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Bloomberg
a day ago
- Business
- Bloomberg
India Explores Partners Beyond US to Build Fighter Jet Engines
India is engaging with manufacturers from at least three other countries for jointly making fighter jet engines, expanding its defense partnerships beyond the US as it seeks to close capability gaps amid rising regional tensions, according to people familiar with the matter. The engines being considered are from the UK, France and Japan and India wants to start the project quickly, senior officials said, asking not to be named as discussions are private. The offers will be evaluated by the Defense Research and Development Organisation — India's military research body —they added.
Bloomberg
4 days ago
- Business
- Bloomberg
India Allows Private Firms to Build Advanced Fighter Jets
India will for the first time allow private firms to design and develop advanced warplanes, as it beefs up domestic defense production to reduce reliance on imports. State-owned companies and private entities will have 'equal opportunities' on a 'competitive basis' to build twin-engine fighter jets, India's Ministry of Defence said in a statement Tuesday.
South China Morning Post
7 days ago
- South China Morning Post
Could next-gen fighter jets and ‘loyal wingmen' help US offset China's numbers?
America's next-generation fighter jets and their 'loyal wingmen' drones could counter China's fleet size advantage and widen the operational range for a potential conflict in the Indo-Pacific, according to analysts. Advertisement But they also say that China is catching up in this area of military technology, and the gap is 'narrowing'. General David Allvin, chief of staff of the US Air Force, posted a photo of the YFQ-42A unmanned combat aerial vehicle on social media on Monday in the 'world's first look' at the UCAV. The drone is part of the air force's collaborative combat aircraft programme, or CCA, which Allvin said would 'prove not only cost-effective, but truly lethal'. 'No doubts these uncrewed fighters will put our adversaries on notice!' he wrote. US Air Force Chief of Staff General David Allvin (centre) said CCA would 'prove not only cost-effective, but truly lethal'. Photo: AFP The UCAV is being developed by General Atomics and is one of two designs in the first phase of the CCA programme, which aims to develop drones to augment crewed fighter aircraft in air-to-air missions. The US Air Force said earlier this month that it had begun ground testing of the two initial CCA designs, unveiling images of Anduril's YFQ-44A – the other drone being developed under the programme. Their propulsion systems, avionics, autonomy integration and ground control interfaces are being put to the test to see how they perform, inform future design decisions and prepare for flight testing later this year. If that goes to plan, production is expected to take place in 2026 along with development of the second phase designs. Advertisement Richard Aboulafia, an aviation analyst and managing director of AeroDynamic Advisory, said the first two designs were 'primarily for relatively simple strike missions, or for basic air-to-air missile carriage'.
Al Arabiya
13-05-2025
- Politics
- Al Arabiya
Saudi fighter jets accompany Air Force One as Trump arrives in Riyadh
Saudi fighter jets on Tuesday accompanied US President Donald Trump's Air Force One before his arrival in Riyadh. Saudi Arabia's fighter jets escort US President Trump's Air Force One upon its arrival in Riyadh. #US #SaudiArabia #Trump #MBS Read more: — Al Arabiya English (@AlArabiya_Eng) May 13, 2025 Trump's presidential plane was escorted by the Saudi fighter jets in the Kingdom's airspace before the plane landed at King Khalid International Airport.
Times
11-05-2025
- Politics
- Times
How RAF pilots are facing down Russian threats on the Nato border
Soaring thousands of feet above Nato's Baltic border with Russia, British fighter pilots are acutely aware that one false move could trigger a global conflict. 'It would be very easy, if I waved, to fold up my hand into this [a middle finger], and then that goes out on the news and suddenly it's an international incident,' a plucky Royal Air Force pilot said as he described intercepting a Kremlin spyplane in his Typhoon jet. The flight lieutenant, 32, is among a handful of aviators from II (AC) Squadron who have been given the task of tracking down and deterring aircraft that encroach on alliance airspace. Speaking to The Times from the tarmac of Malbork airbase in Poland — about 50 miles from Kaliningrad oblast,
