进入新的5年防务计划期间，韩国国防部2020年国产武器发展预算同比激增20.7％，以期在良好的经济条件下更好地发展国产武器计划。韩国航宇工业有限公司（KAI）的KF-X战斗机计划是国防预算上涨的关键原因。 Entering a new five-year defense planning period, the South Korean defense ministry wants to kick things off with a 20.7% surge in the budget for indigenous weapon development in 2020. The Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) KF-X fighter program is a key reason for the rise.
日本国防部已提议在2020年4月开始的财政年度启动未来战斗机的发展，并表示即使没能争取到国际合作伙伴，未来战斗机项目也应该继续进行。 The Japanese defense ministry has proposed to launch Future Fighter development in the fiscal year beginning in April 2020, and said it should proceed even if a hoped-for international partnership cannot be arranged.
马来西亚皇家空军（RMAF）在最近的一次实弹射击演习中，使用苏-30MKM战斗机投放了两款俄制普通炸弹。 The Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) introduced two types of Russian general-purpose bombs into service.
随着一批攻击性高超声速武器进入关键的飞行测试阶段，美国导弹防御局（MDA）已经推出了一种高超声速防御架构，一些行业和军方官员认为这种对高超声速武器进行防御的架构可能涉及的范围更广，而且比采用高超声速武器打击对手更具挑战性。 As a crop of offensive hypersonic weapons approaches a crucial flight-testing phase, the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has advanced a hypersonic defense architecture that some industry and military officials describe as potentially broader in scope and more challenging to achieve than their attacking counterparts.
随着一批攻击性高超声速武器进入关键的飞行测试阶段，美国导弹防御局（MDA）已经推出了一种高超声速防御架构，一些行业和军方官员认为这种对高超声速武器进行防御的架构可能涉及的范围更广，而且比采用高超声速武器打击对手更具挑战性。 As a crop of offensive hypersonic weapons approaches a crucial flight-testing phase, the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has advanced a hypersonic defense architecture that some industry and military officials describe as potentially broader in scope and more challenging to achieve than their attacking counterparts.
The ADS-B compliance date is hard on the horizon. As of May, the number of turbine-powered U.S. business aircraft equipped with ADS-B rose to 77% of the fleet.
In April, CFM International* (CFM) reached a new production milestone when employees built and assembled the 15,000th CFM56-7B jet engine destined for a Boeing Next-Generation 737 airplane.
Where GE’s Flight Management System delivers gains in efficiency and economy for individual flights, the new Connected FMS aims to provide even greater gains for the fleet. The capability to optimize flight plans while in route promises significant benefits. The process is fast, efficient and secure.
With new scope negotiations due between now and 2022, OEMs are hopeful enough changes will enable their new crossover narrowbody jets to penetrate the North American market.
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CFM's next-gen engine has racked up some impressive statistics in the 29 months since the first LEAP-powered airplane entered airline service in August 2016.
The big question for OEMs now is how much further new crossover narrowbody jets can penetrate the European market compared with previous generations of aircraft.
GE and Safran Aircraft Engines' customer technical training teams are implementing newer digital methods to bring maintainers up to speed more quickly.
The aircraft, MSN1888, took off Tuesday morning from Blagnac, France for its maiden flight. The crew will perform flight-physics tests required for this variant.
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Digital innovation is about to change the image of the entire jet refueling process. It is becoming paperless, more efficient and cheaper too, allowing everyone involved to benefit.
