During a visit to one of Almaz-Antey’s subsidiaries, MKB Fakel, Dmitry Rogozin, Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister released a statement regarding the Russian Air Force’s VVS Mikoyan MiG 35. According to Rogozin, test flights will begin this January. Read more >>

This February Boeing announced the launch of a new program titled the Nacelle and Flight Control Surface Exchange Program. Boeing already has a good track record with exchange programs and this only reinforces why boeing is a leader in the aviation industry. Boeing will offer airlines an efficient and cost effective solution with this new exchange program. Customers that are part of it will be provided with the ability to exchange nacelle and flight control surface parts that need repair or overhaul. The parts will be taken from a certified pool of parts that Boeing has in their global network. This will eliminate customer costs associated with contracting, scheduling, managing, owning or leasing parts. Read more >>

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has been working on developing a new aircraft with export-specific capabilities. It will be in display at this month’s Aero India show taking place in Bengaluru. The concept of its designs originates from the Heron TP, an aircraft that has been part of both the Israeli and German air force for years now. Read more >>

It is being reported that Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu has just issued instructions for the Russian Defense Ministry and air carriers’ management teams to start looking into replacing the Tu-154, Tu-134 and Ilyushin Il-62M passenger planes with newer Russian counterparts according to the Kommersant. Sources close to the Russian Defense Ministry intimate that consultations are already underway within the industry to identify and select the optimal options. The Russian Defense Ministry and enterprises that comprise of Russian United Aircraft Corporation are to congregate and agree on a sort of road-map in which discussions about which aircrafts will be taken out of circulation and which will be added with a production schedule for the plants involved. Read more >>

Greece and Turkey have had many disputes over the Aegean Sea. These disputes have been going for a long time. many are over the sovereignty and the specific and related rights of that area. To this day they still have disputes and conflicts. It has affected their relation since 1970. Some of the issued that have made this matter hard are the following: the delimitation of territorial waters, national airspace, exclusive economic zones, flight information regions, and military control. These issues have been trying to be resolves since 1998 and that is a long time. they still have not resolved any issued to this day. Recent reports mentioned that two Turkish fighter jets recently entered the Athens flight information Region. This caused a lot of tension between the countries. It is not a good idea to violate these rules. It was not just one violation it was four/ the violated that airspace in the northeastern and southwestern Aegean. But it is a good thing and good news that the Turkish jets did not engage in combat which is good because it would have been a big issue and it would have started long term struggles. This tension has caused problems. But per the National Defense Staff (GEETHA) the Turkish jets were reported as of not flying in formation. They were not armed as well. So in a way, this was a peaceful violation and it did not require or need protection from Greek. This did not cause or lead to many fights. They were able to clearly identify the jets which made it a really good idea. They found out that all the jets were identified and were intercepted according to international law. Read more >>