Russian media have lauded a pilot killed in Syria as a hero, saying he detonated his grenade to avoid being captured by jihadists who had shot his plane out of the sky. Roman Filipov’s reported last words were: “Here’s for the guys.” His Sukhoi-25 ground-attack aircraft was shot down over rebel-held Idlib province. He survived … Read more
Ghanaian midfielder, Sulley Muniru has completed a deal with Portuguese football club CD Tondella. The signing which was concluded on Tuesday, 28th November, 2017 and is a two-year contract expected to end in June 2019. Muniru’s signing with the Portuguese Liga side comes months after his contract with Romanian outfit Steaua Bucuresti FC was suddenly terminated … Read more
Sulley Muniru, younger brother to Sulley Muntari recently had his contract with Steaua Bucuresti FC, terminated. The unpleasant incident occurred just two years into his four-year deal with the Romanian club. The information was first disclosed in May, by Bucuresti’s Assistant Manager while speaking to Dica DigiSport. According to him, the club reached a termination … Read more
President Bashar al-Assad toured a Russian airbase in western Syria on Tuesday in his first official visit to Moscow’s main base of operations in an intervention that has shored up his regime. Increasingly confident after his forces scored a series of victories against rebels, Assad has made several visits outside Damascus during this week’s Eid … Read more
A Russian fighter jet chased off a NATO aircraft after it buzzed a plane carrying defence minister Sergei Shoigu over the Baltic Sea, Russian news agencies have said. The F-16 had tried to approach the aircraft carrying the defence minister even though it was flying over neutral waters, agencies said today, before a Russian Sukhoi-27 … Read more
The US has agreed deals worth $8 billion with Vietnam – including a massive engine contract with a Vietnamese budget carrier famed for its bikini-clad air hostesses. The deals were announced during a visit by Vietnam’s Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc to the White House yesterday. Phuc’s trip was aimed at drumming up trade ties … Read more
Vietnam and the US have signed $8 billion in deals, including a massive engine contract with a Vietnamese budget carrier famed for its bikini-clad air hostesses, officials said. The deals were announced during a visit by Vietnam’s Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc to the White House Wednesday, a trip aimed at drumming up trade ties … Read more
The Indian Air Force Wednesday declared two of its pilots dead a week after their Sukhoi fighter jet crashed in a remote northeastern state. The Russian-made Sukhoi Su-30 was on a routine training mission when it went missing after taking-off from Tezpur airbase in Assam state on May 23. Its wreckage was found three days … Read more
Russia on Sunday held a successful test flight of its new MC-21 medium-haul passenger jet that it hopes will revive its troubled civil aviation industry and challenge giants Airbus and Boeing. The plane, whose prototype was unveiled last June, flew for 30 minutes at a height of 1,000 metres and a speed of 300 kilometres … Read more
Airbus has begun building its first helicopter assembly plant in China, and the European planemaker plans to produce 18 machines a year there in hopes the country will soon open up its low-altitude airspace. China currently has a shortage of civilian helicopters for emergency medical purposes and other uses due to the military’s tight control … Read more
China and Russia on Monday launched an ambitious project to jointly develop a long-haul jet to challenge Boeing and Airbus, just two weeks after the successful test flight of the first made-in-China large passenger plane. State-run Chinese manufacturer Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC) and Russia’s United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) said they formally established the … Read more
Boeing has temporarily halted test flights of its new 737 MAX aircraft due to possible issues with the engine. The stoppage came days before the US plane maker was due to make its first delivery of the aircraft to a customer. But Boeing said it was sticking with plans to begin MAX deliveries this month, … Read more
China’s first large domestically made passenger aircraft has completed its maiden flight, mounting a major challenge to Boeing and Airbus. After about 90 minutes in the air the plane landed safely back at Pudong airport in Shanghai. The plane is a key symbol of Beijing’s soaring ambitions to enter the global aviation market. Made by … Read more
Six Kenyans urged a court Wednesday to suspend a controversial decision by election officials to scrap a tender process and directly procure an electronic voting system for the August polls. The petition is the umpteenth disruption to already chaotic election preparations, a sensitive process in a country where accusations of rigging accompany almost every vote. … Read more
Ghana, the world’s second-largest cocoa producer, has put in place a number of interventions and best agronomic practices to help double the output of the crop within ten years. Ghana’s cocoa industry touted as the nation’s economic backbone, will receive a further boost in its average annual cocoa output to over 1 million tonnes from … Read more
China’s largest missile-maker is promoting what it calls “the world’s best anti-ship missile” for sales in the international market. China Aerospace Science and Industry Corp, one of the main defense equipment suppliers in the nation, is marketing its CM-302 supersonic anti-ship cruise missile to nations hoping to improve their naval capabilities. CM-302 is the best … Read more