Anatoly Burtsev
Russian long-range supersonic Tu-22M3/M bomber-bombers launch Kh-22/32 supersonic cruise missiles in the night sky at targets in Ukraine.
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militaryrussia.ru
militaryrussia.ru
Thursday, 12 May 2022
Russian long-range supersonic Tu-22M3 bomber bombers launch Kh-22/32 cruise missiles - YouTube
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Greece received a request from the United States to deploy F-35 and F-15 aircraft in Crete
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US Air Force / Staff Sgt. Trevor T. McBride
The United States asked Greece for permission to deploy F-35 and F-15 aircraft in Crete
Washington sent an official request to the Greek government for the deployment of F-35 and F-15 aircraft on the island of Crete , Turkish TV channel Ulusal Kanal reports .
As the journalists specified, Athens received a US request for work and is preparing a response. If the application is approved, the aircraft will be placed at the Suda base on the coast of the bay of the same name in Crete. Several military installations of the Greek army are located in this territory, as well as one of the main NATO strongholds in the region.
According to the channel, American aircraft will be able to participate in exercises in the Mediterranean.
In addition, Washington and Athens are discussing the issue of strengthening the defensive capabilities in the zone of the islands of Rhodes , Lesvos and Chios through NATO or US weapons. Greece expressed concern about the potential threat from Turkey and the growing tension in the Aegean.
According to experts, in exchange for strengthening the defense capability, the Greek side can transfer part of its old air defense systems and armored vehicles to the Ukrainian army.
Earlier, the administration of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan demanded that Western countries provide Ankara with F-35 fighters and Patriot complexes without preconditions.
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F-35 Lightning II: Details
F-15E / F-15X: Details
Tuesday, 10 May 2022
Navy considers open-systems-architecture data fusion systems for Super Hornet and Growler combat jets
Angad Singh
Researchers are trying to better understand current state-of-the-art capabilities and strategies to determine the best data-fusion solutions.
John Keller
5 May 2022
RIDGECREST, Calif. – U.S. Navy aerial warfare experts are reaching out to industry in attempts to find suitable enabling technologies for designing data fusion systems for the Navy F/A-18E/F Super Hornet jet fighter-bomber, and the EA-18G Growler electronic warfare (EW) combat jet.
Officials of the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division (NAWCWD) at China Lake Naval Air Weapons Station in Ridgecrest, Calif., have issued a request for information (N6893622R0024) for the Data Fusion System for F/A-18E/F and EA-18G platforms project.
Researchers are trying to better understand current state-of-the-art capabilities and strategies to determine the best data-fusion solution for the Super Hornet and Growler combat jets.
Data fusion integrates several data sources to produce information that is more consistent, accurate, and useful than that provided by any individual data source, such as how humans and animals use data information from several senses to improve their ability to survive.
From industry, Navy researchers want to know about each company's qualifications for designing sensor fusion systems; technological alternatives for advanced machine learning and artificial intelligence algorithms; automated and integrated test simulation; single-platform vs. multi-platform resource management; commonality with other Navy data-fusion systems; networking solutions; targeting algorithms; sensor logic; multi-level security; and requirements for hardware and networking.
Researchers also want to know the company's alternatives for modular open-systems architecture design for software and hardware; allocation sensor fusion to subsystems and sensors; crew and vehicle interfaces; how sensor fusion could enhance survivability, lethality, situational awareness, and reduce crew workload.
Navy researchers also want to know where proposed technologies have been used previously; how to conduct incremental data fusion at each sensor and intermediate processor; how the data-fusion system has been tested and evaluated; and previous relevant contracts.
Companies interested should email 20-page responses no later than 23 May 2022 to the Navy's Bobby Kapadia at bobby.h.kapadia.civ@us.navy.mil. Responses may have as many as five attachments of briefing slides, pre-printed commercial brochures, or sales literature.
More information is online at https://sam.gov/opp/90403781ec164338b0c6fa753469d0ae/view.
F/A-18E/F & Block III Super Hornet: Details
EA-18G Growler: Details
Monday, 9 May 2022
‘Not good for St. Louis’: Air Force proposes slashing Boeing St. Louis’ F-15EX line
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F-15EX / U.S. Air Force / William R. Lewis
Austin Huguelet
May 7, 2022
ST. LOUIS COUNTY — One of the biggest wins for Boeing’s St. Louis operations in a while could soon be on the chopping block.
Just a few years after kickstarting a new generation of St. Louis-made F-15 fighter jets, the U.S. Air Force is outlining plans to cut its order nearly in half, to 80 from 144, as they scramble to pay for next-generation priorities.
If left unchecked, the proposal would cost Boeing billions of dollars in contracts and years of work for more than 1,500 of its employees at a time it can hardly afford it. It’s already fighting the Navy’s push to shut down the F/A-18 Super Hornet program, Boeing’s other big fighter line here, by mid-decade.
“They’ve got big second-half-of-decade issues across the board,” said Richard Aboulafia, an analyst at AeroDynamic Advisory. “Not good for St. Louis.”
Boeing brushed off the proposal in a statement Friday, calling the new F-15EX a “game changer” for the Air Force that’s already proving itself essential. “We’ll continue to engage with Congress and our Air Force customer in the years ahead to deliver on this program,” the company said.
Analysts noted that Air Force priorities can change, and could yet move in back Boeing’s direction.
