February 11, 2023 Military Aviation News

India opens its stealth fighter jet programme to private players

02/11/2023

Developers of India’s stealth fighter jet have opened doors for private players. The Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA), under development by the Bengaluru-based Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) of the DRDO (Defence Research and Development Organisation) for close to two decades, is a fifth-generation, medium-weight, multirole, and twin-engine aircraft

Ukraine not getting jet fighters ‘under any circumstances’ in coming weeks – Macron

02/11/2023

Macron said priority should be given to “more useful” and “faster” types of weapons, in the later case meaning ones that could quickly be brought into battle by Ukraine. Despite Ukraine having already requested fighter aircraft several times over the past few months, Macron said that in his opinion the supply of combat aircraft “today does not meet (Ukraine’s) needs.”

Why China's and Russia's 5th-generation stealth jets don't quite live up to the hype, according to a former US Navy pilot

02/11/2023

Beijing and Moscow have increasingly close military ties, sharing hardware and technology. Each has also touted the capabilities of their respective latest jet fighters — even as some experts have continued to downplay the purported attributes.

Fighter jets for Ukraine: The challenges of giving warplanes to Kyiv

02/11/2023

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky spent much of the past week touring European capitals, appealing to leaders to send his country fighter jets. At the start of Russia's full-scale invasion, Ukraine was believed to have around 120 combat capable aircraft - mainly consisting of aging Soviet-era MiG-29s and Su-27s. But officials say they need up to 200 jets to match Moscow's air-power - which is thought to be five or six times greater than Kyiv's.

U.S. Shoots Down High-Altitude Object Over Alaska

02/11/2023

The Pentagon shot down an unidentified object over frozen waters around Alaska on Friday at the order of President Biden, according to U.S. officials, less than a week after a U.S. fighter jet brought down a Chinese spy balloon over the Atlantic. U.S. officials said they could not immediately confirm whether the object was a balloon, but it was traveling at an altitude that made it a potential threat to civilian aircraft.

Sweden's Saab pitches both single, 2-seater variants of Gripen fighter jet to IAF

02/11/2023

As India continues its hunt for 114 combat jets, Swedish aerospace and defence major Saab on Thursday pitched its single- and two-seater variants of the Gripen combat aircraft to the Indian Air Force.

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