May 04, 2020 Military Aviation News

Beyond the F-22 or F-35: Meet Japan's F-3 6th Generation Stealth Fighter

05/04/2020

Through April and March 2020, the choice of who Japan would partner with for their “F-3” next generation fighter jet has been reported on constantly, with seemingly contradictory headlines on who the partner would be. This may give the impression that Japan is waffling on their choice of partners in the project. However a deeper reading of the articles shows that Japan’s policy has been rather consistent, and recent developments are a simple narrowing down of options.

America’s F-16V vs. China’s J-10C: Which Lightweight Single Engine Fighter Would Prevail in an Air War

05/04/2020

Entering service in 2017 and 2018 respectively, the American F-16V and Chinese J-10C represent two of the most capable lightweight fighter jets in production today and considerable improvements over older baseline fourth generation designs. With each weighing approximately 13,000kg, deploying similarly sized radars, similar single engine configurations and similar weapons payloads, the aircraft are in many ways highly comparable.

Turkish defense firm HAVELSAN to cooperate with TAI for homegrown fighter jet

05/04/2020

New cooperation has been initiated for Turkey's TF-X National Combat Aircraft (MMU), a joint project of the Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) and the Presidency of Defense Industries (SSB), between the TAI and leading defense company HAVELSAN, SSB Chairman Ismail Demir said Saturday.

All Articles