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US Denies S. Korea Permission To Sell Supersonic Jet To Uzbekistan
October 26, 2015 @ 11:18 AMThe US has denied permission to South Korea to export $400 million worth 12 T-50 Golden Eagle supersonic training jets to Uzbekistan. The US refusal is another blow to Korea's program to develop its own military aircraft following the US refusal to hand over key avionics technologies regarding F-35 fighters to Korea
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Women Fighter Pilots For IAF From Next Year
October 24, 2015 @ 01:31 PMThe Indian Ministry of Defence has approved women as fighter pilots who will be inducted into the combat stream of the Indian Air Force from next year. Since their induction into the transport and Helicopter streams of the IAF, the womens performance has been ‘praiseworthy and on a par with their male counterparts, an MOD statement said today
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Israel-Russia To Coordinate Air Ops Over Syria
October 19, 2015 @ 12:23 PMRussia and Israel have agreed on mutual information sharing on air operations over Syria and are working on using the hotline established last week. The Russian defense ministry confirmed that “mutual information-sharing on the actions of aircraft has been established ”to avoid clashes in the skies of Syria “between the Russian aviation command center at the Hmeimim air base and a command post of the Israeli air force,” Colonel-General Andrei Kartapolov was quoted as saying by Interfax news agency adding that the two sides were holding practice sessions on the new line
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US, S. Korea 'Consultative Forum' For Tech Cooperation In KF-X Jet Program
October 16, 2015 @ 09:02 AMThe US and South Korea have agreed to establish a consultative forum to discuss defense technology co-operation including the experimental KF-X program. The Pentagon said in a statement that US Defense Secretary Ash Carter and South Korean Defense Minister Han Min-koo agreed to "establish an interagency working group to enhance cooperation on defense technology issues," but the statement made no mention of the technology transfer for the fighter jet project
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DARPA Seeks Proposals For Dynamic Network Adaptation for Mission Optimization
October 15, 2015 @ 12:03 PMDARPA is soliciting research proposals in technologies that enable network interoperability among airborne platforms in adversarial environments. DARPA has issued a request for proposals to enable manned and unmanned air systems to rapidly, securely, and automatically share information across diverse waveforms and networks despite adversary jamming, it said in a statement Wednesday
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China Unveils Upgraded J-31 Stealth Fighter
September 30, 2015 @ 11:50 AMChina has unveiled an ungraded version of the J-31 "Gyrfalcon" fighter jet, which possesses air combat capabilities to attack both land and sea targets. The fifth-generation stealth multirole fighter, developed by the Shenyang Aircraft Corporation, is expected to be marketed internationally within the next five years, WantChinaTimes reported Monday
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DARPA Demos Parasailing ISR Payload For Ships
September 25, 2015 @ 03:32 PMAn intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) payload suspended 500 ft-1500 ft from a parasail behind a ship has been demonstrated by the US Defence Advanced Projects Agency (DARPA). The low-cost, fully automated parafoil systems prototype is designed to extend maritime vessels long-distance communications and improve their domain awareness
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DARPA Demos Close Air Support Tech on A-10 Thunderbolt, MV-22 Osprey
September 21, 2015 @ 10:59 AMThe US Defence Advanced Projects Agency (DARPA) has demonstrated the Persistent Close Air Support (PCAS) technology on an A-10 Thunderbolt aircraft, the primary ground attack plane of the US Air Force. The A-10 demonstration flights, conducted from April through June this year, came on the heels of similar successful tests conducted earlier this year with the U
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Rockwell Collins Wins DARPA Contract To Develop GPS Backup Technologies For Contested...
September 18, 2015 @ 11:37 AMRockwell Collins has won a contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop technologies that could serve as a backup to GPS. The research is being conducted as part of DARPAs Spatial, Temporal and Orientation Information in Contested Environments (STOIC) program
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South Korea, Philippines Sign Pact To Protect Classified Military Information
September 15, 2015 @ 06:29 AMSouth Korea and the Philippines on Monday signed a pact to protect classified military information in a bid to exchange military intelligence. South Korean Defense Minister Han Min-koo and his Filipino counterpart Secretary Voltaire Gazmin signed the deal in Manila following their talks, according to Seouls defense ministry statement, Yonhap reported
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Russian Su-57 and Chinese J-20 as Alternatives to the American F-35 Stealth Fighter
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