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Chengdu J-20 could enter service by 2018

20:13 18 May 2012

The stealthy Chengdu J-20 fighter could enter operational service by early 2018 and join a rapidly improving Chinese...

PICTURES: Chinese air force bomber blitzes river ice

13:33 29 March 2011

Images have emerged showing a Chinese air force H-6 bomber performing an unusual bombing mission against river ice ...

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Chengdu J-20 could enter service by 2018

News | 18 May 2012 20:13 | Dave Majumdar

The stealthy Chengdu J-20 fighter could enter operational service by early 2018 and join a rapidly improving Chinese military armed with long-range strike...http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/Chengdu-J-20-could-enter-service-by-2018-372082/

PICTURES: Chinese air force bomber blitzes river ice

News | 29 Mar 2011 13:33 | Craig Hoyle

Images have emerged showing a Chinese air force H-6 bomber performing an unusual bombing mission against river ice ...http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/PICTURES-Chinese-air-force-bomber-blitzes-river-ice-354890/

Iraq accused of chemical warfare conversions

News | 05 Nov 2002 00:00

Iraq has converted some of its Dassault Mirage F1 and Tupolev Tu-16 Badgers to carry chemical warfare agents, says the latest assessment by Israel's intelligence services. According to the assessment, Iraq has 30 operational Mirage F1s and a few Tu-16s and these have been modified to launch chemical warfare attacks on Israel as a response to a US attack. Previously the largest weapons-of-mass-destruction threat to Israel from Iraq was tactical ballistic missiles.http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/Iraq-accused-of-chemical-warfare-conversions-157103/

Missing The Link

News | 29 Oct 2002 00:00

China aims to one day complete an integrated air-defence network. In the meantime, it is expanding its airborne early warning capability to compensate Nick Farina / London China is one of the world's largest military powers and has vast areas of land and sea to defend. Unlike neighbouring Russia, however, China has never developed an integrated air-defence system linking early-warning and tracking radars, command and control centres, weapon systems and air bases into a unified, survivable national network. As a result, there is only a rudimentary, loosely organised air-defence system to protect Beijing, major cities and high-value targets, but the system has significant shortcomings and gaps in coverage. Although the introduction of more modern and capable air-defence systems into the inventory of the Chinese armed forces is under way, development of a truly modern, integrated system remains a distant objective. The air force is pursuing an airbornehttp://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/Missing-The-Link-156794/

Three in one

News | 25 Jun 2001 23:00

As Russia's top engine-making trio merge to form NPO Saturn, a fifth-generation engine is its top priority Vladimir Karnozov / Moscow Creating an internationally competitive fifth-generation engine is arguably the most critical aspect of developing Russia's next generation fighter. The aircraft is needed to secure Russia's position on the international combat aircraft market. And once the upcoming merger of Russia's three wealthiest engine makers is completed, creating the fifth-generation engine will be the trio's top priority, says Victor Chepkin, the man selected to head the soon-to-be formed company. <img src='../Assets/GetAsset.aspx?ItemID=5748' /> Rybinsk Motors, A Lyulka-Saturn and Ufa Engine Building Association (UMPO) are amalgamating into a new company to be known as the Saturn Scientific Industrial Association (NPO Saturn), a process expected to take about six months. The merger, announced in April after three years of talks, will result ihttp://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/Three-in-one-132433/

Indian aerospace - HAL: partners wanted

News | 23 Jan 2001 00:00

With Aero India 2001 set to take place in Bangalore on 7-11 February, Hindustan Aeronautics is changing strategy Chris Jasper/BANGALORE With Indian defence commitments showing little sign of declining, state aerospace manufacturer Hindustan Aeronautics might be forgiven for planning a future strategy based around the offset work which has served it so well in the past. Licensed production of foreign aircraft types - together with the upgrade programmes needed to keep the aircraft effective - has long been the mainstay of HAL's workload, giving it a firm base from which to develop indigenous aircraft of various applications, again for the home military market. Yet HAL plans to abandon this established way of doing business, with the aim of moving away from reliance on government programmes, deepening its civil manufacturing capabilities and - most importantly - entering into future programmes only on a "co-production" basis. Moreover, as a co-producer, state-http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/Indian-aerospace-HAL-partners-wanted-125081/