AL-51 Turbofan for Su-57 Fighters Joins Zhuhai Airshow
Russian United Engine Corporation has exhibited the AL-51 afterburning turbofan for the Su-57 fifth-generation fighter in China.
Su-30MKI News
Air
Engine and Transmission
Expo and Air Show
Air
Modernisation
India to Upgrade 150 Su-30MKI with a Budget of 4 Billion USD
The Indian Air Force (IAF) requires a budget of US$4 billion (USD) to upgrade 150 units of Su-30MKI fighter jets.
Weapon / Missile
India Increased the Range of the BrahMos Missile to 450 km
India has succeeded in expanding the range of its airborne BrahMos cruise missile to 450 km, with a test firing conducted on December 29, 2022.
Weapon / Missile
India Tests New BrahMos-A Missile from Su-30MKI Aircraft
The Extended-Range (ER) variant of India's air-launched BrahMos-A missile has hit its designated target.
Global Defence Trend Brief
- 09:00 NATO pushes allies to fill US air and naval capability gaps - Washington is pressing European allies and Canada to provide more manned and unmanned aircraft plus...
- 09:00 AI-driven drone swarms rise as a new NATO planning priority - NATO officials are warning that AI-enabled drone swarms could reshape warfare within five years, pus...
- 09:00 Counter-drone demand expands beyond battlefields into critical infrastructure - Growing drone incursions around airports, ports, oil facilities and data centres are accelerating de...
- 09:00 Europe’s loyal wingman race becomes a core airpower trend - Collaborative combat aircraft took centre stage at Berlin Airshow 2026 as European companies and air...
- 09:00 Ukraine’s drone combat know-how is becoming an export asset in Asia - Ukrainian drone firms are marketing battlefield-proven systems and swarm concepts in Japan, Taiwan a...
- 09:00 NATO accelerates live testing of counter-drone technologies - Alliance members and industry partners are expanding field trials of drone detection and interceptio...
- 09:00 Hypersonic threats keep driving demand for persistent tracking networks - The spread of hypersonic weapons continues to push Western defence planners toward integrated radar...
- 09:00 Military space resilience shifts toward larger distributed constellations - Armed forces are increasingly favouring proliferated satellite constellations over a small number of...
- 09:00 Autonomous maritime systems gain importance in surveillance and strike planning - Navies are broadening interest in autonomous surface and underwater systems for persistent ISR, infr...
- 09:00 Industrial surge capacity is becoming a decisive defence metric - Across missiles, drones and air defence, governments are placing more weight on production scalabili...
