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A state-of-the-art reworking of the trusted T55 engine will power the Defiant X, which is bidding to win the U.S. Army’s Black Hawk replacement program.
The LUH is the latest in a line of HAL products to benefit from the systems provided by Liebherr-Aerospace.
Australia, South Korea and Japan are operational with their F-35s, while U.S. forces have significant numbers deployed in-theater.
Russian derivatives form the basis of China’s aspirations to join the world’s top producers of fighter aircraft.
The start of shipments of the Su-30SM2 to the Russian Air and Space Force is sparking interest in new variants from Malaysia and India.
KAI expects to fly the prototype of its KF-21 Boramae multirole fighter this year.
Taiwan led the effort to upgrade its F-16s in place of new aircraft procurement, and the idea has caught on, including in Singapore and South Korea.
Based on the design of the F-CK-1 fighter, the T-5 is now in the early days of its service with the Republic of China Air Force.
The TNI-AU expects to receive C-130Js and A400Ms to expand and modernize its vital airlift capacity, as well as to upgrade some existing aircraft.
Honeywell’s new HTS7500 turboshaft has been selected to power the Lockheed Martin Sikorsky-Boeing Defiant X.
