Boeing & Airbus Make Up 91% Of Global Commercial Aircraft Fleets

Boeing & Airbus Make Up 91% Of Global Commercial Aircraft Fleets

  U.S. based airlines were far and away the largest aircraft carriers, with American Airlines being the world’s largest airline by fleet size since 2019. Interestingly, Delta Airlines was the largest by revenue in 2020, despite a smaller fleet size. Asia’s largest airline has...
read more
China Navy: Third Modern Aircraft Carrier to Be Launched Soon

China Navy: Third Modern Aircraft Carrier to Be Launched Soon

China will soon have another aircraft carrier. Chinese shipbuilders are currently manufacturing the aircraft carrier at the Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard in Shanghai. It is also noteworthy that this event is steeped in symbolism because the CPC was founded in 1921 ...
read more
The intensity of US strategic bomber flights in Europe has increased some 15 times

The intensity of US strategic bomber flights in Europe has increased some 15 times

The US and NATO have gradually ramped up their activities along Russia’s western borders over the past few years and tensions continue to grow, Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu has said. The minister made the remarks during a meeting of...
read more
Sig Sauer Won The Big NGSW Gun Contract

Sig Sauer Won The Big NGSW Gun Contract

United States Army Awards NGSW Contract to Sig Sauer – Earlier this week, the United States Army announced that it had selected Sig Sauer to produce the Next Generation Squad Weapons (NGSW), which will replace the legacy M4 carbine and M249 light machin...
read more
Gaza – new combat drone becomes fully operational

Gaza – new combat drone becomes fully operational

New Iranian combat drone, called Gaza, has successfully passed flight tests and the unmanned aerial vehicle is now fully operational. The super heavy combat drone, which was unveiled in May last year, has a 21-meter wingspan and a 3,100-kilogram takeoff mass...
read more
U.S. sending Switchblade “Kamikadze” drones to Ukraine

U.S. sending Switchblade “Kamikadze” drones to Ukraine

Ukrainian forces will be armed with Switchblade “kamikaze” loitering drones that target enemy positions from 25 miles away as part of an $800 million US defence aid package. The American-made Switchblade devices are launched like mortar shells and glide th...
read more
NLAW, Javelin, Starstreak: 2,000 pieces of weaponry sent to Ukraine

NLAW, Javelin, Starstreak: 2,000 pieces of weaponry sent to Ukraine

Western countries have sent more than 200,000 pieces of weaponry to Ukraine. From anti-tank missiles to rifles and ammunition, thousands of pieces of equipment have been pledged and sent to help Ukraine in its fight against Russian forces. The UK...
read more
Airline lessors set to lose more than 500 planes and $12 billion

Airline lessors set to lose more than 500 planes and $12 billion

More than 500 aircraft leased to Russian airlines by companies based in the West are in danger of never coming out of Russia. Companies that lease airliners to Russian airlines such as Aeroflot and S7 (airline aircraft are routinely operated...
read more
F-35 Lightning II seconds before crash

F-35 Lightning II seconds before crash

A video has surfaced online showing one of the most advanced US fighter jets, the F-35C Lightning II, crashing into the deck of an aircraft carrier in the South China Sea. The footage, along with a photo showing the wreckage...
read more
Rumor: Iran Bought SU-35 Fighters

Rumor: Iran Bought SU-35 Fighters

Iran has begun training pilots to fly Su-35 fighters. According to the data presented, today we are talking about the training of 32 pilots, which, according to experts, indicates that Tehran has decided to purchase 24 to 32 Su-35 fighters...
read more
US Navy Tests New Laser Weapon Off Yemen Coast

US Navy Tests New Laser Weapon Off Yemen Coast

The US Navy tested an advanced laser weapon near Yemen’s coast in the Gulf of Aden on Tuesday, destroying a floating target. The US Navy’s Fifth Fleet said the amphibious transport dock ship USS Portland “conducted a high-energy laser weapon syste...
read more
Safran, GE target open-fan RISE engine at -20% fuel burn by 2030s

Safran, GE target open-fan RISE engine at -20% fuel burn by 2030s

The CFM partnership aims for RISE to secure a -20% fuel burn reduction via the engine structural aspects alone, including a geared architecture, with further reductions from lower-emissions fuel such as sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) or hydrogen. RISE — R...
read more
India’s Jet Airways Weights Boeing, Airbus $12 Bln order

India’s Jet Airways Weights Boeing, Airbus $12 Bln order

India’s Jet Airways is in talks with planemakers Boeing Co. and Airbus SE for an order worth $12 billion. The airline’s new owners, UAE-based businessman Murari Lal Jalan and UK investment firm Kalrock Capital, told Bloomberg News that Jet could...
read more
U.S. General: U.S. “Not As Advanced” As China Or Russia With Hypersonic Missiles

U.S. General: U.S. “Not As Advanced” As China Or Russia With Hypersonic Missiles

Admission comes days after another successful Russian Zircon hypersonic test in the Arctic. A top ranking general within the recently established US Space Force has voiced dire public concern that America’s hypersonic missile capabilities are significa...
read more
Zircon hypersonic missile test launch

Zircon hypersonic missile test launch

The Russian frigate Admiral Gorshkov successfully completed a test launch of the state-of-the-art Zircon hypersonic cruise missile on Thursday, the country’s Defense Ministry has revealed. The Zircon, a scramjet anti-ship missile produced domestically, was s...
read more