Military Aircraft News

London, June 18 : The speculations about the 1968 air crash of MiG-15 which killed the 'first man in space' Yuri Gagarin, have taken a fresh turn when fellow cosmonaut revealed details about the crash.

The wreck of the German World War II Dornier Do-17 plane being raised to the surface of a ship at Goodwin Sands, Kent, at the mouth of the English Channel, on June 10, 2013.

The theft of sensitive design data by hackers targeting programs like the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter takes away a big U.S. advantage by allowing rivals to speed up development of their own stealth aircraft, a top Pentagon official said on Wednesday.

Qatar is likely to launch an international tender to renew its fleet of ageing fighter jets soon and is interested in France's Rafale, a French official said, while sources said it was also looking at the BAE Systems-backed Eurofighter Typhoon.

Workers can be seen on the moving line and forward fuselage assembly areas for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter at Lockheed Martin Corp's factory located in Fort Worth, Texas in this October 13, 2011 handout photo provided by Lockheed Martin.

An Eurofighter Typhoon jet is seen with weapons in a static display area, two days before the opening of the 50th Paris Air Show, at the Le Bourget airport near Paris, June 15, 2013.

A Leeds aircraft factory where the famous Lancaster bomber planes were produced during the Second World War has been commended in Parliament.

The 50th International Paris Air Show, which began on Monday at the Le Bourget exhibition centre in the city, will culminate on June 23 and is bringing together all the aviation industry's players across the globe to showcase the latest technological innovations.

It was conventional wisdom that Germany led the field in glider design in the late 1920s and 1930s.

"For the best business jet of its age, PPG Aerospace offered its best technology of today with brand-new Desothane HD/CA 9008 basecoat/clearcoat" The restored Mystere 20 business jet with serial number 1 will be on display on Le Bourget Airport's tarmac, in front of the Advanced Air Support facility, through June 23, after which it returns to ... (more)

Cisco's Chief Futurist David Evans and iRobot Vice President of Remote Presence Youssef Saleh demonstrate new robotic telepresence technology.

The Russian delegation has landed its first deal at the Paris air show, selling all-weather K-52 Alligator helicopter gunships to Iraqi.

Aircraft roaring across the sky in perfect formation just inches from each other and performing precision aerobatic exercises.

South Korea has begun accepting bids from aircraft makers to supply 60 new fighter jets at an estimated cost of $7.3 billion .

U.S. arms makers see rising foreign demand for fighter jets, missile defense systems and other weapons as countries modernize their forces and U.S. officials, facing tighter budgets, encourage allies to invest more in intelligence gathering and aerial refueling equipment.

The 2,000 pound AGM-158 JASSM is intended to be a stealthy, inexpensive GPS/IIR guided cruise missile.

BAE Systems hopes to clinch a deal with the United Arab Emirates for its Eurofighter Typhoon jet this year, allowing it to beat French rival Dassault Aviation in a closely contested race.

The Paris Air Show, which opened Monday, is a chance for aerospace companies to show off their latest and greatest military planes, airliners, helicopters and more.

Rockwell Collins and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration has completed initial tests of a new communications system that eventually could enable unmanned aircraft or drones to operate safely in U.S. airspace.

On March 27, 1968, the first man in space, Yuri Gagarin, died. He was in a MiG-15 on a routine training flight with his instructor when his plane crashed.