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Spain To Sell Half Its A400M Fleet After Budget Cuts
July 30, 2013 @ 01:00 PMThe Spanish government has decided to sell 13 of 27 A400M aircraft it is scheduled to receive from Airbus Military following significant defence cutbacks in some major procurement programs. “Contractually, Spain has to take all of the 27 A400Ms it has ordered,” a spokesman for Airbus Military was quoted as saying on July 29, “but if it wants to sell some of them, we have nothing to say
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U.K. Receives Third F-35B Lightning II Jet
June 27, 2013 @ 12:05 PMLockheed Martin recently delivered third F-35B Short Takeoff/Vertical Landing (STOVL) Lightning II to U.K
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Asia Pacific Defense Budget At Peak: Reports
June 25, 2013 @ 02:35 PMAsia Pacific budgets are set to outstrip USA and Canada by 2021, fuelled by an explosion in global arms trade that threatens the competitive edge and dominance of US, UK and European defence trade according to the biggest budget and export study since the economic downturn. The study, The Balance of Trad, is presented to clients on 25 June by IHS Inc
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U.S Plans To Operate F-35 By Mid-2016
May 22, 2013 @ 01:21 PMThe U.S Air Force will put the F-35s into operational use by mid-2016, with a similar software package as the Marine Corps
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Risky ALIS To Provide F-35 Long-Term Maintenance And Support
May 3, 2013 @ 01:24 PMLockheed Martin intends to provide long-term maintenance support for the F-35 Lightning II with a new Autonomic Logistics Information System (ALIS), cited as a risk in a recent study, in line with the evolving aircraft. Known as the F-35s information technology backbone for data collection, data analysis and decision support, the ALIS receives aircraft health and maintenance information from F-35s in flight via radio-frequency downlink
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Can Foreign Sales Of The F35 Breathe Life Back Into The Struggling...
April 29, 2013 @ 11:32 AMDeep-pocketed U.S allies are emerging as the saviors of Lockheed Martins most costly military plane, the F35 fighter aircraft, which has struggled to make sales on the home ground
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Pentagon Grounds F-35 Jets After Routine Checks Uncovered Engine Problems
February 25, 2013 @ 10:56 AMThe U.S Department of Defense has grounded all flight operations of the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II fighter planes after an engine problem discovered on one of the aircraft
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Pilot Disregarded Safety Warning In Sukhoi Superjet Indonesia Crash
December 19, 2012 @ 12:00 AMThe Indonesian National Transportation Safety Committee has blamed pilot error in the Sukhoi RRJ-95B aircraft crash that killed 45 people in May. The investigation concluded that the crew was not aware of the mountainous area surrounding the flight path due to various factors resulting in disregarding the Terrain Awareness Warning System (TAWS) warning
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BAE Systems Bags $400 million U.S Navy Trainer Aircraft Contract
December 13, 2012 @ 12:00 AMBAE Systems has secured a third major military deal this week with a $400m contract to maintain and service more than 300 US Navy trainer aircraft. The five year agreement is the latest in a line of contracts it has signed in a week, after it scored a £1
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BAE Systems To Build New Attack Submarine For Royal Navy
December 10, 2012 @ 12:00 AMBAE Systems has been awarded a £1.2bn contract from the Ministry of Defense to build the Royal Navy’s new attack submarine
Denmark Signs Agreement with France to Acquire Mistral Missiles
Denmark Commits $970M Military Aid to Ukraine
Bulgaria Receives First F-16 Block 70 Fighter Jet
Dutch F-35s on NATO Patrol Duty, Intercepted 23 Russian Aircraft
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...