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Airliners Forum » Military Aviation & Space Flight
57m ago
Embraer guesses that the Indian MTA 'competition' will be concluded in 2026.
BENGALURU, India—Embraer will propose a regional hub in India that will assemble and even export C-390s, if the country acquires the airlifter for its Medium Transport Aircraft (MTA) requirement.
Embraer Defense and Security CEO Bosco da Costa Junior said the company’s proposal for MTA is not just about local assembly, but a broader collaboration including training, MRO, technology transfer and R&D, he told journalists here at the Aero India airshow Feb. 11. He said that both the Brazilian and Indian government ..read more
Airliners Forum » Military Aviation & Space Flight
2h ago
RJMAZ wrote:
Kiwirob wrote:Dumb question, I was told today that every time a non US F35 operator starts there aircraft they have to enter a code that is supplied by the US, this surely can’t be true?
I would hope that is true. The biggest threat to the F-35 would be a single rogue maintenance crew member in a non-US country powering up the aircraft late at night and downloading all of the software code.
An F-35 operator would surely have a secure database of startup codes and it requires two or more people to be present to view one of the codes. The non US operator would have many ..read more
Airliners Forum » Military Aviation & Space Flight
3h ago
RJMAZ wrote:
The biggest threat to the F-35 would be a single rogue maintenance crew member in a non-US country powering up the aircraft late at night and downloading all of the software code.
LMAO that is not how software on these systems works.
Statistics: Posted by mxaxai — Thu Feb 13, 2025 8:11 am ..read more
Airliners Forum » Military Aviation & Space Flight
5h ago
All of the news reports I've seen so far say that the two "pilots" ejected safely. I may be behind the times by now but isn't the back seat still a RIO and not a "pilot"?
Statistics: Posted by SuperGee — Thu Feb 13, 2025 5:56 am ..read more
Airliners Forum » Military Aviation & Space Flight
11h ago
GDB wrote:
Apparent sighting of more capable AIM-120C on F-16;
https://x.com/Osinttechnical/status/188 ... gr%5Etweet
Worth noticing the AIM-9X hanging under the wings. This is a first sighting on a Ukrainian F-16 as well I believe. It could be that the delivery of the first bath of Dutch F-16s came with those more advanced missiles, just like the ECM pod which was also recently sighted for the first time.
Statistics: Posted by tomcat — Thu Feb 13, 2025 12:08 am ..read more
Airliners Forum » Military Aviation & Space Flight
11h ago
Kiwirob wrote:
Dumb question, I was told today that every time a non US F35 operator starts there aircraft they have to enter a code that is supplied by the US, this surely can’t be true?
I would hope that is true. The biggest threat to the F-35 would be a single rogue maintenance crew member in a non-US country powering up the aircraft late at night and downloading all of the software code.
An F-35 operator would surely have a secure database of startup codes and it requires two or more people to be present to view one of the codes. The non US operator would have many months or even ye ..read more
Airliners Forum » Military Aviation & Space Flight
14h ago
https://www.twz.com/air/fighter-jet-cra ... -san-diego
More info
Statistics: Posted by 757pencilnose — Wed Feb 12, 2025 9:53 pm ..read more
Airliners Forum » Military Aviation & Space Flight
15h ago
https://www.cbs8.com/article/news/local ... 7076c360f0
Pilots ejected safely. Aircraft into the Harbor off Shelter Island, left from Miramar assuming on approach to North Island runway 18. Lousy weather and foggy rain here in San Diego today.
Statistics: Posted by vegasplanes — Wed Feb 12, 2025 7:09 pm ..read more
Airliners Forum » Military Aviation & Space Flight
15h ago
AMCA modification required:
India's fifth-generation Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA) will undergo yet another critical design review (CDR), after enhanced stress/load testing determined that the design required additional tweaks, according to a project official.
Speaking to Janes during Aero India 2025, held from 10 to 14 February, the project official – a member of the Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) – specified that initial stress/load tests were conducted with 90% of the projected load, as per the agency's methodology.
However, the official added that the agency management ..read more
Airliners Forum » Military Aviation & Space Flight
15h ago
Dumb question, I was told today that every time a non US F35 operator starts there aircraft they have to enter a code that is supplied by the US, this surely can’t be true?
Statistics: Posted by Kiwirob — Wed Feb 12, 2025 2:25 pm ..read more