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Lockheed Martin Wins $8B Special Ops Global Logistics Support Services Contract
August 12, 2017 @ 07:57 AMLockheed Martin has won $8 billion Special Operations Forces Global Logistics Support Services (SOF GLSS) contract. The SOF GLSS contract shall provide non-personal, global logistics support services and expertise to maintain program support and Enterprise management functions for Program Executive Office of the Special Operations Forces Support Activity, US department of defense said in a statement Friday
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Russian Helicopters To Test Ka-226T Helicopter At High Temperatures In Iran
August 10, 2017 @ 08:40 AMThe Russian Helicopters together with Iran Helicopters Support and Renewal Company (IHSRC) will test the light utility helicopter Ka-226T for its usability at extremely high temperatures. The tests will be conducted on the Iranian company site within the framework of a memorandum signed by the parties in May 2017 at the international exhibition HeliRussia-2017
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Australian F-35 Fighters Get Home-made Vertical Tail
August 7, 2017 @ 10:15 AMThe third Australian F-35A Joint Strike Fighter has received its Australian made vertical tail as it nears production completion. Victorian based company Marand is an Australian company, one of which is the manufacture of vertical tails
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China Modernizes Type-96 Tanks
August 3, 2017 @ 06:01 PMChina is modernizing itsType-96 tank with the help of experience it gained during 2016 Russian Tank Biathlon, the military Zvezda TV channel reported. All the teams used Russian T-72 tanks, except for the Chinese crews, who use their own T-96 tanks
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US DoD Re-organizes Bureaucracy to Make Military Capabilities More Lethal
August 3, 2017 @ 10:00 AMThe US Department of Defence has broken down the office of the undersecretary of defense for acquisition, technology and logistics into two entities, each headed by an undersecretary -one for research and engineering and the other for acquisition and sustainment. The change is designed to make military capabilities more lethal, encourage partnerships within the department and with allied nations and to ensure acquisition processes fulfil the needs of service members now and in the future, Deputy Defense Secretary Pat Shanahan said on August 2 in an article posted on the US DoD website
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Boeing, Lockheed Martin Compete for Israel’s Heavy-lift Helicopter Replacement Program
August 3, 2017 @ 04:33 AMBoeing and Lockheed Martin will be competing against each other for Israels heavy-lift CH-53 Yasur helicopters replacement program. Israel is considering two options of rotary-wing aircraft
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US, Other Nations Launch Mobility Guardian Exercise
August 2, 2017 @ 06:51 PMThe US along with 30 other nations have kicked off Exercise Mobility Guardian, Air Mobility Commands premier readiness exercise last week. The exercise launched at Joint Base Lewis-McChord on July 30 and will continue through Aug
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Airbus Wins UK Deal For Skynet 6A Military Satellite
August 1, 2017 @ 03:46 PMAirbus has won UK ministry of defence contract to replace the current Skynet 5 network military satellite communications capability with new Skynet 6A satellite. The British Ministry of Defence said it opted for the noncompetitive route with Airbus, in part, to maintain domestic space capabilities,
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International Orders Spell Success for Pakistan’s Super Mushshak Trainer Aircraft
August 1, 2017 @ 03:31 PMInternational orders for Pakistans Super Mushshak basic trainer aircraft have totaled 144 since 2016 making it one of the most successful aircraft projects to come out of Asia. In terms of the number of countries which ordered the Super Mushshak, the PAC-built plane has left behind better known brands in the crowded basic air force trainer market including the Pilatus PC-9, Beechcraft T-6A, Embraer Super Tucano, Korean KT-1 Woongbi and the Grob G 120TP
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Russia Blocks Use of Moscow Warehouses By US Embassy
July 28, 2017 @ 12:42 PMRussia is blocking the use of all its warehouses by the US Embassy following the US Senates approval of a new set of sanctions targeting Moscow's energy, defense, and intelligence sectors on Thursday. "The Russian side is suspending as of August 1 the use by the US embassy in Russia of all warehouses on the Dorozhnaya Street in Moscow and the dacha compound in Serebryanyy Bor," the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement Friday
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Russian Su-57 and Chinese J-20 as Alternatives to the American F-35 Stealth Fighter
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NATO’s Intensified Exercises a Prep to Attack Russia?
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