Collimatrix Posted June 16, 2016 Report Share Posted June 16, 2016 The PLAAF appears to be taking initial deliveries of the Y-20 transport: While not as sexy as a new fighter, the Y-20 will give the PLA an enormous improvement in their force-projection ability. Especially once they get some proper engines on there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belesarius Posted June 17, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2016 VPAF is missing a Flanker. Local fisherman reported an aircraft crash in the area. http://alert5.com/2016/06/14/vpaf-su-30mk2-missing/ Oh shit. Looks like they lost one of the search aircraft too. Shit luck for VPAF. http://alert5.com/2016/06/17/vietnamese-c212-goes-missing-while-searching-for-su-30mk2v-pilot/ Edit: China sending 4 ships to help in the search. http://alert5.com/2016/06/17/china-has-sent-four-naval-ships-to-look-for-missing-vietnamese-airmen/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belesarius Posted June 22, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 22, 2016 JSOW C-1 variant has reached IOC. http://www.janes.com/article/61636/jsow-c-1-achieves-ioc This is the JSOW that has the ability to hit moving targets, more specifically designated as an anti-ship variant of the JSOW. JSOW C-1 is fully networked and can be switched between targets mid flight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belesarius Posted June 26, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2016 BraMos missile finally flight tested on an IAF Su-30. http://www.brahmos.com/pressRelease.php?id=65 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belesarius Posted July 4, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 4, 2016 This sounds like a pretty big deal if it works. Carrier landings are hard as fuck. Anything that makes that significantly easier is going to reduce wear and tear on airframes and lower stress levels for pilots. http://www.navytimes.com/story/military/2016/07/03/navy-fighters-one-upgrade-away-changing-carrier-aviation-forever/86521216/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scolopax Posted July 4, 2016 Report Share Posted July 4, 2016 This sounds like a pretty big deal if it works. Carrier landings are hard as fuck. Anything that makes that significantly easier is going to reduce wear and tear on airframes and lower stress levels for pilots. http://www.navytimes.com/story/military/2016/07/03/navy-fighters-one-upgrade-away-changing-carrier-aviation-forever/86521216/ It's called MAGIC CARPET, and — don't laugh — it stands for Maritime Augmented Guidance with Integrated Controls for Carrier Approach and Recovery Precision Enabling Technologies Jeez Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belesarius Posted July 5, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 5, 2016 BAE Systems working on 'growing' UAVs, and developing hypersonic engines. The growing UAVs/parts thing sounds interesting. http://www.janes.com/article/61966/bae-systems-reveals-advanced-r-d-concepts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collimatrix Posted July 8, 2016 Report Share Posted July 8, 2016 Airbus, German government discuss requirements of a next-generation platform. Sexy concept art Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collimatrix Posted July 9, 2016 Report Share Posted July 9, 2016 I don't know which is stranger, that there's a youtube video of a sock puppet explaining the difference between air to air missiles... or that it's actually pretty good: Sturgeon, Belesarius, Scolopax and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoooSeR Posted July 12, 2016 Report Share Posted July 12, 2016 Sweden AirForces adopted Meteor long range (~100km) AA missile. Developed by MBDA since 2003, missile was supposed to be used by the French Air Force, the UK, Sweden, Germany, Spain and Italy. The first launch of the rocket by French Air Force was done in April 30, 2015 as a part of the development of the F3-R Rafale fighter. Adoption into service of a new missile it is directly connected with the installation of the new RBE2 radar. The first Meteor planned to be received by the Air Force and the French Navy in 2018. The rocket also will be standard equipment for Typhoon since P2E modification (completion of the integration is expected in 2017). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belesarius Posted July 15, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2016 Brimstone 2 entering service with the Brits, Apache trials starting. http://www.janes.com/article/62277/farnborough-2016-brimstone-2-enters-service-begins-apache-trials Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar Binkov Posted July 21, 2016 Report Share Posted July 21, 2016 I don't know which is stranger, that there's a youtube video of a sock puppet explaining the difference between air to air missiles... or that it's actually pretty good: Hey, sock puppets are people too! Anyway, I'm glad you liked it. Of course there's a lot of gray area and conjecture in that video, but that's infotainment I guess. It's still researched as much as possible, given the limited publicly available information. Belesarius, Sturgeon and Toxn 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperComrade Posted July 21, 2016 Report Share Posted July 21, 2016 I'm going to assume the differences are going to be even more marked with the R-27s used by the VVS? