SU-75 Called the Checkmat Fighter
Source: Asia Times with Additional Inputs The annual MAKS aerospace show kicked off its 2021 installment at Zhukovsky Airport outside Moscow – not with a bang, but with multiple bangs. Continue Reading
Rafael networks Python-5 short-range air-to-air missile with Global-Link Software Defined Radio
Rafael Advanced Defense Systems has enhanced its fifth-generation Python-5 short-range air-to-air missile with the company’s Global Link software-defined radio (SDR) system. Using Multi-Channel Reception (MCR) technology, Global Link simultaneously supports legacy (AM/FM) communication and advanced MANET waveforms with high-capacity data, digital voice, video, and automatic multiple relays to create a tactical network between fast-jets that not only delivers enhanced airborne situational awareness but also provides an uplink to Rafael’s Python-5 and other AAMs.
Around two dozen Chinese fighter jets carried out exercise opposite Eastern Ladakh, India watched closely
With India and China engaged in a military standoff for more than a year now, the Chinese Air Force recently carried out a big aerial exercise from its airbases opposite Eastern Ladakh which was watched Continue Reading
Boost for ‘AatmaNirbhar Bharat’: DAC approves Air Defence guns, ammunition for Army worth Rs 6,000 crore
The DAC accorded approval of procurement of Air Defence Guns and Ammunition at an approx. cost of Rs 6,000 crore under the Buy & Make (Indian) category. The defence ministry Continue Reading
Israel’s operation against Hamas was the world’s first AI war: Israeli Media
The IDF used artificial intelligence and supercomputing during the last conflict with Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Having relied heavily on machine learning, the Israeli military is calling Operation Guardian Continue Reading
A point for HAL Nashik to ponder: What after Sukhoi-30MKI fighters?
HAL’s Nashik division is now scrabbling for orders that would occupy its 4,190 skilled personnel at Nashik and 3,100 at Koraput (Odisha), where Russian aircraft engines are built.
Longer duration tests of HSTDV in the pipeline
DRDO to aims to demonstrate 12 minutes of sustained flight at Mach 6 speed, which will cover 2 km per sec to achieve desired goals of the 1500km range of the missile system over the next few years.