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First IAF Woman Fighter Pilot Qualifies For Combat Missions
May 24, 2019 @ 05:56 AMIndias air force pilot Lieutenant Bhawana Kanth has become the first woman fighter pilot qualified for combat missions by day. She has successfully completed a training program for performing combat missions on a MiG-21 ‘Bison fighter jet, PTI news agency reported on Thursday
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USAF F-16 Crashes Into California Warehouse, Pilot Ejects Safely
May 17, 2019 @ 06:41 AMA Lockheed Martin F-16 fighter crashed into a warehouse during a routine training exercise just outside March Air Reserve Base in Southern California on Thursday. Pilot of the aircraft ejected safely while five civilians were reported injured, military officials said
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Turkish Ships To Be Equipped With Home-made Anti-ship Missile In About A...
May 14, 2019 @ 10:52 AMTurkeys ships of the MILGEM (National Ship) project will be equipped with the countrys first indigenously–developed anti-ship missile, the ATMACA, in about year to an year. “The ATMACA missiles will be seen on Turkish ships in a year or year and a half
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CAE Wins Boeing Contract to Develop Additional P-8A Operational Flight Trainer for...
May 13, 2019 @ 11:02 AMCAE has won a contract from Boeing for simulator hardware for an additional P-8A operational flight trainer (OFT) for the United Kingdom Royal Air Force (RAF). This follows a contract award last year for CAE to design and manufacture the hardware for the first P-8A OFT for the RAF as well as a P-8I OFT for the Indian Navy
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Contracts Awarded to Build The $5B US-Mexico Border Wall
May 10, 2019 @ 09:20 AMA controversial wall project worth $5 billion to stem the flow of illegal migrants into the United States from along its southern border with Mexico has taken off with the US DoD awarding contracts on Thursday to commence the construction of the wall. The contract includes design-build and design-bid-build projects of horizontal construction task orders, the US DoD said in a statement Thursday
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Lockheed Martin Orders Saab Sea Giraffe AMB Radars for Canadian Ships
April 6, 2019 @ 02:31 PMSaab has received an order from Lockheed Martin for delivery of Sea Giraffe AMB naval radars supporting the Royal Canadian Navys new Joint Support Ships. Lockheed Martin Canada, selected by prime contractor Seaspans Vancouver Shipyards Co
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General Atomics Advanced Arresting Gear System Completes Barricade Arrestment Test
March 30, 2019 @ 10:34 AMGeneral Atomics Electromagnetic Systems' (GA-EMS) Advanced Arresting Gear (AAG) system has completed Barricade Arrestment test at the Jet Car Track Site in Lakehurst, New Jersey, qualifying the AAG system for barricade use on board Ford-class aircraft carriers. This is the first such test event performed by NAVAIR in more than 20 years, the company said in a statement Friday
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US Completes Interceptor Missile Defense Tests For The First Time
March 26, 2019 @ 06:40 AMThe United States Department of Defense (DoD) intercepted an unarmed missile soaring over the Pacific, using a salvo of two interceptor missiles launched from underground Californian silos for the first time, on Monday. Both interceptors hit their targets— a re-entry vehicle that had been launched 4,000 miles away atop an intercontinental-range missile, the Pentagon said
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BAE Systems, Lockheed Martin, MBDA Start Integrating Meteor, Spear Missiles on UK’s...
March 19, 2019 @ 04:51 AMBAE Systems along with Lockheed Martin and MBDA have started integrating next generation weapon systems on the United Kingdoms fleet of F-35 fighter aircraft. BAE Systems has received an initial funding award from Lockheed Martin, the prime contractor on the F-35 programme, to start integration efforts for MBDAs Meteor beyond visual range air-to-air missile and SPEAR precision surface attack missile, the company said in a statement Monday
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IRClass to Provide Classification Services for Indian Navy’s Eight Anti-Submarine Warfare Corvettes...
March 12, 2019 @ 10:38 AMThe Indian Register of Shipping (IRClass) has won a contract to provide classification services for a series of eight Anti-Submarine Warfare Corvettes to be constructed for the Indian Navy. The order was awarded under competitive bidding in which other classification societies participated, after qualifying stringent technical requirements
Italian Navy’s First FREMM EVO Frigate Begins Construction
Northrop to Equip Australian C-130J Fleet with New Electronic Warfare System
Trump Tariffs Could Impact F-35 Global Supply Chain, Other Defense Projects
U.S. to Deploy Korea-based Patriot Missile Systems to Middle East
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...