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belesarius Posted July 22, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 22, 2016 LRASM tested from a moving ship. Works in a Mk 41 VLS. https://news.usni.org/2016/07/20/lrasm-scores-ship-launch-test Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturgeon Posted July 24, 2016 Report Share Posted July 24, 2016 This seems like a pretty good article on B-21/LRS-B: http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/americas-lethal-new-b-21-vs-the-b-2-stealth-bomber-15352 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belesarius Posted July 26, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2016 New really big seaplane from China. "An official news agency says China has unveiled the world's largest amphibious aircraft that Beijing plans to use for marine missions and fighting forest fires. The Xinhua News Agency said the AG600 rolled off a production line in Zhuhai in southern China on Saturday. It measures 37 meters (121 feet) in length with a wingspan of 39 meters (128 feet)." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoooSeR Posted August 6, 2016 Report Share Posted August 6, 2016 Test flights of the "Altair" UAV started in the middle of July in Kazan, reported Tatarstan's "Business online". This is first "heavy" UAV designed in Russia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belesarius Posted August 6, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 6, 2016 JSDF to put in place permanent shoot down orders for NK missiles. http://alert5.com/2016/08/06/jsdfs-current-order-to-shoot-down-incoming-n-korean-missile-to-be-permanent/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collimatrix Posted August 10, 2016 Report Share Posted August 10, 2016 Southfront is predictably bullish about Sukhoi products: Alas, they get some important details wrong. And they put canards on the F-22 for some reason. The baseline N011 radar was a mechanically scanned, planar array radar. N011M was a PESA, based on experience with the N007 PESA set in the MiG-31. This was later developed into the more powerful N035 Irbis-E PESA in the SU-35. Russian AESA sets are a comparatively recent development. The first Russian fighter to get AESA will probably be the MIG-35 (some sources say it already has AESA, I am not sure). Supposedly the AESA set that will equip the PAK-FA is derived from the N035, although I'm not sure how that is possible. PESA and AESA work quite differently, and I'm not convinced it is feasible to develop one into the other. On the other hand, designing an AESA to replace a PESA so that it has the same physical dimensions and power requirements is just common sense. SU-27/SU-30/SU-35 family designations are a complete mess, and aircraft with slightly different designations may be produced at different factories and have wildly different capabilities (usually due to avionics fit). The year of export isn't even that much of a guide; Russian-built flankers exported to India were vastly more capable aircraft than those initially exported to China, thanks to better avionics fit. The Chinese ones were essentially the same as baseline SU-27s. Newer Chinese flanker clones are probably close to the latest models coming from Russia, although their carrier-based ones are probably better than the Russian carrier-based models simply because they are newer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoooSeR Posted August 10, 2016 Report Share Posted August 10, 2016 Hezbollah/Al-Mukowama weaponized UAV They used those submunitions: Speaking about small UAVs/copters with guns, here is Russian UAV with RPG-26s (can fire in wide arc - horizontally and vertically) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belesarius Posted August 14, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 14, 2016 Time for another launch. http://www.spacex.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoooSeR Posted August 18, 2016 Report Share Posted August 18, 2016 UK opts to acquire third Zephyr pseudo-satellite The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has exercised its option to purchase a third Airbus Defence & Space Zephyr high-altitude pseudo-satellite, which will be acquired under the £13 million ($16.9 million) contract covering the first two examples that was signed in February. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturgeon Posted August 19, 2016 Report Share Posted August 19, 2016 So I have approval from my boss to write an article for TFB on the A-10.How buttmad do you think people will be if I post something about how we should retire it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostCosmonaut Posted August 19, 2016 Report Share Posted August 19, 2016 Catastrophic butthurt. Be sure to mention that the 111 killed more tanks in Desert Storm. Belesarius 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belesarius Posted August 19, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 19, 2016 As an A-10 fanboy, oh my... do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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