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Argentina's FAdeA resumes IA-100 trainer programme

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  Argentina's FAdeA resumes IA-100 trainer programme by  Santiago Rivas Argentine state aircraft factory FAdeA has resumed its IA-100B basic trainer programme with the signing on 24 August of an agreement with the Financial Aid Institute of the Armed Forces to finance the project. The IA-100B programme was initiated in 2015 with a technology demonstrator, but came to a halt a year later. A schematic of FAdeA’s IA-100 trainer, which is the factory’s first programme to reach the prototype stage since the IA-63 Pampa was developed in the 1980s. (FAdeA) The aircraft, which originally had a two-seat, side-by-side configuration, has now evolved into a three-seat configuration (two in the front row and one in the rear) with a complete redesign of the cabin and other sections. The restart of the project follows the Argentine Air Force issuing this May an operational requirement for a basic trainer to cover the training stages between the Tecnam P2006 and the AT-6C Texan II training ai...
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Ukraine adopts Neptune coastal defence missile

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  Ukraine adopts Neptune coastal defence missile by  Mikhail Zhirohov Defence Minister Andriy Taran approved the adoption of the RK-360MC Neptune coastal defence missile by the nation’s armed forces on 23 August based on the results of its state trials. The Ukrainian armed forces are adopting the Neptune coastal defence missile. (Ukroboronprom) The RK-360MC is a land-based cruise missile system armed with the R-360 anti-ship missile designed to destroy warships, landing ships, and transports operating both independently and in groups, landing units, and coastal radio-contrast targets in normal and difficult meteorological conditions any time of the day and year in face of enemy fire and electronic countermeasures. The ground platform is a modified KrAZ-7634NE all-wheel drive 8×8 chassis with a 460 hp engine and automatic transmission. The platform carries four transport and launch containers with missiles. Plans call for a battalion-size RK-360MC division to include six unifie...
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New footage of Iran's Khorramshahr missile test released

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  New footage of Iran's Khorramshahr missile test released by  Jeremy Binnie New footage has emerged showing a Khorramshahr, Iran’s most powerful ballistic missile, being tested with the small re-entry vehicle (RV) that extends its range and possibly its accuracy. A still from the latest test footage shows the launch of a Khorramshahr missile fitted with a small RV. (Fars News Agency) The Fars News Agency released the footage on 16 August and reported that it showed the missile’s RV hitting a 40 m 2  target area. The launch appeared to take place at a different location from the Khorramshahr test seen in footage that appears to have been first shown at the Eghtedar-40 exhibition held in Tehran in February 2019. The missile was painted in the same colours in the two videos, which were filmed from different angles, but the background terrain was not the same. France, Germany, and the UK submitted a joint letter to the Security Council in March 2019 saying a Khorramshahr wit...
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China reveals details about 500 kg gliding sub-munitions dispenser

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  China reveals details about 500 kg gliding sub-munitions dispenser by  Gabriel Dominguez Chinese state-owned media have revealed details about a 500 kg unpowered, gliding sub-munitions dispenser developed for use by People’s Liberation Army (PLA) aircraft. CCTV 7 provided details about a 500 kg gliding sub-munitions dispenser for use by PLA aircraft. (CCTV 7 via Weibo) In a 15 August news report the China Central Television 7 (CCTV 7) channel stated that the guided stand-off weapon, which is very similar in appearance to the Y6-J (also known as CS/BBC5) Guided Glider Aerial Bomb displayed at the Airshow China 2018 defence exhibition in Zhuhai, has a gliding range of about 60 km and has been designed as a fire-and-forget weapon that is capable of delivering at least six different types of sub-munitions to strike a variety of targets. CCTV 7 reported that the aerodynamically shaped dispenser, which resembles the US-made AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapon (JSOW), can carry up to 240...
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Libya is turning into a battle lab for air warfare

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  Libya is turning into a battle lab for air warfare By:  Tom Kington      5 days ago 503 103   The U.S. military in June published imagery that officials said show Russian aircraft being used to support private military companies sponsored by the Russian government to fight in the Libyan war. (U.S. Defense Department) ROME — During Libya’s proxy war this year, the skies over the North African country have filled with Turkish and Chinese drones, Russian MiG 29s and Sukhoi 24s and Emirati Mirage 2000s — reportedly — with Turkish F-16s and Egyptian Rafales waiting in the wings. Russian air defense systems have taken down drones while fighters, civilians and air bases have been bombed by jets as C-130s and Turkish A400M aircraft keep up deliveries of new weaponry and fighters into the country. In short, Libya has been transformed this year into something of an air warfare laboratory, begging the question, what exactly is going on, who is winning and what has t...
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Netherlands resumes NH90 flights, finds wreck of crashed helicopter

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  Netherlands resumes NH90 flights, finds wreck of crashed helicopter by  Nicholas Fiorenza The Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) has resumed flights with its NH90 helicopters after they were grounded following the crash of one into the Caribbean Sea on 19 July, Dutch Defence Minister Ank Bijleveld-Schouten told parliament on 7 August. Meanwhile, the wreck of the crashed RNLAF NH90 has been found. The RNLAF has resumed flights with its NH90 helicopters after they were grounded following the crash of one into the Caribbean Sea on 19 July. (Dutch MoD) The Dutch Ministry of Defence (MoD) said on its website on 7 August that the RNLAF saw no reason to continue the grounding of its NH90s after the initial investigation by the Inspectie Veiligheid Defensie (IVD, Defence Safety Inspectorate) and Onderzoeksraad voor Veiligheid (Dutch Safety Board, OVV) found it was unlikely that the crash was caused by a technical or mechanical failure. Bijleveld-Schouten told parliament on 20 July ...
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These three companies submitted bids for Canada’s fighter competition

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These three companies submitted bids for Canada’s fighter competition By:  Valerie Insinna      2 days ago 626   Capt. Matthew Kutryk, Royal Canadian Air Force pilot, flies a specially painted CF-18 Hornet commemorating Canada’s 150th Anniversary of Confederation during the Wings Over Wayne Air Show on May 21, 2017, at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C. (Airman 1st Class Christopher Maldonado/U.S. Air Force) WASHINGTON — The bids are in for  Canada’s fighter competition , and three companies will go head-to-head for the chance to build 88 new jets. The Canadian government  on Friday confirmed  that the field is down to two American entrants —  Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Joint Strike Fighter  and  Boeing’s F/A-18E/F Super Hornet  — as well as Swedish aerospace manufacturer Saab’s Gripen E. All companies submitted proposals before the July 31 deadline. The contest is scheduled to be decided in 2022, with the first aircraft delivery...
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