DefenceTalkThe Air Force took another step forward with its newest fighter jet when an advanced F-35 Lightning II landed at the service’s lead training base, home to the largest fleet of F-35s worldwide. The new stealth fighter kicks off a major training effort at the F-35 schoolhouse on an aircraft with unmatched capabilities. The F-35 […]https://www.defencetalk.com/f-35-fighter-takes-another-step-forward-47726/

DefenceTalkKAI announced on May 6th that the company concluded the contract for mass producing the FA-50, amounting to approximately 1.1 trillion won with The Defense Acquisition Program Administration (“DAPA”). In accordance with the contract, subsequent to the first mass production contract which was signed on 2011, KAI plans to deploy the aircraft (first production portion) […]https://www.defencetalk.com/south-korea-orders-fa-50-fighters-in-1bn-deal-47701/

DefenceTalkTests of Russia’s fifth-generation T-50 fighter jets in the Chkalov state flight test center in Akhtubinsk, Astrakhan Region in south Russia may start in July, Air Force Commander Lt. Gen. Viktor Bondarev said. “In two months,” he said Monday when asked when the center would start tests of such jets, adding that the first serial […]https://www.defencetalk.com/fifth-generation-russian-jet-tests-may-start-in-july-47712/

DefenceTalkUnion Defence Minister A K Antony on Monday said it was not possible to set a time frame for signing the much-awaited deal for the Medium Multi Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) with French company Dassault Aviation. The contract, said to be worth nearly Rs 1 lakh crore, is still at the negotiation stage, a year-and-a-half […]https://www.defencetalk.com/impossible-to-set-time-frame-for-mmrca-deal-antony-47706/

DefenceTalkAn F-16 Fighting Falcon’s radar warning emits an eerie, distinct pattern as the jet soars over the Northern Pacific Ocean, moving closer and closer toward hostile territory. The warning tone means one thing — missiles are inbound. This can end one of two ways: a surface-to-air missile, or SAM, rips through the jet, or the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/misawa-fighter-jets-break-new-training-barriers-47680/

DefenceTalkAdding to the very latest technologies that the Helmet Mounted Symbology System offers along with the night compatible cockpit, the FENN NG2000Ti goggles will provide pilots with x-ray like vision right through the night. Night Vision Goggle trials are ongoing and demonstrate the continued efforts to integrate the latest technologies into the Typhoon system. Nat […]https://www.defencetalk.com/typhoon-test-pilots-begin-night-vision-goggles-trials-47655/

DefenceTalkAffordability remains the priority for the F-35 Lightning II joint strike fighter, the Pentagon’s program executive officer for the Defense Department’s most expensive procurement told Congress yesterday. Air Force Lt. Gen. Christopher C. Bogdan told the Senate Armed Services Committee’s airland subcommittee that the program has made progress, but he acknowledged it is enormously complicated […]https://www.defencetalk.com/affordability-remains-priority-for-joint-strike-fighter-program-47608/

DefenceTalkRussia’s fifth-generation T-50 fighter jet will enter service with the country’s armed forces in 2016, and not 2015 as was previously announced, President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday. “The T-50 fifth generation jet should go into serial production and enter service in 2016,” Putin said at a live Q&A session with the Russian public. The […]https://www.defencetalk.com/new-t-50-fighter-jet-to-enter-service-in-2016-putin-47602/

DefenceTalkRussia will start state flight tests of its fifth-generation T-50 fighter jet in 2014, United Aircraft Corporation’s President Mikhail Pogosyan told reporters on Tuesday. “In 2013 we are expected to wrap up its preliminary tests and start operational testing. In 2014, we are planning to start official state tests,” Pogosyan said on Tuesday, adding “the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russian-t-50-fighter-jet-to-start-state-flight-test-in-2014-47573/

DefenceTalkUS Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel arrived in Riyadh Tuesday to seal a major arms deal that will provide the Saudi kingdom with sophisticated missiles for its American-made fighter jets. Hagel flew in from Jordan after a three-day visit to Israel in his first tour of the region since he took office two months ago. He […]https://www.defencetalk.com/hagel-in-riyadh-as-saudi-us-plan-arms-deal-47567/