ASIAN DEFENCE

Chinese Y-20 Long Range Transport Aircraft China confirms development of Y-20 large transport aircraft to meet its military modernization drive, a China’s Ministry of Defense spokesman said. "We are developing large transport aircraft on our own to improve the capability of military transport," spokesman Yang Yujun said at a monthly news briefing held days after photos of a Y-20 appeared on the internet. The advanced long-range aircraft is being developed to serve the military modernization drive, as well as to meet demands in disaster relief work and humanitarian aid in emergency situations, he added.

JF-17 Thunder Aircraft The Sri Lanka Air Force is due to is arranging to purchase six JF -17 planes, according to the progress report of Ministry of Defense. These aircraft are due to be purchased under the 2013 finalised projects. The JF-17 Thunder co-developed by Pakistan Air Force and China Aero Technology Import Export Cooperation (CATIC) and co-produced by Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC). The JF-17 Thunder is an all weather, multi-role, light combat aircraft that has the potential to be the main stay & work horse of any Air Force. In addition, 17 Mi-17 helicopters are also due to be purchased. These are to be utilized for passenger transport.

J-15 carrier-borne fighter jet China Says its J-15 carrier fighter jet has successfully go through a series of sailing and technological tests on the Liaoning, China's first aircraft carrier , marking a big success of the carrier-borne fighter jet individually developed by China and a major revolution in the development of aircraft carrier technology. The J-15 is equipped with two high-power  jet engines and a brand-new system of high lift device, takeoff and landing device and arrester hook. Its wing can be folded up to both maintain the outstanding combat capability and meet the special condition of landing on the Liaoning. Featuring large combat radius, excellent maneuvering performance and high bombs carrying capacity, the J-15 has a fighting capability of full sea and full airspace. Foreign media especially Russian media guessed that the J-15 is a copy of Russian Su-33 carrier-borne fighter jet because its appearance is similar to Su-33. In this regard, sp...

Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) successfully carried out the maiden flight of avionics upgraded IAF Jaguar aircraft "Darin III". "This is important flash for HAL as the upgrade will result in major operational development with regard to all weather air to ground, air to sea and air to air capabilities through incorporation of multi-mode radar". IAF Jaguar Darin III upgraded Aircraft IAF Jaguar Darin III upgraded Aircraft

Concept model of the Chinese Sino-Waverider being unveiled at the Beijing Aviation Museum which seems similar to the American X-51 WaveRider unmanned scramjet hypersonic aircraft. Chinese Hypersonic Sino-Waverider Chinese Hypersonic Sino-Waverider

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