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Turkish ATAK, Black Hawk Choppers in Philippines' Biggest Ever Military Buy in

December 24, 2018 @ 12:45 PM

Philippine Air Force is eyeing to purchase 16 Black Hawks from the United States, six T-129 attack helicopters from Turkey and three ground based air defense systems from Israel in 2019 in its biggest ever military buy, Former Air Force chief Lt. Gen
Chinese S-400 Shoots Down Ballistic Missile Target in Test

December 24, 2018 @ 12:37 PM

The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) shot down a ballistic missile target during a test fire of one of its S-400 air defense missile systems. The Peoples Liberation Army (PLA) of China test fired one of the S-400 missile defense systems it bought from Russia in May 2018
Mitsubishi Regional Jet to Undergo Certification Flight Tests Early 2019

December 24, 2018 @ 11:56 AM

Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation has received Type Inspection Authorization (TIA) from the Japanese Civil Aviation Bureau (JCAB) for the companys Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ) program. This authorization allows Mitsubishi Aircraft to begin certification flight tests for its MRJ 90, first commercial jet from Japan
Japan Plans Selling F-15 Jets to US to Fund F-35 Fighter Purchase

December 24, 2018 @ 11:31 AM

The Japanese government is considering selling some of its F-15 jets to the United States to raise funds for the purchase of F-35 stealth fighters. This would be the first sale of used defense equipment to the US, Washington in turn is eyeing to sell the outdated planes to Southeast Asian countries,
Rafale's F3-R Standard Aircraft Completes Maiden Flight in France

December 22, 2018 @ 09:14 AM

Rafales first aircraft upgraded to F3-R standard completed its first flight from Air base 118 at Mont-de-Marsan on 10 December, 2018, French Air Force said in a statement Thursday. The F3-R version will be armed with a combination of the new Meteor long-range air-to-air missile and the RBE2 active electronic scanning radar; a new TALIOS pod that enhances day/night target detection, recognition and identification
Upgraded Tu-160M2 to be Inducted into Russia's Long Range Aviation

December 22, 2018 @ 08:27 AM

Upgraded Tupolev Tu-160M2 strategic bombers will soon be inducted into Russias Long-Range Aviation soon, Long-Range Air Force Commander Lieutenant-General Sergei Kobylash said Friday. "The long-range Air Force will soon get modernized Tu-160M2 aircraft with the improved characteristics
Lockheed Martin Wins $1.8B US Contract to Supply PAC-3, PAC-3 MSE Interceptors

December 22, 2018 @ 06:21 AM

Lockheed Martin has won a $1.8 billion United States (US) contract for production and delivery of Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) and PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement (PAC-3 MSE) interceptors
Leonardo’s M-345 Jet Trainer Completes Maiden Flight in Italy

December 22, 2018 @ 05:36 AM

Leonardos first M-345 HET (High Efficiency Trainer) production basic/advanced trainer aircraft performed its maiden flight at Venegono Superiore airport (Varese, Italy) today. The Italian Air Force, the launch customer, has a requirement for up to 45 M-345s to progressively replace 137 aging MB-339s and to become the Italian Air Forces new aerobatic team airplane
Raytheon to Deliver Navy Multiband Terminals for the US Navy

December 21, 2018 @ 04:40 PM

Raytheon has won a $57 million modification contract from the United States (US) Navy to exercise an option to produce, test and deliver fully integrated Navy Multiband Terminals (NMT). NMT is a multiband capable satellite communications terminal that provides protected and wideband communications
Boeing To Provide Integrated Product Support for A-D, E-G F/A-18 Aircraft

December 21, 2018 @ 04:31 PM

Boeing has won a $307 million United States (US) Navy contract for F/A-18 integrated product support for the A-D and E-G aircraft, US Department of Defense said in a statement Thursday. The McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet is a twin-engine, supersonic, all-weather, carrier-capable, multirole combat jet, designed as both a fighter and attack aircraft

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