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Rolls-Royce Delivers First Production LiftSystem Hardware for F-35 STOVL
January 5, 2009 @ 12:00 AMRolls-Royce today announced it has delivered its first production Variable Area Vane Box Nozzle (VAVBN) to Pratt & Whitney for integration on the F-35B Lightning II aircraft. The VAVBN is now ready to be shipped to Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) partner Northrop Grumman for integration into the aircraft
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Upgrade of 108 AMX 10P Armored Vehicles is Complete
December 18, 2008 @ 12:00 AMVERSAILLES-SATORY, France --- Nexter has just finished upgrading 108 AMX 10P tracked armored personnel carriers ahead of the initial schedule. This upgrade was carried out in six French Army infantry regiments
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Gates: U.S. Must Maintain Conventional Dominance
December 17, 2008 @ 12:00 AMWASHINGTON --- As the military institutionalizes new and unconventional warfighting skills, it also must work to maintain its conventional dominance, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates wrote in the January/February issue of Foreign Affairs magazine
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CV90 Enters Service
December 16, 2008 @ 12:00 AM>The Dutch Army has taken delivery of the first of 192 CV90 infantry combat vehicles that it has ordered from Swedens BAE Hagglunds. (Dutch MoD photo)Dutch State Secretary Jack de Vries was visibly impressed by the brand-new CV90 during the test ride he was given at the Bernhard barracks in Amersfoort
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Iraq – Helicopters and Related Munitions
December 15, 2008 @ 12:00 AMWASHINGTON --- On Dec. 9, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress of a possible Foreign Military Sale to Iraq of 26 Bell Armed 407 Helicopters, 26 Rolls Royce 250-C-30 Engines, 26 M280 2
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New Communication Balloon Capabilites Tested Aboard USS Boxer
December 12, 2008 @ 12:00 AMUSS BOXER, At Sea --- Members of the Arizona Air National Guard embarked aboard USS Boxer (LHD 4) demonstrated an advanced communication platform, the Combat SkySat balloon Dec. 5
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Boeing Completes Destructive Testing on 787 Dreamliner Wing Box
November 18, 2008 @ 12:00 AMSEATTLE --- Boeing completed destructive testing today on a full-scale composite wing box of the 787 Dreamliner, the first all-composite wing box ever built for a Boeing commercial airplane. This test is part of the certification process for the all-new jetliner
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Eaton Gets New Business from Boeing In Support Of U.S. Army Helicopter...
November 18, 2008 @ 12:00 AMIRVINE, Calif. --- Diversified manufacturing company Eaton Corporation announced today that it will receive new work from the Boeing Company in support of a U
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ADMACS Giving Sailors a Next Generation Edge
November 7, 2008 @ 12:00 AMNAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, PATUXENT RIVER, Md. --- Engineers at Naval Air Engineering Station Lakehurst, N
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Sikorsky Aerospace Services Announces Multimillion-Dollar Contract to Upgrade Colombia Black Hawk Helicopters
November 5, 2008 @ 12:00 AMSTRATFORD, Conn. --- Sikorsky Aerospace Services, the aftermarket company of Sikorsky Aircraft Corp
U.S. Navy Awards $383M Contract to Lockheed Martin for Trident II Missile...
First Arafura-class Offshore Patrol Vessel Delivered to Australian MoD
Dutch F-35s Train for Rapid Deployment in Estonia
Turkish Baykar to Make Drones in Morocco
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...
Is the Patriot Air Defense System Outdated?
After Israel revealed its decision to decommission its U