP photographer on the flight deck reported. The Charles de Gaulle is […]https://www.defencetalk.com/french-fighter-jets-on-mission-against-isis-in-mosul-68263/

DefenceTalkSenior Japanese and U.S. government officials joined Lockheed Martin to celebrate the roll out of the first Japan Air Self Defense Force (JASDF) F-35A Lightning II, marking a major milestone in Japan’s enhanced national defense and strengthening the future of the U.S-Japan security alliance. The ceremony was attended by more than 400 guests from both […]https://www.defencetalk.com/lockheed-rolls-out-first-f-35a-for-japan-air-self-defense-force-68232/

DefenceTalkWith the deal for 36 Rafale jets in kitty, Dassault Aviation CEO Eric Trappier today said the French company is game for the ‘Make in India’ initiative and open to manufacturing the fighter aircraft in India if the plane is shortlisted for a bigger order. He said that with the Indian contract going through, the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/open-to-manufacturing-rafale-in-india-dassault-ceo-68230/

DefenceTalkIndia may have just spent billions of dollars on hi-tech French fighter jets, but experts say it needs to do a lot more if it is going to face up to an increasingly assertive China. The world’s top defence importer has signed several big-ticket deals as part of a $100-billion upgrade since Hindu nationalist Prime […]https://www.defencetalk.com/india-needs-more-than-rafale-jets-to-match-china-experts-68215/

DefenceTalkIndia signed a formal agreement Friday to buy 36 Rafale fighter jets from France’s Dassault for a reported $8.8 billion, one of its biggest defence deals in decades. India’s Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar and his French counterpart Jean-Yves Le Drian signed the agreement at a ceremony in New Delhi after years of tortuous negotiations between […]https://www.defencetalk.com/india-signs-8-8bn-deal-to-buy-36-french-rafale-fighter-jets-68212/

DefenceTalkA contract for the serial production of the fifth-generation T-50 PAK FA fighter jet at the Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aircraft Plant is planned to be signed before the end of 2017, Governor of Russia’s Khabarovsk Territory Vyacheslav Shport said. “A contract for the production of the first batch of T-50 PAK FA fighter jets for Russia’s Defense […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-may-start-producing-t-50-fighters-in-late-2017-68195/

DefenceTalkBoeing accused the Danish government Thursday of overseeing a “fundamentally flawed” process to replace its fleet of fighter jets which saw the US defence giant lose out to competitor Lockheed Martin. In June, Denmark decided to replace its ageing fleet of F-16s with 27 US-built Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II fighters in a deal valued […]https://www.defencetalk.com/boeing-challenges-denmarks-choice-of-fighter-jets-68174/