The service has done it before. A decade ago, the F-15’s days looked numbered as the U.S. and other allies shifted to Lockheed Martin’s newer, stealthier F-35, built in Texas. News reports then suggested the F-15 line, which began full production in 1972, could shut down by 2020.
Then in 2017, Qatar reached out with a $6.2 billion order that led to work on the updated version of the plane, the EX. And the U.S. Air Force liked what it saw.
By 2019, it was announcing plans to start buying EXs to replace its 1980s-era models, alleviate a fighter shortage and carry larger payloads the F-35 couldn’t. And in 2020, the service said it expected to purchase a minimum of 144 jets, enough to keep the line running through the end of the decade. Boeing officials noted the contract could go as high as 200.
But not everyone in the Pentagon was on board. Some saw the plane as a spiffed-up relic of the Cold War taking away resources from more modern aircraft, said Loren Thompson, a longtime defense industry consultant and executive with the Lexington Institute.
This year’s budget proposal calls for an end to purchases after 2024.
“It appears they’re looking to close out the F-15 in favor of the next generation,” Thompson said.
In testimony before the House Armed Services Committee last week, Air Force officials said the planes were simply a casualty of competing priorities. The service has to modernize its nuclear missiles, pay for a new long-range bomber and develop the successor to the F-35.
But the decision is not the Air Force’s alone. Congress will have the final say, and Boeing still has plenty of supporters there.
“The F-15EX supports good-paying jobs in St. Louis and plays a vital role in meeting U.S. Air Force air superiority needs,” U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt, a Republican, said in a statement on Friday. “As a member of the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, I will continue working to secure robust funding for the F-15EX program.”
Boeing officials have said the new-look EX model has also attracted interest from several other countries. Earlier this year, the Pentagon cleared the way for the company to pursue a deal in Indonesia. And in March, a U.S. general predicted F-15s would soon be offered to Egypt.
But those would be band-aids in the grand scheme of things. The company needs a new fighter to replace its decades-old programs, said Thompson, the consultant.
“I hope they have some bright ideas,” he said. “It may be their last shot.”
KONGSBERG to supply composite components for F-35 program worth 1.4 BNOK
F-35A Lightning II Demo Team (@f35demoteam)
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NGC) and Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace (KONGSBERG) have signed an agreement worth 1.4 billion NOK for supply of composite fuselage panels and hatches for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Program. The agreement covers deliveries of production lots 15 -20, with a period of performance running through 2027.
05 May 2022
Photo: Richard Whitcombe
“KONGSBERG has been a supplier to NGC and the F-35 program for more than a decade. This agreement confirms our relationship with NGC and our position on the program. To date, we have delivered parts for more than 1.100 aircraft. The agreement has a horizon on five years and gives us predictability and stability over time.” says Terje Bråthen, Executive Vice President Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace.
Saturday, 7 May 2022
An unknown version of the MiG-31 will be shown at the Victory Parade
Evgeniy Golovach
04/29/2022, 11:47
Text: Anton Valagin
Photo: Vitaly Ankov / RIA Novosti
The list of aircraft participating in the Victory Parade over Red Square on May 9 includes four MiG-31Is. The novelty may turn out to be a "space" modification of a high-altitude fighter-interceptor.
The flight plan of the MiG-31I was published by the RF Ministry of Defense and its official newspaper Krasnaya Zvezda . The four interceptors make up group No. 11 of the air parade.
It can be assumed that this is a modification of the MiG-31I Ishim, designed to launch small satellites into orbit and based on the anti-satellite version of the MiG-31D.
In 1997, the Mikoyan Design Bureau began developing a system for launching spacecraft into low Earth orbit using a modified MiG-31 high-altitude interceptor. The three-stage launch vehicle was planned to be launched from the anti-satellite version of the MiG-31D, flying at an altitude of 17 kilometers at a speed of 3,000 km/h. A massive launch vehicle is suspended between the engine nacelles - like the anti-satellite 79M6 "Contact". Both missiles were created in the Design Bureau "Vympel".
The complex was named MiG-31I "Ishim". It allows launching vehicles weighing up to 160 kilograms into an orbit with a height of 600 km.
Photo: Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation
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Taiwan Air Force pilots start training with indigenous 'Brave Eagles'
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Locally made fighter jets replace US-built F-5 jets to be phased out by end of 2024
By Matthew Strong, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
2022/05/06 13:53
Taiwan's Air Force pilots have started training on the Brave Eagle jets. (CNA photo)
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Pilots have started training on the indigenous “Brave Eagle” Advanced Jet Trainer (AJT), the Air Force said Friday (May 6).
The military ordered 66 Brave Eagles from the Aerospace Industrial Development Corporation (AIDC), to be delivered up until the end of 2026.
The Taiwan-made aircraft will replace 16 F-5E and 27 F-5F jets built in the United States. The aircraft, which have been in service for about 35 years, are to be phased out by the end of 2024.
The training courses were based at Zhihang Air Force Base in Taitung County, the Liberty Times reported. The Air Force named the Brave Eagle as an example of President Tsai Ing-wen’s (蔡英文) policy of having major weapons systems manufactured locally.
Taiwan has experienced incursions by China’s People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) planes into its air defense identification zone (ADIZ) on an almost daily basis for more than a year. The intrusions are widely seen as a tactic to probe Taiwan’s defenses but also to wear out the Air Force.
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