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France “Obstructing” Turkey-Eurosam Missile Defence System Project: Turkish Official
January 7, 2020 @ 08:55 AMFrance is “obstructing” the Turkish-Eurosam missile defence system project from progressing beyond the project definition stage. Following Turkeys “Operation Peace Spring” late last year in Norther Syria, France is impeding progress in the joint anti-air missile system of Eurosam-Turkey, Defense Industries Directorate chairperson İsmail Demir said Monday
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Lockheed Martin to Prepare Service Infrastructure for Over 3000 F-35 Stealth Jets
January 7, 2020 @ 07:33 AMLockheed Martin to Prepare Service Infrastructure for Over 3000 F-35 Stealth Jets The US F-35 Jet sustainment office awarded a $1.9 billion contract to service 490 jets already delivered and prepare the infrastructure for an eventual deployment of 3,000 aircraft, Lockheed Martin announced in a press release
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Junked Railway Rake Mistook for Indian ICBM
January 6, 2020 @ 11:22 AMImages sent by Western satellites of Tinsukia Railway station where a rake had been lying below the surface was confused for an Indian Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM). The images of the rake sent from sparsely populated Tinsukia hamlet, located in the Assam state close to the Indian border, piqued the curiosity of international satellites including US Landsat 8 that mistook it to be a secret, concealed mobile ICBM that India had been developing,
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Finland Launches HX Challenge to Evaluate Competing Jets In €10 Fighter Procurement
January 2, 2020 @ 10:31 AMUpto two pairs of Boeing Super Hornets, Eurofighter Typhoons, Lockheed F-35s and Saab Gripen fighters will be flown to Finland to take part in a series of tests designed to check whether they fit in the criteria specified under the €10 HX fighter competition, commencing January 9.Information provided by the companies will be verified “in a fair manner” and under low temperature conditions and tests specified by the Ilmavoimat (Finnish Air Force)
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Chinese-Pakistani JF-17 Jet Block III Version Makes Maiden Flight
January 1, 2020 @ 01:25 PMThe Block III version of the Chinese-Pakistani JF-17 fighter jet marked its maiden flight in December 2019 in Chengdu, Southwest China's Sichuan Province. The jet features technologies from China's J-20 stealth fighter jet and upgrades in electronic devices that will significantly increase its combat efficiency
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UAC Delivers First Five Sukhoi SSJ100 Jetliners to Aeroflot
January 1, 2020 @ 07:30 AMRussias flagship air carrier Aeroflot has received first five of the total 100 ordered Sukhoi SSJ100 regional jetliners, manufacturer United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) announced on Wednesday. “The first five Superjet aircraft were delivered to Russias Aeroflot,” UAC
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DAPA Awards Hyundai Rotem $209M for Combat Engineering Vehicles, Tanks
December 31, 2019 @ 11:04 AMHyundai Rotem has won a $209.5 million (243
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Hanwha To Supply K55 A1 Howitzers to S.Korea’s DAPA
December 31, 2019 @ 10:47 AMSouth Koreas Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) has awarded Hanwha Defense $119 million (137.4 billion won) for K55 A1 howitzers
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Pakistan, China Sign Agreement to Manufacture Commercial Airplanes
December 31, 2019 @ 10:17 AMThe Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC) and China National Aero-Technology Import & Export Corporation (CATIC) signed an agreement for co-production of Chinese commercial aircraft. It is not yet known what type of CATIC commercial aircraft could be manufactured in Pakistan
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Russia To Develop Unmanned Sixth-Gen Strategic Bomber
December 31, 2019 @ 08:35 AMRussia is planning to develop an unmanned sixth-generation strategic bomber with a target set for 2040. “Russia plans to create an unmanned sixth-generation strategic bomber by 2040,” Commander of Russian Long-Range Air Force Lieutenant General Sergey Kobylash during
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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...
NATO’s Intensified Exercises a Prep to Attack Russia?
Recent NATO exercises such as the BALTOPS-24, Steadfast Defender 2024 and its first-ever Basic Fighter Maneuvers exercise have been its...
Precision in the Skies: The Evolution of Loitering Munitions
Loitering munitions - drones that hover over a target and blow up near it - have become the weapon of...