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Pakistan not to install Western weapons on home-grown JF-17 Thunder fighter jets,...
November 18, 2010 @ 12:00 AMPakistan will buy Chinese missiles and flight systems to equip its 250 JF-17 Thunder jet fighters it has developed jointly with China. The aircraft was displayed for the first time internationally at the Farnborough air Show in 2010
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GA and GA-SI Awarded project for F-16 Drag Brace Down Lock Redesign...
November 18, 2010 @ 12:00 AMGeneral Atomics (GA) and General Atomics Systems Integration, LLC (GA-SI) have been awarded a one-year task order by the United States Air Force (USAF) under the F-16 Drag Brace Down Lock Redesign Program to complete the full Main Landing Gear assembly fatigue tests and drop tests to verify that the assembly, including the drag brace down lock, maintains fatigue life integrity with the increased hydraulic force of a redesigned push-pull actuator. The contract task order was issued by 417 Supply Chain Management Squadron (SCMS) at Hill Air Force Base (AFB)
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Raytheon wins $240 million contract for Aegis weapons system from US Navy
November 18, 2010 @ 12:00 AMThe U.S
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Wyle awarded $66.9 million contract for Aircraft Systems U.S. Army
November 18, 2010 @ 12:00 AMA contract with a potential value of $66.9 million has been awarded to Wyle to provide program support to the Army's Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Project Office
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Cracks on F-35B Test Airframe Highlight Risk of Reduced Testing
November 18, 2010 @ 12:00 AMThe F-35 Joint Strike Fighter has encountered a new, serious problem as a bulkhead on an F-35B fatigue test airframe developed cracks after only 1,500 hours of tests that are due to last 16,000 hours. “The aft bulkhead of the F-35B BH-1 fatigue-test specimen has developed cracks after 1,500 hours of durability testing,” Aviation Week’s Ares blog reported yesterday
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Singapore Tests New Urban Operation Concept
November 18, 2010 @ 12:00 AMThe prospect of facing increasingly urbanised operational environments has prompted the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) to examine new war-fighting concepts in a series of experiments dubbed the SAF Innohub Experiment (InnoX). Held over five days starting from 8 Nov, InnoX brought stakeholders - soldiers, concept developers and technologists - together to conduct trials of a new operational concept
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Has Eurofighter forged ahead in India's MMRCA competition?
November 17, 2010 @ 12:00 AMA flurry of reports in the Indian media quoting unnamed sources have pointed out that the Eurofighter Typhoon has forged ahead of the other contenders in India’s bid to buy 126 MMRCA fighter jets for an estimated $10 billion. An expected visit of Britain’s Defence Secretary Liam Fox to New Delhi later this month is seen as sales call on the Indian MoD to further hardsell the Eurofighter to India
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Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile-Extended Range (JASSM-ER) demonstrates ability to adjust cruising speed...
November 17, 2010 @ 12:00 AMLockheed Martin’s Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile - Extended Range (JASSM-ER) recently flew two successful test flights at White Sands Missile Range, NM, increasing the program’s success rate to 91 percent in 11 flights. The live 2,000-pound class missiles, released from B-1B bombers, effectively navigated to and destroyed their intended targets
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Raytheon gets $52 million contract for U.S. Navy F/A-18E/F ASEA radar retrofit...
November 17, 2010 @ 12:00 AMRaytheon Co., Space and Airborne Systems, El Segundo, Calif
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Honeywell Wins Auxiliary Power Unit Order for Canadian Chinooks
November 17, 2010 @ 12:00 AMHoneywell announced today that Boeing has selected the 36-150 Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) for CH-147 helicopters that will be delivered to Canada. "Honeywell engines and auxiliary power units are powering helicopters around the world, but the Canadian Forces program marks the first selection of Honeywell's APU for a Chinook helicopter," said Vicki Panhuise, vice president, U
India-Israel Barak MRSAM Air Defense System Passes Key Tests Across Armed Forces
South Korea Discusses Future Defense Communication System for Next-Generation Warfare
U.S. Air Force Awards Indra $198M Contract for Portable Navigation Systems
Spain Advances F110 Frigate Program with F113 Build Start, F112 Keel Laid
The Future of Combat: Miniaturized Laser Weapons Set to Replace Bullets and Missiles
Lasers may soon replace bullets, and drones could disable enemy UAVs with beams of light instead of missiles
Four-legged Robots Vs. Military Dogs
Four legged robots that resemble dogs are increasingly being seen in war zones and exercises for functions such as reconnaissance...
Lockheed Martin Faces Billions in F-35 Cuts Under U.S. Policy Shift
Americas policy of controlling F-35 usage, spares, and maintenance—combined with President Donald Trumps threats of trade wars with Europe, halted...
Russian Su-57 and Chinese J-20 as Alternatives to the American F-35 Stealth Fighter
As the Russian Su-57 stealth fighter jet enters serial production, the debate over how it stacks up against the American...
